Sunday, April 10, 2011

Mom's Passing-May She Rest In Peace


My Mom passed away on March 14th. At this time the Blog seemed to be gone. for the last 3 weeks my very able IT guy has been working on getting back up and running. He finally succeeded!! So we are back!! I wanted to post a modified Obituary. I just hope Mom didn't have a hand in making it disappear!! I am quite sure she did not however !! She always enjoyed my reading the posts to her and I loved hearing her comments. Here is a summarized version of her obituary and I will post next week a bit about her passing. Thanks to all who have sent their love and support and prayers. Helen Foley Mom, 86 passed quietly away, March 14th at her assisted living facility after a short illness. she was born on August 11th 1924, in Eastman WI, of parents August and Anna (Zlabek) Moeller. She married John Foley at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Seneca WI in 1945. They moved to Dodgeville WI in 1958. John passed away in 1998. Because John was in poor health, she lovingly cared for him for 20 years. They enjoyed traveling extensively including internationally. She was an active member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church Helen was the chief cook at St. Joseph's School for 23 years. She was a tour guide at the "House on the Rock"for 7 years. She was a crossing guard for the city of Dodgeville and tutored for 5 years at St. Joseph school. She was a published author of "Rage of Ambition" published by Badger Books in 1991. She is survived by 3 children Delores, Kathy and Kirk, 4 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Mom was a grand lady, superb Mom and an all round terrific person. We often called her a "character" as she was always helpful to others and always made life interesting for those of us around her. May she rest in peace. May God keep you in the palm of Her hand. I know she has Mom!!