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Joan Marie Holden

Joan Marie Holden ( Stroback )

09/19/1934 - 03/29/1978

WE LOVE YOU,MOM


Taken From All Of Us, When We Needed Her The Most

God saw you getting tired,
When a cure was not to be.
So He wrapped his arms around you,
and whispered, "come to me."

You didn't deserve what you went through,
So He gave you rest.
God's garden must be beautiful,
He only takes the best

And when I saw you sleeping,
So peaceful and free from pain
I could not wish you back
To suffer that again

MOM'S BABY PHOTO

WHEN MOM WAS A LITTLE GIRL..

ONLY ONE MOTHER

You can only have one mother
Patient, Kind and True;
No other friend in all the world,
Will be the same to you.

When other friends forsake you,
To mother you will return,
For all her loving kindness,
She asks nothing in return.

As we look upon her picture,
Sweet memories we recall,
Of a face so full of sunshine,
And a smile for one and all.

Sweet Jesus, take this message,
To our dear mother up above;
Tell her how we miss her,
And give her all our love.

MOM'S AND KATHLEEN'S HIGHSCHOOL PHOTOS

JOAN MARIE

JOAN MARIE

JOAN MARIE

JOAN MARIE

We little knew that morning that God was going to call your name,
In life we loved you dearly; in death we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you, you did not go alone.
For part of us went with you, the day God called you home.

You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide,
And though we cannot see you, you are always at our side.
Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same,
But as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.

Dad, Mom and Friends

Date, 1955

 

BEST FRIENDS ALWAYS

UNCLE NICK AND AUNT JEAN MURRI

 

 

UNCLE NICK, AUNT JEAN AND LINDA

 

 

Laughing, quiet, gentle, loving, wise.
We Love You, Mom

 

All Your Babies

Dad, Mom and Baby Lisa on Christening Day 

 

 Mom ( Dressed in Black with a White Pin on Left Shoulder )

Mom, we miss you so very much
On every Mother’s Day;
And not just then, but every minute,
Since you went away.

You were the center of our lives
Before your soul passed on;
It’s just so hard for us to believe
That you are really gone.

But we celebrate the life you lived
And all the things you gave us;
Our wonderful memories, Mom, of you
Are the things that will comfort and save us.

Please think of us, as we think of you
With hearts so full of love;
We’re looking up at you, sweet Mom,
As you look at us from above.
Love Jim, Kevin, Lisa, Brian, Tom and Your Sweet Kathleen who you have with you in Heaven..
Mom's Parents
GrandMom, Aunt Jean, Uncle Buddy, Nancy and Joanne
Dad, Mom, Uncle Jack, Aunt Ronnie, Aunt Teresa and Cousin Patty Caven
Mom's Image in the Mirror on Right Side of Photo
Mom's Prom
Mom at the Latin Casino Club in Philadelphia
 So Beautiful, As Always..

 

There is no difference in the way I love you,
Even though you're gone these many years.
I think of you this Day as ever:
The home that sits behind half-open doors.

Death has no finality, for love
Is like a mountain when it comes to time:
The change is slow, so slow that in a lifetime
It does not dominate the landscape less.

And like a mountain you may see my yearning
Dappled in the distance, just as music
Alternates between despair and joy,
Yet always, always turns the heart towards beauty.

This day is no less yours than when you were
Alive within the confines of your flesh.
You are alive in me, and will be always,
Though I along with you return to dust.

Love You Always, Lisa

Brother, Buddy, 1953

 

Sister, Pat

Uncle Buddy, Mom's Brother

GrandMom and Sister Pat

Mom's Brother, Uncle Buddy

 

Sister, Pat

Mom and Jimmy

 

Mom

Joan M. Stroback

3408 Meridian Street

          Commercial                         Secretary 

An Efficient young miss of our senior class, 

Joan is sure to be an asset to any business

         office in which she may work.       

( Taken out of June 1953 Yearbook )  

Mom, Vacationing with The Mortenson Family

Dad,Mom and First Born Son, James Jr.

Dad and Mom

 

GrandMom Stroback

Dad, Mom and Tommy

Mom's Childhood Dog

Dad, Mom and Lisa

All Mom's Children

 

Mom and Little Jimmy

GrandMom Stroback and Little Jimmy

Uncle Joe,Aunt Pat and Jimmy

GrandMom Stroback and GrandMom Holden

at Dad and Mom's Wedding

Mom's Prom

Mom's Brother Buddy in his Boxing Days

Mom's Sister, Aunt Pat

 

Mom, Lisa and Kathleen

Wedding Day Photo's

Mom on the Beach

 

 

 James Joseph Holden, Jr.

 

 Kevin Thomas Holden

 

Lisa Ann Holden

 


Brian Michael Holden

 

 

Thomas Patrick Holden

 

 

 

Kathleen Marie Holden

 

 


 


 

Mom lived her life for love of friends and family,
Neither asking for, nor wanting a return.
Her days became a sunlit homily,
With others' joy, her joy and main concern.
When we were ill, she also became sick;
When we were cut, she, too, began to bleed.
Of our oil lamp she was the wick,
Drawing her bright flame from our need.
She lives on in the sparkle in our eyes:
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