God bless each of you and May you remember moms sayings she lived by:

"If God brings you to it, he WILL see you through it" and
"I love you" ❤️

Bobby

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.  Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, love each other deeply because love covers a multitude of sins.    

To God's glory, this is how mom lived and died. She was ushered into heaven peacefully in her sleep early May 12th 2017

❤️

Each of us has special moments of remembrance with my mom where we were all touched by her caring and loving ways.  I'd like to thank each one of you personally for being an encouragement to her and our big family.  I would be remiss had I not mention the gratitude Jimmy and I have to God and both our mom and dad for answering the lifelong and forever commitment of adopting us into this wonderful family 50+ years ago.  The kinship we feel towards this family is a beautiful and we will cherish it forever in mom and dads honor and memory.   

St Joan of Arcs also deserves a BIG hug for being such a strong presence in her life.   There wasn't much mom didn't participate in between bereavement, rosary, movie night, services, prayer groups etc.  She made friends with everyone and opitomized her very name: Sweetie!!  

In closing,  on behalf of Jimmy, Diane and myself, I'd just like to thank everyone for coming to the memorial service and being a presence in our moms life.  I'd also like to thank those who dried my tears and whose shoulders I leaned on in my grief.   You know who you are and you have my promise to be there when you need me.  

"Happy Mother's Day to my wonderful sister Dolly up in heaven.  Be sure and tell our mom I wish her a happy Mother's Day too. I am sure you've had a lot of wonderful Mother's Days together.  I am a very lucky lady having my wonderful mother and sister both paving the way for me when my time comes to join you.  Love you and miss you both always and forever. Your daughter & sister, Sweetie".   

Along with my dad, she couldn't wait to be reunited with her sister Dolly, her mom, brother and dad.  Miraculously God saw fit to bring her home and answer her prayers on the 41st anniversary of Dollys passing.  3 days prior, she visited Uncle Johnny at Power Back and had the opportunity to bring him a big smile and hug in the presence of his daughters.   It was such a special meeting that we are all grateful took place.  

I'd try to catch up with mom sometimes several times a day to track her down she was so actively busy!   Because I worked nights, I'd wait for that late night phone call to catch up with all that she did thruout her busy day.   Of course, I'd have to wait for her to get off the phone with one of her dear sister-in-laws, or nieces.   Those phone calls could go on for hours and often did.  It was always a mystery who could chat with her the longest, but honestly I couldn't blame them.....   I loved talking with my mom just like they did and so many others.   Her passion wasn't just talking on the phone.  I believe her passion was touching people with the heart of God who resided within her, who gave her strength to carry on, who compelled her to seek peace, and who inspired her to pray for others.  Mom really cared for her friends and family and had a growing list of people she prayed for every day at prayer group meetings, rosary groups and also in her private devotions.  In fact the last conversation I had with her was the night she journeyed home to heaven.  I called at 1am early Friday morning and she said she was going to start her prayers, then go to sleep.  I later learned from Facebook that just before I spoke to her, she had her own mother and sister on her mind for Mothers Day and wrote the following under a posted picture of her sister Dolly:

Mom had such a strong love and devotion to her grandchildren and would frequently join us for dinners out, their little league baseball games and just short visits dropping by.   She loved to continue driving and thought that it was important in keeping active.  When dad passed, she joined St Joan of Arcs bereavement group and became best friends with Bernice and Marylou who also lost their beloved around the same time.    Mom lovingly drove her best friends to church services, activities and even weekly grocery shopping.  She even brought them to some of our family functions and became a faithful follower of my band Hickstown Road.  My friends would always love to see her out at my gigs with her happy face!!  The day before she passed she told me that she couldn't wait to wear her new Hickstown Road Shirt to our Sat night gig at Prospectors.  I wore it in her honor that night

Norma, “Sweetie” Molina Loeber

Sept 4th 1939--May 12th 2017

My mom’s life was summed up in two phrases that she often found herself saying,  first, "If God brings you to it, He will see you through it" and second, "I love you".   If you ever found yourself on the phone with her, at some point in the conversation, you would undoubtably hear either or both of those heartfelt quotes.   Norma, Sweetie or mom was no stranger to struggles having lost her own mother as a teenager, her sister and brother passed in the same week some 41 years ago, she suffered many physical trials with long hospitalizations and rehab stints, and her toughest challenge was losing her devoted husband of 56 years in 2013 to Parkinson's Disease.  Yet throughout these very sad and difficult trials, she held onto her FAITH and the belief that God would see her through it. And he did just that.   In the past couple of years, her health improved with far less hospitalizations, she moved into St Mary's Catholic Home in Cherry Hill and absolutely fell in love with her new apartment along with all her neighbors and the activities that were available to her there.  Her neighbors were so pleasant and sweet just like my mom, and were certainly very happy to have her there.