MOM GREW UP IN LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO WHERE SHE MET AND MARRIED GEORGE C. THOMSON. IN HIGH SCHOOL HER NICK NAME WAS "SPIKE" BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS WORE SPIKE HEELS. SHE HAD 6 CHILDREN AND WAS ALWAYS ATTENTIVE TO THEIR NEEDS AND WAS A WONDERFUL ROLE MODEL.


SHE WAS A KIND, CARING AND NURTURING MOTHER WITH LITTLE TIME FOR HERSELF. I ALWAYS REMEMBER HER WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE EVEN THOUGH HER LIFE WAS VERY TOUGH FOR HER AT TIMES. SHE SUFFERED FROM MIGRAINE HEADACHES FOR MOST OF HER ADULT LIFE BUT ALWAYS PUT HER OWN NEEDS LAST.


GROWING UP IN AMHERST, OHIO I CAN REMEMBER ONLY FUN TIMES....SHE MADE SURE OF THAT. HANGING CLOTHES ON THE LINE WITH MY MOM, RIDING MY BIKE, TRYING TO FLY.....I WOULD GO UP THE STAIRS IN OUR HOME AND SHE WOULD HOLD THE DOOR OPEN DOWNSTAIRS AND TELL ME TO START RUNNING.............SHE WOULD TELL ME THAT IF I TRIED HARD ENOUGH I COULD FLY. HOW SHE KEPT DOING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN WAS A MYSTERY TO ME. I'M SURE SHE THOUGHT " I WISH THAT KID COULD FLY FOR GOODNESS SAKE!"  


YEARS AFTER MY FATHER PASSED AWAY SHE MET HER 2ND HUSBAND GEORGE E. ROWLETTE. THEY MARRIED SEVERAL YEARS LATER AND WE MOVED TO PARMA HTS. MY MOM HAD A NEW LIFE WITH A MAN THAT WANTED TO SHOW HER THE WORLD. THEY TRAVELED, WENT TO FINE RESTAURANTS, AND OHHHHH THE SHOPPING! SHE LOVED TO SHOP AND WOULD BE GONE FOR HOURS.


SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO LISTEN AS I GREW UP AND WAS ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE. SHE RAISED ME WITH MORALS AND VALUES THAT HOPEFULLY I HAVE PASSED ON TO MY CHILDREN.


I MISS HER MORE WITH EACH PASSING DAY.

LOVE YOU MOM..MORE & .MORE!!!