Late on the evening of Thursday, January 29, 2009, the sweet, loving heart of Mary Sara (Stetzner) Ronan stopped beating and her soul started the final journey back to the arms of her loving God and her parents.
We will grieve the loss of the Mary Sara we all knew, but we are also grateful to God that her suffering has ended and we will also celebrate the wonderful woman that she was.
Mary Sara was so much to all of us. She was the baby sister of the family. She was a daughter, cousin, beloved aunt, a loving wife and mother and grandmother. She was talented in great measure and gifted in many areas. Some will remember her as a teacher, some will remember her as a the fun loving happy person; some will remember her as the hard working entrepeneuer; still others will remember her as the fighter she became.
I think she would most like to be remembered as the wife of Bob Ronan, the love of her life, and even more importantly as the mother of Bobby Ronan and his wife Rhonda, Sara Ronan Bonner and her husband Marcus Bonner, and the extraordinarily loving grandmother to Anaka, Luc, Brynn, Brooke and Blaine.
To those of us left behind I'm sure she would say that this was not her plan, but God's plan for her and that she wants us to remember how very much she loved us and will continue to love us because love never dies and that she'll wait for us in heaven.
She is home with God now. She is home with her mother and father and those who have gone before, resting in the love of all of them. Her painful wait is over, her suffering is ended. We should be happy for her now, but our tears will fall for today. She will understand our grief for our loss because of the love she also had for us.
She waits for all of us, now.
We will grieve the loss of the Mary Sara we all knew, but we are also grateful to God that her suffering has ended and we will also celebrate the wonderful woman that she was.
Mary Sara was so much to all of us. She was the baby sister of the family. She was a daughter, cousin, beloved aunt, a loving wife and mother and grandmother. She was talented in great measure and gifted in many areas. Some will remember her as a teacher, some will remember her as a the fun loving happy person; some will remember her as the hard working entrepeneuer; still others will remember her as the fighter she became.
I think she would most like to be remembered as the wife of Bob Ronan, the love of her life, and even more importantly as the mother of Bobby Ronan and his wife Rhonda, Sara Ronan Bonner and her husband Marcus Bonner, and the extraordinarily loving grandmother to Anaka, Luc, Brynn, Brooke and Blaine.
To those of us left behind I'm sure she would say that this was not her plan, but God's plan for her and that she wants us to remember how very much she loved us and will continue to love us because love never dies and that she'll wait for us in heaven.
She is home with God now. She is home with her mother and father and those who have gone before, resting in the love of all of them. Her painful wait is over, her suffering is ended. We should be happy for her now, but our tears will fall for today. She will understand our grief for our loss because of the love she also had for us.
She waits for all of us, now.
1 comment:
That was beautifully written. We are praying for everyone gathered in Montana this week to remember Mary Sara. Thank you so much for the updates you write on here.
Love, Brenna
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