JOHN GEORGE MALUS

Condolences & Memories (4 entries)

• Today is a month since you passed to be with Mom & our Lord. Life's lessons don't come easy. Tears are in my eyes as I draw on your words of wisdom. You taught me about love, strength, integrity and patience as well as forgiveness. I have missed you for many years now, Dad. Your last words to me just 4 months ago give me calm and is all that matters and that will live on; "I Love You". In my flood of tears, I cried and felt so blessed for you to call me by my name and say those golden words that would give me strength and as well as acknowledgement for all that I had just gone through. The sad journey of losing Mom as well as saying goodbye to our family home filled with memories to last a lifetime. Life is what you are given as a blessing from God. I am so grateful to have been your child. Your family meant the world to you. You prayed each night for our safety and well being. I am blessed to have had two wonderful parents who did their best. In the end of this life that is what matters. I find peace knowing that you are both together in God's love. You will be right in my heart the rest of my life until we meet again. Your #1 Daughter, Carol. - Posted by: Carol Meneilly (Daughter) on: Sep 15, 2014

• "Forgiveness is the path to Love"..Mother Theresa. Sadness aside from you not being on this earth to see or visit anymore, I'm happy Dad that you found a peaceful way home. I saw you five days before you fell into the Big sleep and prayed that night that my Grandma, your mom, would show you the way. Now I believe you are in a place of peace with loved ones around you including most of all Mom. One excerpt from my childhood that makes me smile and Gerhard and I laugh is this one time:...all us four kids complained I gather about what was being served for suppers...liver being the most unfavorite but healthy back then I'm sure...you told us that each of us four could chose the supper menu for one night each...mom being the best fried chicken chef in the world, it was pretty much a given that most of us would chose her famous chicken...being seven years apart from the next eldest and a sugar addict (self admitted), I chose that for supper we would have "Oh Henry" chocolate bars! The look of dismay upon my older siblings and disbelief was apparent...I don't think they remember, but I do Dad...Well you came home that next evening after work with six chocolate bars and they were placed upon our dishes for supper...I was quite happy... My voice was heard and my vote counted! Dad was a man of his word. Yes he was honourable. He was many things. He was my Dad. Gerhard and I will miss your eccentric style and your personality...but most that you marched to the beat of your own drum. Death leaves the living in sadness or turmoil...let us set ourselves aside and rejoice that he is at peace eternal. - Posted by: Sharon H. (youngest daughter) on: Aug 24, 2014

• I bid my ex-father-in law a found farewell his passing is a blessing as he suffered the last years of his life. He is in a better place he was a man of high ideals he raised 4 children the best he could and wanted nothing but the best for them . When someone leaves this world look at the good things he did and not the stumbles he may have had rest in peace ( dad ) - Posted by: Martin Nagelkop (ex son-inlaw) on: Aug 24, 2014

• With great sadness in my heart, I wish my grandfather peace and love on his journey to the other side. As a hugely influential person in my life, his memory will live on in my heart and mind. I hardly have a great childhood memory without him. He was one of the smartest people I have known, and I will miss him terribly. His loss comes so closely on the heels of the loss of the other great influence in my life… my grandmother, his wife. Through my sadness, I know she called him home. - Posted by: Candice Alder (Granddaughter) on: Aug 23, 2014