CUSTOM EULOGY FOR: MAX WILLIAMS
PREPARED BY: ETERNAL REFLECTIONS
WELCOME FAMILY AND FRIENDS, I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. GRAND-PA MAX WOULD BE EVER SO PLEASED TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE, TO PAY TRIBUTE IN HIS NAME. IN FACT I FEEL SURE HE IS WATCHING WITH A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE.
I WANT TO SHARE A BIT OF MY GRAND-PA'S HISTORY WITH YOU NOW, IN HOPES THAT EACH OF YOU WILL GET AN EVEN DEEPER GLIMPSE OF JUST WHAT A SPECIAL MAN HE TRULY WAS.
BORN ON THE 12TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, IN 1915 MAX WILLIAMS WAS A MAN OF THE SIMPLEST OF NEEDS.FILLED WITH IMMEASURABLE LOYALTY, DEEP MORAL FIBER, AND STEADFAST BELIEFS, WITH AN UNDYING LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY!
HERE WAS A MAN WHO'S GREATEST PLEASURES IN LIFE CAME FROM THE LITTLE THINGS, BE IT EATING OUT AT A FAMILY STYLE RESTRAINT WITH HIS BELOVED
LUCIA, TAKING A WALK IN THE BRISK FALL AIR, CASTING OUT A FAMOUS "WILLIAMS
CAST" WITH HIS FISHING POLE, WAITING PATENTLY FOR THE SLIGHTEST NIBBLE TO
COME HIS WAY.THEN THERE WAS THE START OF EACH
DEER SEASON, THE VISITS FROM HIS CHILDREN, GRAND CHILDREN, GREAT GRAND
CHILDREN, THE CHANCE TO SPEND HOLIDAYS TOGETHER WITH THOSE HE LOVED
SO MUCH. THESE WERE JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT MATTERED MOST!
JUST TO WATCH HIS CONTENTMENT TAUGHT ME SO VERY MUCH ABOUT HOW TO
LIVE MY OWN LIFE.
BUT THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS THIS GREAT MAN TAUGHT ME, TAUGHT ALL OF
US, "HOW COULD ONE BEGIN TO SAY THANK YOU"?
WHY HIS WORK ETHICS ALONE WERE A GUIDE POST FOR ALL OF US. HERE WAS A
MAN THAT NOT ONLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II
BUT SERVED IT WITH GREAT PRIDE, ALWAYS BEING THE BEST THAT HE COULD BE,
GIVING THE MOST OF HIMSELF THAT HE COULD GIVE.
THAT WAS AGAIN EVER SO CLEAR IN THE TIME HE SERVED IN THE WORKING
FORCES OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS. FOR IN 50 YEARS HE HELD BUT 2
JOBS. THE FIRST WITH BRAWN LUMBER COMPANY HIS STINT LASTED 25 YEARS,
AND THE SECOND WITH LAMB AND COMPANY DILIGENTLY SERVING YET ANOTHER
25 YEARS. WHAT A GREAT THING TO BE ABLE TO SAY "I LIKED WHAT I DID, THE
PEOPLE WERE GOOD, SO I ALWAYS GAVE MY BEST" THIS OUTLOOK WAS JUST
PART OF THE WAY HE SO EASILY INSPIRED PEOPLE.
LET ME GO ON, IN NO WAY AM I TO IMPLY, THAT MY GRAND-PA WAS A WORK O
HOLIC! HE ALWAYS MADE TIME OF EACH MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY, TIME TO CUT-UP,
TIME TO ROUGH HOUSE, TIME TO JUST PLAY!
HE WAS A MAN OF GOD, A MAN OF LOVE AND A MAN OF INNER PEACE, IN SHORT A
BEAUTIFUL PERSON, WITH A HEART OF GOLD.
FOR ME I AM BLESSED FOR WHEN EVER I WANT TO REMEMBER GRAND-PA TO THE
FULLEST, I WILL DAY DREAM OF THE THINGS I KNOW HIM BEST BY. HIS TRADE MARK
BASEBALL CAPS, VACATIONS TOGETHER IN EAST TAWAS AND PERHAPS MOST OF
ALL, OUR "GREAT DEBATES" HOURS ON END SPENT NEEDLING EACH OTHER, OVER
THE OTHERS CHOICE OF POLITICAL PARTIES! WE COULD PLAY THIS GOOD HEARTED
GAME OVER AND OVER, NEVER TIRING OF SHARING OUR POINT OF VIEW, OR OF THE
FUN THERE IN.
NOW I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A WORD JUST TO YOU GRAND-PA, I KNOW THAT GOD
WILL KEEP YOU SAFE AND YOU WILL KEEP HIM BUSY, FOR THIS IS NOT GOOD-BYE,
JUST GOOD LUCK ON YOUR NEW ADVENTURES! ALL OF US WILL MISS YOU
GRAND-PA, MARIA, JULIAN, ANN, ALEXANDRA, ELIZABETH, JULIAN JR.,
DE DE, ASHLEY, JERRY, DIANE, MARIA, MICHELE, MADELIENE, JOE, MAX JR., JOE JR.,
STAN,
(add here anyone I have left out please) BUT MOST OF ALL GRAND-MA, AND
ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND GRAND-PA I KNOW GRAND-MA WAS ALWAYS YOUR GUIDING LIGHT, NOW IT'S
YOUR TURN TO BE HERS!
GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU GRAND-PA AND AS WELL, ALL OF YOU!
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