More Angels Have Fallen

   A Tribute to another great person, Chester Miller, First boyfriend at age of 13, darn it anyway just getting ready to have high hopes of meeting with him and his family with my brother mickey and getting back with old friends, but he has a special place in my heart and always will have a special place in my heart. Chester was my First Boyfriend he was 15, actuallly and, Chester made a promise to me and he kept it for three years he kept his promise that he loved me and wanted to marry me when my family and i got back from germany, well i being dumb did not beleive he would but, we did not move back to cumberland we moved here to odenton. My grandmother let me know that Chester was at her house everyday and they would talk and he wrote letters that I never got is one thing i found out, but the wonderful thing is he waited for me until he found out that i met an asshole and thought he was the one instead what a mistake that was, but you know if that mistake did not happen i would not have met danny so some mistakes can be good. Chester meet my husband danny,now they will have some things to talk about. I wonder!! How many times do you find True Love???? Well I must say I have had it more than once and I did not even realize it I was young and dumb. So for all those that have not yet found that love dont give up hope it is true that you will find it or it will find you so keep looking or stop and let it find you. So for everyone that has not yet had the wonderful gift that I have had by a few Great young men in my past i hope you will find that love i have come to know even still today,  You will be missed by all who have known you.. My condolences to your family. Chester you will always have a special place in my heart thank you for being in my life even though it was so long ago i have not forgotten you. with many fond memories hugs love sincerely rona

 

Chester M. Miller III [Grantsville]

Cumberland Times-News

GRANTSVILLE — Chester Martin Miller III, 53, of Grantsville, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008 at WMHS-Braddock Campus, Cumberland.

Born Sept. 5, 1954 in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Chester Martin Miller II and Ruth (Delawder) Miller.

Mr. Miller was employed as a contractor for the U. S. State Department. He was an adjunct professor for the University of Maryland and also was involved in outsourcing for Performtech. He retired after 25 years service with the Maryland State Police in 2000. Chester received his bachelors and masters degrees from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. He was also a member of the Maryland Troopers Association.

In his travels as an instructor with the State Department, Chester touched many lives all over the world.

Surviving are his loving wife, Linda (Frantz) Miller; two daughters, Allison Broadwater and husband Franklin, Grantsville and Melanie Doyle and husband Matthew, Frostburg; two step-daughters, Trina Sanders and husband Tim, Terra Alta, W.Va. and Laurie Walker and husband Nathan, Frostburg; one step-son, Tim Stanton, with the U.S. Army currently stationed in South Korea; one brother, Rick Miller and wife Ruby, Clyde, Texas; his step-mother, Nancy Miller, Grantsville; and eight grandchildren, Brianna, Gracie, Brayden, Skyler, Makayla, Elizabeth, Jennifer and Kaitlyn.

Friends will be received at the Newman Funeral Homes, P.A., 179 Miller St., Grantsville, Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 1 p.m.

Services will be conducted at the funeral home on Saturday at 1 p.m. with Pastor John Mowen officiating.

Interment will be in Asher Glade Cemetery.

Expressions of sympathy may be directed to the American Cancer Society.

Condolences may be sent to

August 18th 30 years wow

    This is a note about Love. This is a story of Love.

   On August 18th if my danny was still here we would have celebrated our 30th Anniversary. Wow not to many marriages last that long.

   We had our songs, we had our dances, we had our favorite places to eat.

    We had our family we, had our fun most of all we had each other.

     We had some good friends, we had some great experiences, we taught a lot to each other.

    Danny gave me the knowledge and the know how to do things but most of all he gave me the strength to carry on.

    I really miss him he is and was the best, not to many can stand up to the test.

    It has been 2 1/2 years and I know he is saying it is time to let go. But that is easier said then done when all i want to do is run.

   He was my love,my husband,my hero, my friend how can you let go with such a great husband. I dont know how or when it will happen someday it may and it will be with his blessing.

  So it is our 30th Anni-. my dear sweet danny and again I will celebrate it alone I will read you the cards, I will talk to you, I will have very fond memories of you. I will also have things to do that day but most of all I will be thinking of you all day. I would love to go have something special to eat to sit and ponder what would or could have been. Have a good dinner is what we did then went and had fun and let down our hair and would laugh and laugh and just have fun.

   We have not had our Saturday night date in so long, but I still try to continue and when we do wings we always say this one is for you my dear and cheers to you my love.

   I remember one day we were walking with your mom and tom and diane on the boardwalk of NY you happen to look in a store window and said, I am so ugly what do you see in me"? I said I see a beautiful person and loving and your not ugly now way, no how. And your mom said awwwwwwww she loves you and i said yes i do. To me i dont look at the outside of a person i look at the inside and your beauty always shone threw. And that is why I fell in love with you.

   Everyday we had together we got more and more in love with each other, not to many can say that, but we can that is how special you were so easy to love you so easy to speak to. My Love, my husband,my hero my friend.

  Love and miss you my dear my love. Still wishing you were here.

