Ken And Cindy Webster
Words can NEVER express what to say at the loss of a dear friend much less a loved one. The loss we feel at Karen’s passing is only a small portion of what her family and loved ones are feeling and we cannot express how much we care and are concerned as her husband, children, father and family go through this time of mourning. We wish you did not have to experience this….but it is part of that circle of life we will all face one day. It is the ones left behind that need the care and concern; for Karen is surely in a better place and in the midst of many people she knows and loves and waiting for all of us to join her in the heavenly home she is experiencing right now.
Karen came into our lives when she met and married our dear friend Billy Conn. She made him smile and laugh and gave him hope for a wonderful future together. Once we met her we knew why Billy had finally given up MANY YEARS of living alone. He found the person he wanted to share his life with and it was Karen. He said he had met “the one” he was meant to be with. He met his soul mate and we were so happy for them both.
They honored us by letting us share in their lives and we are blessed and better people for knowing them both. We were there when they decided “to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death they do part, according to God’s holy law.” We just did not realize the sickness and death would come so soon to such a wonderful couple.
Karen was the type of person who loved and listened. She cared deeply about those she knew. When Ken and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary she gave us a card that she made herself. It must have taken her hours as she took the time to find the pictures that would touch us “truly, madly, and deply”. It is on our refrigerator to this day and I took it down tonight so I could quote her words. The card says this…. “Continue to live every moment…..Love beyond hurt….laugh every day” and on the back of the card it says “love conquers all”. And I think she would want those who loved her the most to live up to those words. Continue to live the life she would want you to have… as she looks down on you smiling and loving you each and every day…but wanting you to move on and live your life as she would want you to live it and letting her love for you to “conquer all”.
Good bye, Karen, dear friend and loving wife to Billy Conn. You were a true gift to your father, brother, sister, and children as you continued to care for the family as your mother would. May your children remember the love and memories you gave them. May you rest in peace knowing you did well by your family and loved ones. Thank you for including Ken and Cindy Webster in your ring of close friends.
God Bless those left behind!
Ken and Cindy Webster