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Permalink Reply by Tarra on March 3, 2009 at 7:35pm

Hard to say goodbye to such a great person. I will keep her family in my prayers. She will be so missed.

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Permalink Reply by debb on March 4, 2009 at 8:13am

i talked with tori last night and she said that she added some more pictures of sandy on the funeral home site.
Schrader Funeral Home - Memorial Obituaries
http://obit.schrader.com/gallery.cgi?id=641462&task=Show&im......

she will be sending more at a later date.

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Permalink Reply by Jan on March 4, 2009 at 9:49am

I am so saddened for Saundra's family and this community for this great loss. The picture of Saundra standing next to her mother is bittersweet. It is my great hope that my niece will live to a ripe, old age, not struck down in the prime of her life. Saundra should have had many more years to enjoy life; this death was too soon. Saundra has made an impact here with many helpful and thoughtful posts and her loss will be felt.

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Permalink Reply by Linda G on March 4, 2009 at 2:06pm

How old was our dear Saundra?

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Permalink Reply by Dov on March 4, 2009 at 3:44pm

There's a teaching in the Talmud that when one takes leave of someone who's alive, the appropriate parting is לך לשלום, "Go to peace," while when taking leave of the departed, one says לך בשלום, "Go in peace." Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, one of the greatest Jewish sages of the 20th century and the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandate Palestine, questioned why this should be the case. He explained that when one leaves a friend, were he to say "go in peace," it might give the friend the impression that the road ahead would be easy; as we all know too well, however, life is full of spiritual and material roadblocks and hardships. A person who has the impression that one can go "in peace" will be unprepared for the arduous road ahead. Thus, we say, "Go to peace" - the journey may be rough, but the ultimate destination should be peace.

When taking leave of a loved one for the last time, however, the situation is different. The deceased has reached eternal peace, and only then is it appropriate to say, "Go in peace."

While we'll all miss Saundra on Tu Diabetes, we say to her, "Go in peace." Her friendship and kind words sustained many of us, and her memory will be for a blessing.

Saundra, לכי בשלום ותנוחי על משכבך בשלום ותעמדי לגורלך לקץ הימים - Go in peace, and rest in peace, and stand up to your destiny at the end of days.

May Saundra's family know, as they say in Yiddish, "af simkhes" - only happy occasions, and may they find consolation and comfort beneath the wings of the Divine One.

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Permalink Reply by Judith on March 4, 2009 at 5:01pm

Thank you, Dov.

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Permalink Reply by Debi on March 4, 2009 at 7:47pm

WHAT U WROTE IS BEAUTIFUL, I'M SURE HER FAMILY IS COMFORTED BY WHAT U HAD TO SAY.

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on March 4, 2009 at 8:47pm

Oh Dov, thank you for writing this.

Shalom.

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Permalink Reply by Kathy on March 5, 2009 at 5:13pm

That was very nice. Thank you.

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth on March 4, 2009 at 4:05pm

I barely got to know her in the last month or so and now she's gone. I'm so very sad.

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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on March 4, 2009 at 7:49pm

I heard from Tori, Saundra's daughter, about the flowers:
"Thank you so much for the beautiful flowers. My whole family were in awe over them. When we got to the funeral home for the visitation the giant bouquet was right next to the casket already. They looked absolutely gorgeous. My sisters went right over to them to see who had sent them. At the end of the visitation the funeral director asked us which two bouquets would we like at the church tomorrow for the funeral. Out of all the flowers that came in we had to pick the one you sent on behalf of everyone on the site. After the funeral they are going to be sent to the grave site where they will stay for as long as they last. Thank you again, my mom would have just loved them. Tori"

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Permalink Reply by Linda G on March 4, 2009 at 8:26pm

Thanks Manny...I still can't get over that it's Saundra we're talking about!

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