"I am sure you are aware of the news of Mom/Grandma's passing into Heaven last night. Here is the obituary from the funeral home's website. I want you to know that Mom/Grandma passed away very peacefully. Her breathing had become very shallow for the last 30 minutes or so, until we could hardly hear her taking a breath. She was in no pain. Then, just as the nurse walked in the room to give her a little more medicine, Mom took one last breath, and then, for the first time in a while, she made an expression of a smile, and then she was gone.
It was a beautiful moment, because, in spite of our sadness, we knew that her last whisper of a smile here was most likely the first moment she opened her eyes into eternity. I don't know who the smile was for, or who was greeting her, but I like to think it was Jesus...as the beloved hymn says, 'I long to see my Savior first of all.'"
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MILDRED ELIZABETH ASHLEY (nee Geraldson), 93, of Sagamore Hills, OH, formerly of Binghamton, NY, beloved wife of Willard Ashley, loving mother of Mark (Debbie) Ashley, Elizabeth (Dennis) Eaton, Sharon (Gary) Augustson, Milton (Janice) Ashley and Becky (Ron) Villa, dear grandmother of 11, great grandmother of 12, sister of Helen Johnson and the late Torris Geraldson, Lillian Waid and Stanley Geraldson. Died Sunday March 27, 2016. The family suggests memorial contributions to Gideon's International or Kindred at Home Hospice.
Service will be Thursday March 31, 2016 at 7:00 pm at the Northfield Baptist Church, 311 West Aurora Rd., Northfield, OH, where the family will receive friends from 6-7 pm. Interment will be at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery.
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