Posted on 11/28/2020 2:04:53 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Dear FRiends, Arrangements have been made with Whitehurst, Sullivan. Burns and Blair to lay my beloved wife Sheila to rest at 1:30, Wednesday, December 2 at Fresno Memorial Gardens. It will be a small graveside service with friends and family.
We selected a site that is very near where my mother and father and sister Thelma are buried. It's a small plot, but there is room there for me, too, someday.
This is by far the hardest and most heartbreaking thing I've ever done. Sheila was the light of my life. She loved God, loved life, and she loved nature and God's church of the greater outdoors.
Sheila was born November 15, 1950 in Fresno, CA. to Eino and Ruth Kulju of Reedley, CA. She went home to our Lord, whom she loved very much, on November 18, 2020, just three days past her 70th birthday and five months and five days after we celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary.
She grew up on a farm in Reedley where her father was foreman. As a little girl, she loved the freedom of farm life where she could climb trees and run barefoot with her dog through the orchards and vineyards. Her father grew a family orchard and garden in the yard of their home and she enjoyed plucking and eating juicy ripe peaches, plums and grapes fresh from the trees and vines and tomatoes, green onions and vegetables from the garden.
Her grandparents, Isaac and Katie Kulju, immigrated here from Finland sometime after the turn of the century--fleeing the Russians as the story goes. They settled and lived about 30 years on a farm on the west side of the Kings River, just north of the Manning Ave bridge that crosses over into Reedley. They were killed in 1937 on the way to church when their car was struck by a train.
Sheila was a patriot who loved America and loved freedom. We spent a large part of our last twenty years together traveling by van and RV, attending conservative events, rallies and protests from city to city and state to state. We ended up visiting every one of the contiguous 48.
We are laying her to rest dressed in one of her favorite patriotic shirts and hat and her stars and stripes earrings that she liked to wear to rallies. She'll also have her bible that was given to her by her Aunt Lina when she was in high school, and a flag she had hanging on the mirror of her dresser.
I thank God for the 50 loving years we shared together and our two wonderful sons He gave us.
...to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part... and thus we are parted, my dear Sheila, but through the grace of God, we shall meet again some glorious day.
Dear God, I love and miss her so. Always will.
Thank you all very much for your support, your love and your prayers.
God bless.
So sorry for your loss. May perpetual light shine upon her.
God be with you Jim.
God give Sheila eternal rest - and comfort to her loving family.
Prayers of comfort and strength for you and your family.
Prayers for your comfort and strength Brother.
God bless you and your family.. Iām sorry for your loss.
Jim, I am very, very sorry for your loss. Will pray for you and your family.
God bless you and your family during this time of mourning and in the seasons to come. May you feel comfort and strength and love from Our Father.
Sending prayers from the Hornak family out here in New Jersey. May she RIP.
You and your family are in my prayers, Jim.
Condolences and prayers for you and family, so sorry for your loss.
You were so lucky to have each other. What a great gift God gave you both. May God grant you comfort.
May God comfort and hold you in this time of grief. You are in my thoughts and prayers. šš
Jim, I am so very sorry for your loss of your wonderful wife. Asking God to surround you with the kind of comfort and peace that only He can provide. Sending prayers for you and your family.
Prayers for you for the loss of this lovely lady..
What a beautiful tribute to your lovely wife. May God bless you and your family during this time of loss and our prayers will be with you for strength, comfort and peace.
May God above hold you and yours in the palm of his loving hand, and may he bring peace and comfort to you in this time of sorrow. Amen.
May God provide you comfort and peace.
My sincere condolences.
Jim , my prayers are with you and your family. Hold on to those beautiful memories.
I’m so sorry for your loss.
May god give you peace through this.
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