NOTE: Please don't misuse the Edit function, if you don't like how much white space there is, that is not a good use of our time here. It exists so we can work together to tell the stories of those who came before us with honesty and respect.

Thanks

AL

My beautiful Mother passed from this life tonight 9 March, 2025. She is and will always be the person I love the most in this world.

It is strange, the places where we find comfort. I'm thinking of many Bible verses, of course, but ... also of the wisdom of Martin Short. Episodes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Mom was a superhero. I love you, Mommy, I will see you in Heaven. Oh what joy that will be.

(I do know where her " earth suit" is, it is a bit odd to receive edits about my own Mom)

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If you would like to add something (parents, children, Bio, etc) or correct information on a Memorial, please use the *Edit* tab. At the bottom is a place that reads "Notes", please add your source/s there. I never hit 'accept' unless your and/or my research shows the information is correct. Thank you! I am not currently able to go to cemeteries in person, so most of what I do is on the research side.

For OKLAHOMA Memorials:

Oklahoma became a state and was admitted to the United States on 16 November 1907. Oklahoma was created by combining Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory. If a person was born in, for example, current day Oklahoma City in 1890, they were born in Oklahoma Territory. Current day Tulsa was part of Indian Territory, and it is important to take the time to research where exactly people were born. Helpful resource for Oklahoma Memorials: https://www.okhistory.org/

also https://www.johnjdwyer.com - John is an Oklahoman historian and prolific author. This page has information and really excellent photographs of the five Land Runs: https://www.johnjdwyer.com/post/2017/05/04/oklahomas-many-land-runs

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I love learning about my Waldo family! So much was recorded, I'm so grateful. English/Swedish/German on my Dad's side: Hunts (traced back ten generations after leaving England in the 17th Century), the Swedish Andersons, and German Bachs.

We were chosen by Wilsons/Raders through adoption and a lot of love. They include Kellys from Ireland, Wilsons from England and Ireland. Raders likely German, via Bachman/Bachmann.

I love books, music, taking photos of people who hate having their photo taken, to show them how beautiful they are. My life-long heroes: Corrie Ten Boom, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Amelia Earhart who constantly inspire me to be brave. To believe in Truth, to truly love my neighbor and to occasionally swim against the current.

Just like in Genealogy, Find A Grave works *best* when we collaborate. YOU may have a part of a puzzle that I need, and vice versa. We are the recorders of history, always seeking truth in kindness.

Please always feel free to be in touch, I'm here to help if I can. I'm so grateful for this site, the incredibly passionate quest for truth the people who create Memorials has, their selfless desire to help others. The people who have walked miles and miles through cemeteries - you are awesome, generous people!

On Death:

I have always believed, to quote my Mom, that we are walking around now in our "Earth Suits", and that there is life after this one. My personal faith says a lot about this, but it is absolutely actor Martin Short who taught me the most *practical* advice about death. In his Memoir, he talks about the importance of three things - First, of "continuing the conversation". He talks about still speaking with his beloved wife after her passing, and remembering what she would surely say in response. Second - Keep saying their names! I agree. I missed saying so many names of people I love who are gone, missed giving them silly nicknames and putting their names in completely incongruous songs. Say it, not in hushed tones, unless that is what brings you peace and or comfort.

The third is this - and I believe Martin took some of this from Henry Scott Holland's poem about death - our loved ones are not gone, they are only "in another room".

Link to full poem: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/death-is-nothing-at-all-by-henry-scott-holland