   Love and miss you Love For All Time. Love Rona your sweety pie..... xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

A Birthday Tribute To A Very Dear Friend and My Husband

  August 5,2008

  Today is a very dear friends birthday Helen, unfortunetly Helen is no longer with us. But I wanted to let her know that I still think of her, that I miss her and she is always on my mind along with my danny. She passed away in January 08 after having another brain tumor removed a year after the first one was, and seemed to be doing really good. She was and is such a wonderful person Helen was strong for me during my time of need Helen and her husband Bob were always there for me after my danny passed. No matter the time of day or night no matter how they were feeling, if i needed them they were there. You cant find friends like that very often. She was a pearl and gem in my life, she was the shining star with her beautiful smile and silly faces, and i tried to be one in hers, no matter what, if she needed me i did my best to be there for her as well. So now Helen and Danny are together and are probably having such a great time neither in pain any more. they became very close before danny got sick. Helen and Bob came to the hospital to visit. So I went to the hospital and sat for hours during her sugeries, spent many hours sitting with her at her home, drove her to the doctors and chemo, once Helen was to weak to be home and was put in the nursing home, I made sure I went to visit, to help, to talk, to listen, but most of all to visit Helen to give back. There was several times I went and no one was there or had been there she had been alone most of the day. Helen and Bob have hearts of gold. We shared laughs, stories, and had some fun. I just want to make sure I dont forget her or Danny that they are always remembered. So I salute you dear friend, I love you dear friend and husband, I miss you both so very much what a wonderful gift to have had both of you in my life. To me too remember you is to love you. Love and miss you my judge judy(Helen), Love and miss you Love Sweetie Rona

Broken Heart

 Well I must let all of you know the news I just got today. Lenny told me he got his papers to stay another year. I am so upset and hurt, I just dont know what to say. I am so hurt and beside myself with disbilef that he would and could do this. All I know is he better come home either for Thanksgiving between Thanksgiving and Christmas or BY Christmas. I was not happy and could not say anything to him,. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I want to support him and what he wants to do, but right now with everything going on I cant but once I think about it I may be ok with it. hugs to all. Mom Rona

The 4th and weekend

Hello, I hope this finds everyone very well this day. I hope everyone had a nice 4th weather it was a busy one or just a relaxing one. Ours was ok and un-eventful but we did get to see fireworks from the base and surrounding neighbors. Watched the Boston fireworks and listened to Rascal Flatts, as i was watching I was thinking of danny because he always enjoyed fireworks, he was like a child with his ooooooooo's and aaaaaaaa's. Also just to let you know it seems i can only get on my space when someone writes me and i click on the link then it gives me a sign in area. I have reported it but nothing yet.Well you all have a great day we are going to try to. Hugs to all Mom rona

Father’s Day

  Another Father's Day is today. It has been 2 1/2 years since my danny left us. The love is still strong, the pain is still raw, the heart is still in pain, the heart still misses. There is not a day that goes by that i dont look at your pics and that i dont think of you. Not a day goes by that I dont wish you were here. I feel so alone most of the time i wish so much you were here with me. I know if you were I would not be alone. I would have all the magical feelings i had when you were, we would have all the fun and laughs that we had when you were. I yern to hear your voice, to feel your hands, your touch, the smell of your hair. You are so missed, and in the morning i will read you your cards. I saw a movie tonight that reminded me of us and the way we were. It brought tears to my eyes wishing it could still be. I miss you I love you and I will always love you. For All Time Love and miss you   Rona Sugar Babe xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Today what does that mean

Today 19 months after my Danny left. I took Daniel and we have been gone 12 hours we went to the Columbus Ohio County Fair and we had a very good time. All the while my thoughts were on my Danny and Why.... I have been trying now for 19months to try and go forward and realized I wont have fun no matter how hard I try, because the fun part of me left with Danny. He was the best half of me that made me whole, so without him I am not whole.

 I have tried and I will try, but I think in my hearts of hearts it will not happen to find happiness again. So maybe I will have to just settle with that fact, that life as I have known it is over. Maybe that is the only way it will be from this time forward. I or anyone should not need another person so much to live and have fun, but truly after almost 29 years you are such a part of each other that it is hard. I just wonder about life, and all that was and would have been, I wonder about people that have never known what I have ,or they will never know. I wonder about my own children and their happiness and will they ever find what Danny and I had. hmmmm I wonder. WE invested a lot of time and a whole lot of effort in our marriage and to just try and forget it or put it in the back of my mind seems to difficult and not right. But maybe one day just one day I will be able to go on. Next week is our 29 Anniversary and I will celebrate it as if Danny was here just like last year. Danny may be gone but Danny won't be forgotten. I love and miss you my love with all my heart. I know you are probably saying come on now get on with it, you have a lot of life to live now you need to get to it. I know you are probably a little mifted at me for pinening so hard for you and missing you to the point that I am. But I am not sorry for loving you with all I have with all my body and soul. I would hope if it was the other way around you would be having the same problem. I have a lot of regrets and I think that may be part of the problem. I regret that I could not stop you from leaving the hospital, I regret not being able to save your life on the floor at the house, I regret and hurt that you broke your toe. So many regrets and to much time. Love and Miss you my Love your Sweetie Rona XOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXO

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Tribute to Two Of Lenny Friends that were killed over the weekend

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Histories: Missing Man Table Ceremony

"Missing Man Table & Honors Ceremony"

Moderator:

As you entered the dining area, you may have noticed a table at the front, raised to call your attention to its purpose -- it is reserved to honor our missing loved ones [or missing comrades in arms, for veterans].

