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Happy Birthday!!!!
Caleb and Elijah miss and love you so much!
Words can't describe the hole in my heart caused when you left.
I love you, I miss you Happy Birthday.
Megan
Well another year has past since you left us. I know you would rather be here with your family, but your illness became too great a burden to bear. We all think of you often and wish you were here to share all of the joy and happiness your family is experiencing.
Still miss you everyday. There are questions I have that only you could answer. I have lost that connection to our past together. Hard to believe it has been 4 years already. It still feels so fresh.
Your family has continued to grow. Katie had a second little girl. I know you would have loved spending time with her. As Megan stated, the boys are doing great! Caleb is actually going to graduate this year! I still remember him when he was peeking under the bathroom door trying to find you. Kelly has had another little boy, Jackson. So the family is not just growing up but growing larger.
The boys have grown so much since you last saw them. Caleb has hair the same color that your's was! Elijah is now playing the Bass Viola. You have a new granddaughter as well as a new grandson! I know you would have been thrilled. Katie and Ernie's daughter is named Elora and Kelly and Ricky's new son is named Jackson. Megan and Michael are doing well. Your family is strong and successful in their lives. You have left behind a beautiful legacy.
Your Daughter,
Megan ❤❤
Happy Heavenly Birthday. Please watch over Mikayla for me. I love you. ❤❤❤
Megan
I love you.
One year ago today I heard news that shattered my heart, there is a hole that will never go away where you belong. I still remember being at you apt a year ago and believing "this cant be real, I'm not ready to lose my dad, my kids love you so much and aren't ready". I am grateful for being able to see you just days before and Caleb, Elijah and I got to spend what we didn't know would be our last Easter with you. Easter will never be the same with out you. My heart physically hurts just writing this. I love you with my whole heart, and think of you daily and miss you so much. I thought it would be easier with time but it's not. I still hurt like the day you went to heaven. The only comfort I get is knowing Mikayla is being cared for by such a loving, caring, kind, and generous PaPa. I love you dad!!!!! You saved me from myself many times and I never got to truly thank u for that. I hope you hear me in heaven. I LOVE YOU DAD!
You wouldve been 73 today, you always said you would never make it past 60ish, well you did! And i am eternally grateful you did!! Your grandsons are too, we all love you so much. Keep an eye out in heaven as we will be sending a special message up to you this afternoon. I hope you are smiling down on us and im doing my best to make you proud. And i know you will be in the next couple months, we have big changes coming! You would be so happy to see Caleb will be at saguaro next year and Elijah's last year at pima is next year. I miss you so much. Cant even delete you number out of my phone. I love you dad and am so appriciative that you made such an impact in my kids lives. They will remember and love you forever. Happy heavenly Birthday Dad. All my love,
Megan
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Love Elijah
Happy Birthday!!!!
Caleb and Elijah miss and love you so much!
Words can't describe the hole in my heart caused when you left.
I love you, I miss you Happy Birthday.
Megan
Well another year has past since you left us. I know you would rather be here with your family, but your illness became too great a burden to bear. We all think of you often and wish you were here to share all of the joy and happiness your family is experiencing.
Edmund Arthur Milner (Ted) died April 27, 2019. He was born on February 26, 1947 in Atlantic City, N.J. He was preceded in death by his Father, Howard, Mother, Ruth and granddaughter, Mikayla. He was a graduate of Greenhills High School in Cincinnati, Ohio and later went on to receive his undergraduate degree from The University of Cincinnati and his MBA from Xavier University.
After graduating from Xavier University, Ted began working at Federated Department Stores in Cincinnati in the Accounting office. He then moved to Phoenix, Arizona where he successfully obtained and managed two Baskin Robbins Ice Cream stores in Tempe and Mesa. After Lilly Ice Cream Company sold the state franchise, he then went on to become a multiple store manager for Tosco ( Circle K) and continued until health issues required that he resign from his position. He continued to work in retail with the majority of his time at Dillard’s Department Store. Ted had a deep love for children and, after leaving Dillard's, worked with the Campfire Literacy Program as a tutor for which he was even highlighted in a televised news story.
He is survived by his beloved children: Michael, Kathleen (Katie), Megan and Kelly, his grandchildren: Caleb, Roan, Nora, Elijah, Aspen, Aron, Liam and Emeline, and his sister, Kathleen M Valentine.
" You - you alone will have the stars as no one else has them...In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night...You - only you - will have stars that can laugh.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, El Principito
* At Ted's request, there will be no services. All contributions can be made to the Arizona Humane Society http://www.azhumane.org