Emily Jane Bonilla (Dolly Kahl)

****Update****

From Christina Reyes Juleson

April 27, 2023

Words will never express our thankfulness and gratitude to each of you. The Lord has provided a miracle and all costs have been covered for mom’s funeral. Thank you for your thoughts, prayers, support and contributions.

Sincerely,

Christina, Lisa, Joel, Oliver, & Lawrence

My oldest and dearest friend, Christina Reyes Juleson suddenly and unexpectedly lost her mother Sunday morning, April 9th. Her family is working hard to raise the money to give her the memorial she deserves. Please consider donating to help this family lay their mother to rest.

Written by her daughter, Christina Reyes Juleson.

This Easter is very special to us today as we grieve the loss of our most loved and adored mom Emily Bonilla aka Dolly Kahl. This loss was very sudden and unexpected. She was on the mend and undergoing treatment for a cancer that we fully believed would be miraculously cured. We prayed for a miracle; we just couldn't have anticipated that our Father in heaven would have chosen to gift her a new heavenly body with Him in eternity with Him today of all days during the celebration of his own resurrection.

Our mom's journey back to finding Jesus again in her life was a long road. When she finally accepted that she was truly and deeply loved by Jesus she surrendered and devoted her life back to God, committing herself to studying His word. He fulfilled her desire to become the master over her life and everything that she did. She loved Jesus, she loved her children and she adored and loved her grandchildren. We are deeply saddened by her passing.

This world is a bit dimmer without her in it but we hold onto the hope and promise that Jesus gave us that we would be with him again in eternity. She will be greatly missed until we are again reunited.

She is and will always be the greatest blessing we kids could have ever hoped for as a mom.

Her associations are many and far reaching with over 40 years of service in the nursing field, caring for and giving her compassion to the elderly. She would do for others, before doing for herself. She never wanted anyone to make a fuss over her. She gave all that she could give til her final breath here on earth.

Her final resting place will be in Missouri where she was the happiest in these last few years. Funeral arrangements information will be posted in a few days.

My mom was passionate about serving people in her line of nursing - developing relationships with patients that she loved and then mourning them when they'd pass on. She worked with many Alzheimer's patients and cared deeply for them. She would do without many times when she knew someone was struggling financially because of her giving heart.

This Go Fund Me account has been created by my long life sister in Jesus Maggie Ainsworth Bristol. In lieu of flowers, should you feel led to give. Mom didn't set anything aside for herself and she always gave to others. We know that the Lord will provide and we thank all of you in advance.

But as Mom would always say 'It's just a body, I'm going to be with Jesus!"