Alamo-Girl's Sister - Donations in Her Memory

Alamo-Girl ^ | October 5, 2001 | GretchenEE for Alamo-Girl

[GretchenEE]

Dear fellow FReepers and FReeperettes,

One among us asked if we could do something to honor the memory of Alamo-Girl's sister or if there were a particular charity the family had chosen for memorials. Alamo-Girl sent me a very gracious (as always!) reply with this information.

Her sister's name: Donna Jean Schunk

Wilton Mortuary (Peoria, Illinois) is handling the arrangements and the services will be held at 2:00 pm tomorrow [October 6] at the First Baptist Church of Peoria.

The family named the Oncology Department of Methodist Medical Center in Peoria [Illinois] for memorials.
[A web search yielded this address; Alamo-Girl, please correct me if it is wrong!!:

Methodist Medical Center
Oncology Department
221 Northeast Glen Oak Avenue
Peoria, IL 61636
(309) 672-5522 ]

Alamo-Girl writes: "My husband and I will also be purchasing Gideon's Bibles as a memorial to her. I like knowing that hurting people in hotel rooms and doctor's waiting rooms have ready access to the Bible!"

Here is a link to the Gideons' home page:
The Gideons International

She wrote that she read the thread from the 4th and is very blessed by everyone's love and words of encouragement -- but her gratitude exceeds her vocabulary at the moment so she is just soaking up the posts for now.

Friends of Alamo-Girl: please help to keep this list bumped for a few days. Thank you!

[TLBSHOW]

Keeping this bumped from New York

These have been rather sad days, sad weeks. I can't write that good to begun with and words I can not describe how sad I have become. When I think about everyone that is suffering.

Please keep alamo-girl and her sister in your thoughts this week. My prayers go out for her.

[ncdrumr]

Prayers from a former Peoria-area resident.

[Republic]

Thank you for the address of the hospital...what a wonderful way to leave a tribute to Donna. Please send my love to Alamo-Girl, this is a tough time. But if ever, ever, there is a FReeper who understands the love of God, it is she. God Bless her entire family. I hope joyful memories flood them all to overflowing.

[rboatman]

FYI

[GretchenEE]

fyi and a bump

[2ndMostConservativeBrdMember]

Do you have an address for those of us making memorial Bible donations to send the cards to? An address that could collect them and send them to Alamo-Girl. Thanks for everything you are doing.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Bump for the wonderful love of a sister. To God be the glory !!!!!!!!

Gideons Intl. is a great group and this is a good idea.

[aristeides]

Bump.

[GretchenEE]

bump

[Libertina]

BTTT Thanks GretchenEE and take care of that migraine. I know, they're terible.

[BraveMan]

Thanks, John, for the ping . . .

Alamo-Girl, I'm so sorry for your loss. Rest assured your sister is in Paradise.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Thank you for the information. May God give this family comfort in their loss.

[americanbadass]

god bless almo girl

[amom]

Thanks for the heads up here.

Bump and prayer for Donna and AG and family.

[Vicki]

I wish I had a sibling. BUMP

[GretchenEE]

bttt

[Elle Bee]

Thank you

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[GretchenEE]

bump

[tillacum]

Prayers for Alamo-Girl and her family.

[JudyB1938]

You are an angel, Gretchen. Thank you for the information. I just sent my name and email address in to the Gideon folks to contact me so that I can make a small monthly donation in Donna's name.

This is from their website: "Every dollar contributed is used to make it possible for others to have their very own copies of God's Word."

I think Donna will like that.