Retired Pastor's Wife

I was very anxious to meet ____________. Even before my ministry here, I knew a bit of the ____________ legacy through my close relationship with Pastor ____________. Upon arriving here, I was reminded of this man's impact on the life of this congregation. I wanted to meet his widow -- both as a link to him and yet in her own right as a person, a wife, a mother.

____________ now rests from her labors in the presence of her Lord. We gather, sorrowful that she is separated from us, but rejoicing in her life she had and celebrating her resurrection through Jesus Christ our Lord.

____________is at home in heaven, not because she was married to Rev. ____________, not because she was a faithful wife, a loving mother, not because she was a dedicated, hard-working member of t…