Set for six, the empty places represent Americans still [our men] missing from each of the five services -- Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard – and civilians. This Honors Ceremony symbolizes that they are with us, here in spirit.

Some [here] in this room were very young when they were sent into combat; however, all Americans should never forget the brave men and women who answered our nation's call [to serve] and served the cause of freedom in a special way.

I would like to ask you to stand, and remain standing for a moment of silent prayer, as the Honor Guard places the five service covers and a civilian cap on each empty plate.

Honor Guard: (In silence or with dignified, quiet music as background, the Honor Guard moves into position around the table and simultaneously places the covers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard, and a civilian hat, on the dinner plate at each table setting. The Honor Guard then departs.)

Moderator:

Please be seated ....... I would like to explain the meaning of the items onthis special table.

The table is round -- to show our everlasting concern for our missing men.

The tablecloth is white -- symbolizing the purity of their motives when answering the call to duty.

The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and the[ir] loved ones and friends of these Americans who keep the faith, awaiting answers.

The vase is tied with a red ribbon, symbol of our continued determination to account for our missing.

A slice of lemon on the bread plate is to remind us of the bitter fate of those captured and missing in a foreign land.

A pinch of salt symbolizes the tears endured by those missing and their families who seek answers.

The Bible represents the strength gained through faith to sustain those lost from our country, founded as one nation under God.

The glass is inverted -- to symbolize their inability to share this evening's [morning's/day's] toast.

The chairs are empty -- they are missing.

Let us now raise our water glasses in a toast to honor America's POW/MIAs and to the success of our efforts to account for them.

TABLE SET UP:

1. A small, round bistro table
2. White tablecloth
3. Single place setting, preferably all white
4. Wine glass - inverted
5. Salt shaker
6. Slice of lemon on bread plate with a pile of spilled salt
7. Small bud vase with a single stem red rose
8. RED ribbon tied around the vase
9. Candle - lit
10. Empty chair

Artwork: AII POW-MIA Text Credit: National League of Families

 

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This is in Honor of Bobby McRill MC1 and Jason Lewis SO1 for giving the biggest sacrifice, their lives so that we may sleep at night, enjoy our lives without interuptions. We must never forget Freedom is Never Free. We must give our hearts to the families and keep them in our prayers. Lenny was suppose to be with them. God be with those young men and their families when they will need you the most give them the stregth they will need.  Hugs to one and all. Love the Francioni Family

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Father's Day

                              Father's Day Once Again

 Here we are again soon it will be father's day. I did not send any cards out to the dads this year. I did not because I do not get any cards from my dad or your's for my birthday or any other occasion they have all forgotten about me and you. I did not send mother's day cards out either. I will not send any birthday cards this year since I do not get. Plus they broke a promise they made to me and they lied at the service. Since you did not have life insurance or medical only VA they said they would pay for the service and all that entalied but they lied, Lenny and I had to gather the money to pay the whole thing. So why should I send them anything. I am sorry this was not suppose to be about all that. This was to honor you for Father's Day. I apologize.

 I am having trouble looking at cards for you Danny this year because they are all for husbands and dads that are here. And it just hurts still and is so raw that you are gone but will never be forgotten.

 My sons have not gotten or sent you a card either. That hurts there is no excuse for them or me. But I see you and talk to you everyday and tell you good night every night. My God Danny I miss you so very much and I just dont know what to do with all my feelings and myself I am so lost without you. I woke up this morning and you were on my mind, I for some reason had the last thing you really said to me was, "if anything happens I just want you to know I never went out on you". I was floored by that and could not even respond. So it hurts so much that you must have known something was wrong. And it still hurts and angers me that maybe you might still be here if your parents would have left you alone and let you stay in the hospital under your doctors care instead of pushing for you to get out so they could come to the house. I feel like sueing them sometimes when I think about all the crap they did and said. You could not even go in peace without your mom being a witch at your services and stole the horse statue from one of the flowers until Pat said something to me about her having it. Unbelievable. I want to sue them not the doctors. I cant beleive it has been 17 months that you are gone the time has flown by and things are no better. Not even a little. I exist everyday but dont care to, I get up every morning, but dont want to. I love you my darling and miss you with all my heart. I would rather be telling you this in person and holding you in my arms then writing it to you. This is just not right or fair. I dont even think it is good to tell you Happy Father's Day because how can it be when your not here. You were and are the best and again I love you with all my heart. You ride that horse in the sky you go cowboy ride like the wind. Like the song, "shoulda been a cowboy" well you were, even though for a little while you got your wish. All my heart, all my body and soul are with you. And one day we will be together again and then, "The Best Will Be" Love For All Time, Your loving wife Sweetie Rona xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox