JANUARY 22, 2009 At 2:00 AM on January 22nd, Jocelyn passed away peacefully in her sleep with John and Darryl at her side.
Visitation will be at Bethany CRC (1040 Balfour Avenue, Fenwick) on Friday, January 23rd, from 1:00-4:00PM and 6:00-9:00PM.
Interment will be at Hillside Cemetery in Ridgeville on Saturday, January 24th for immediate family and close friends. Please meet at Bethany CRC at 10:00AM, and we will proceed from there.
We invite everyone to come to a memorial celebration service in memory of Jocelyn at Bethany CRC beginning at 11:00 on Saturday, January 24th, with a reception following in the fellowship hall.
In Lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Rose City Kids (http://www.rosecitykids.com/) a children's ministry program in Welland and/or to Christian Reformed World Missions (http://www.crcna.org/pages/crwm.cfm) where Jocelyn served as a board member.
In Lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Rose City Kids (http://www.rosecitykids.com/) a children's ministry program in Welland and/or to Christian Reformed World Missions (http://www.crcna.org/pages/crwm.cfm) where Jocelyn served as a board member.
20 comments:
Our prayers are with you at this time. May God be with you.
Rick and Gonda
John, Chris & Tiffany & Children
Darrl & Brad
May Our God comfort you all with comfort that only He can give.
2 Corinthians 1 verse 3 & 4
Pete & Katie
Terpstra
My thoughts are with you John, Chris and family
Paul Day
LO
John, Chris,Tiffany & Children
Darrl & Brad:
It is hard to say good bye to Jocelyn. She will be so incredibly missed. She was such a testimony of faith over fear and self giving rather than self pity. I thank God for knowing her for the brief time that we did. We know that you will miss her tremendously. Jocelyn once said to me, "God gives us more grace when we need it more right Sharen?" She was right. Each of you have been examples of that as you have journeyed through this trial. Praying that you may continue to expereice God's grace sufficient for your sorrow in the days and months to come.
Pastor EJ, Sharen and family
There are no words of comfort I can offer for a loss as great as yours. I do understand the struggle as our daughter, age 38, is battling stage 3 inflamatory breast cancer. She is looking to our Lord for her strength day by day, and to remain always faithful first, to Him. My prayers are with all of you. Lea Herndon of Lawyer Nursery, Inc.
Dear John and family, Words are inadequate at a time like this. I just want you to know that our thoughts and prayers are with you. May our Heavenly Father continue to sustain and strengthen each of you and may you all continue to be a witness to His love and grace.
Gertrude DeBoer and family
My Condolences to you and your Family. May the Hope of Life give you comfort
Gerry Okimi
"Home Free" by Wayne Watson
I'm trying hard not to think you unkind
But Heavenly Father
If you know my heart
Surely you can read my mind
Good people underneath the sea of grief
Some get up and walk away
Some will find ultimate relief
Chorus
Home Free, eventually
At the ultimate healing we will be Home Free
Home Free, oh Ive got a feeling
At the ultimate healing
We will be Home Free
Out in the corridors we pray for life
A mother for her baby, A husband for his wife
Sometimes the good die young
It's sad but true
And while we pray for one more heartbeat
The real comfort is with You
You know pain has little mercy
And suffering's no respecter of age, of race or position
I know every prayer gets answered
But the hardest one to pray is slow to come
Oh Lord, not mine, but Thy will be done
Let it be...
Chorus
Home Free, eventually
At the ultimate healing we will be Home Free
Home Free, oh Ive got a feeling
At the ultimate healing
We will be Home Free
Home Free, eventually
At the ultimate healing gonna be Home Free
Home Free, oh its more than a feeling
At the ultimate healing
Gonna be Home Free
Darryl and Family,
Praying for God's comfort and peace for you and your family during this difficult time.
Scott and Kristin Gerryts
John,Chris, Tiffany, Darryl, and Brad:
I pray that God will grant you all the strength that you may need over the next days, weeks, and months ahead. I remember Jocelyn as a wonderful woman, and I'm sure that she will be greatly missed. I will continue to pray for God's grace in your lives as you mourn.
Angela Dekker (Mans)
Dear John,Chris,Tiffany,Darryl and Brad, i am so very sorry for your loss. When i kept checking in on her blog and there was nothing there for awhile, i understood it that you were very busy caring and providing for Jocelyn what ever her needs were. We have been there and we know all to well the pain and sorrow you are feeling right now. I can't even find the words right now that may comfort you for i also know you need time and space to go through your own emotions and feelings. Your wife,mother,....was a very remarkable woman and i hope you have comfort in knowing that she has touched so many people in many different ways. Our questions may be great right now,but we know the Lord has strong and comforting arms. He will hold you and at times carry you, i have so many memories of Jocelyn that i will treasure in my heart always. The way we really got to know Jocelyn was through John-Martin's battle with cancer, what a strength to me and to him she was.John-Martin never forgot all she did and what You,John, and boys have done for him that is why he was so eager to see you all in his last days here on earth, he wanted to say thankyou to you all, and now i say thankyou to you for allowing us to get to know you all,,your friendship has been a blessing to us, and now John-Martin may see his friend face to face again, and we pray for comfort and strength for you all through these hard months to follow. She was so proud of all of you when she spoke of you.Hold on to that and continue to make her proud!!! With all our love Martin and Brenda
p.s Brad i hope you have kept all these blogs from over the past months. What a testimony for you to keep and to go back over and read again whenever you are ready to, your mom made that possible for me with my journal and i am so happy i have that today!! God bless you!
Cover to cover....I checked through the whole dictionary and the words aren't there so I won't attempt to find new ones...my heart is shattered and whole in this same experience. For you I ache beyond those unfound words. The Grand Canyon doesn't know this kind of hollowness - I'm so very sorry. And I'm grateful. You know more than anyone what it means to die well and probably understand more than most Paul's understanding of how in dying we live. You allowed Jocelyn to die well and within a wonderful blanket of unconditional love - nothing is closer to the Father's love.
My love and prayers join the hundreds - probably thousands - of others that surround you like "so great a cloud of witnesses". They will not cease with the coming days - you are not alone.
Cyn
John and Family,
Words cannot express how saddened we are to hear of Jocelyn's passing. We are very sorry for your loss and know that she is now in God's loving arms. Our thoughts and prayers are with you...
Chris and Fiona Alford and family
Our prayers are with your family at this sad time. I now pray for strength, not for Jocelyn, for she is now without pain, but for those she left behind.
With Deepest Sympathy;
Pete and Cherie Van Vliet and family
I just came across this blog by chance...I had heard of Jocelyn's passing through my sister.
My prayers and thoughts are with all the friends and family of Jocelyn.
I have been praying for you all that God will give you His Strength and His Peace that surpasses all understanding...
I cannot imagine what you are going through, but I am praying that the Healer of the Broken-Hearted will hold you close during this time... and that the reality of a reunion in Heaven with Jesus and your beloved Jocelyn will be so strong in your hearts.
With love your cousin in Calgary,
Sharon Langendoen Beere
No words can express our sympathy for you John, Chris & Tifany and children, Darryl and Brad
We have prayed much, first for healing, now we no longer have to pray for Jocelyn as she is home, but now our prayers are for those that are missing her so much, John and extended family, may you all rest in His grace and feel the Lord's loving arms around you, I will never forget Jocelyn and the special person she was for me, we are in Florida at this time, but you are in our thoughts and prayers no matter where we travel, love P&S
Our condolences to John and family during these difficult times. It is not for Jocelyn we grieve, but for those she has left behind, for she is in heaven the most beautiful place of all.
Tom, Alice, Kristopher Jongsma and family
Dear John,
I don't know if you still monitor this site at all or re-read posts...
I just wanted you to know that you remain in my prayers - you and your kids, grandkids, my Aunt and Uncle, cousins... There are few days that pass that I don't think of Joc' and wonder and pray for you.
It must seem odd that everyone else's life (outside of your immediate family)just went on when yours was dashed on the rocks of reality. I just want you to know that it still matters to me and that Jocelyn not being there with you matters to your Father as well.
Bless you always,
Cyn
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