Patricia Ann Checots

To my loving, caring, beautiful wife, you have given me 49 great years together and 4 beautiful children. Anthony Joseph, Marti Lynn, Carl Ray and Adam James. In return they gave us 7 beautiful grandchildren, Ariana, Leland, Adam Jr, Jackson, Max, Cashon and Carl Jr. to love as long as you were here. We have all been extremely blessed having a wife, mother and grandmother who was and will always be remembered for her unconditional selflessness, love and support. I miss you dearly everyday and love you twice as much daily. Until the day we are back together and I am back in your loving arms again. Rest in peace honey. Love you always.

-Carl

Mom,

I have felt no greater pain than the moment your heart stopped beating and mine carried on, it’s an emptiness that will forever long for you. You are my best friend and nothing or nobody could ever replace you. You taught me how to be selfless and how to love. I’ve been so blessed to have your heart but I’ve been divinely favored being your daughter. Rest in peace mama, I’ll see you later. All my love enclosed.

-Marti

Mom,

Thank you for always being there when I needed you. I love you so much and miss you more everyday. Until I see you again, say hello to Grandpa, Grandma and Archie. Rest in peace momma.

-Adam

Mom,

You’re the greatest. You’ve guided me into the man I am today. I am going to remember all the times we spent laughing and talking. I am going to miss you mom. Rest in peace, your loving son.

-AJ

To my beloved grandma,

It’s really hard to mush everything together into a simple remembrance, I have such an extensive collection of memories covering what feels like such little time. I was lucky enough to not only have someone who was such a role model but my best friend at the same time. My rock, my confidant, my biggest cheerleader, my best friend and my hero. I am the person writing this today because of who you were. I can’t explain how excited I was once it would hit Thursday or Friday when I knew you’d be picking me up from school to come spend my weekend with you. We were able to spend such quality time doing things from eating dinner together at home to going to softball games. My most special memories will always stem from Glenwood . I hope you knew just how much I loved taking that trip year after year. This trip was something I would anticipate for the whole year, and brag about to my friends as soon as we got back. I remember when I got into highschool, you’d start telling me I was eventually going to want to stop attending the trips because I “wouldn’t wanna hangout with grandma and grandpa.” I don’t know if you really thought that, or if you were just pulling my tail, but the truth is I’d give anything to go back just once more. Amongst that there were so many other things that I am so grateful for. You’d drive me to and from school for years and eventually to all the different jobs I sifted through. You’d make me toaster waffles in the morning for breakfast and sit and watch my stupid cartoons with me, Spongebob was our favorite. Every monday before school, we would get up early and go to breakfast at the McDonalds on the corner. I hope you loved those mornings as much as I did. We would sit, talk, eat and simply enjoy eachothers company. I can remember almost every breakfast together like it was yesterday. You were someone that was constant, always made sure that I knew how much you loved me. You taught me so many things about life, and were always there when I needed it. For only so many people get to be so lucky to have a place to call home, and that’s what you were to me. I have learned so much from you over such a short time. As a kid, I learned how to express myself and not have shame for any of it. I learned how to be selfless, how to care for others around me and to have no judgment. As a teenager I learned how to be strong and fight for the things that you want. How to love others and so importantly how to love myself. How to appreciate what you have and what you’re given. You helped me learn a lot about friendship, and how not everybody was meant to be in your life. You taught me patience and kindness even to those who don’t give the same in return. As a young adult I learned it’s okay not to have everything figured out, and that it’s even okay if you never do figure it out. I learned gratitude and forgiveness. That you have to keep going, even when things are hard. That life is precious, and you can’t take a single moment for granted. To my new guardian angel, thank you for everything. Thank you for always being there, not missing a single thing since the day you met me. Thank you for always listening, advising and just being there to talk. Thank you for providing such a steady and stable home for me where I felt like I was loved and wanted. Thank you for all of the hard work you put into making me the person I am today and for never giving up on me. Thank you for being my person. I am so grateful I got to spend part of this lifetime with someone so precious. I find you in the most beautiful sunsets and I feel you with me each day. Words can never express how much I will forever miss you. For this is not a goodbye, but see you later. I love you until the end of time.

-Dollbaby