IN MEMORY OF

MY GRANNY

December 9, 1909 - May 23, 2006

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One gift, above all others, God gives to us to treasure

One that knows no time, no place, and gold cannot measure.

The precious, poignant, tender gift Of Memory -- 

that will keep our dear ones ever in our hearts,

Although God gives them sleep.

It brings back long remembered things

A song, a word, a smile, and our world's a better place -- 

because we had them for a while

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