Help my grandma rest in peace
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My grandmother, Mary Kay Robins, passed away around the late afternoon/early evening October 21st, in a hospital in Florida by herself with no family by her side. Her husband, Ralph, had passed in their home over a decade ago and is resting in a plot in a small town of Ohio, not far from the Holiday House bed & breakfast inn that they had owned together for decades. You can read about the Inn and the story of the new owner's purchasing it from my grandparents here: http://www.roseheartinn.com/Home/Home.aspx
Ralph and Mary were my grandparents, who loved me immensely and showed me what a marriage strongly founded in love could be like. They were together for most of their lives and all of mine. They met at a roller skating rink as youngsters and the rest is history. After suffering a heart attack and being saved by the hard work of EMTs, my grandpa volunteered his time as an EMT himself out of gratitude, helping people in the small town of Mount Gilead for many years. They were respected and loved in their community and absolutely inseperable; after losing my grandpa my grandmother refused to date as no one else could ever compare to the bond they shared. Why settle for less when she'd had the best? If she was anything, my grandmother was stubborn, and I've always respected and admired her dogged tenacity. After losing him, she kept the small retirement home they shared in Florida for as long as she could. Health problems eventually landed her in the hospital while I was working overseas and unable to return. I had been trying to save up to visit when I got the news... my last grandparent is now gone.
Being so far from the community they had lived in and having little to no remaining family, there is no one in the area who can tend to what needs to be done. Since her passing, my grandmother has been in mortuary storage somewhere in Florida, waiting to be reunited with my grandfather one last time. They have plots together, next to eachother, in Ohio. They bought the land and the headstones together, but now she can't get to her final resting place. All she ever wanted was to be with Ralph again and I can't afford to get her there.
All I want is to be able to get her to her final resting place, to let her rest in peace with the man she loved.
It's been months and with Christmas looming, all I want is to see my grandmother at peace. Please, if you can help, it would mean the world to me and Mary's memory. I don't have the money to do this on my own, and I've had to step up where my mother has been unable to. I've felt so helpless, so hopeless and alone in this, I could really use a Christmas miracle. I've never crowd sourced anything in my life and I don't like asking for help as I get the stubborness gene from my grandma, but I honestly don't know what else I can do. I'm tired of crying and feeling helpless while my grandmother waits to spend her eternity with my grandpa.
I need at least $7,000-8,000 for the bare-bones necessities to ship her from Florida to her final resting place in Ohio and at the very least cremate her, though that was not her original wish. With more money I'd be able to fulfill her wishes as she herself wished it to be done. If I reach the goal I would be able attend and actually see the resting place of my beloved grandparents as I was not allowed to attend my grandfather's funeral due to my young age at the time...
Anything would help.
Thank you for reading.
Happy holidays.
- Jessica
Ralph and Mary were my grandparents, who loved me immensely and showed me what a marriage strongly founded in love could be like. They were together for most of their lives and all of mine. They met at a roller skating rink as youngsters and the rest is history. After suffering a heart attack and being saved by the hard work of EMTs, my grandpa volunteered his time as an EMT himself out of gratitude, helping people in the small town of Mount Gilead for many years. They were respected and loved in their community and absolutely inseperable; after losing my grandpa my grandmother refused to date as no one else could ever compare to the bond they shared. Why settle for less when she'd had the best? If she was anything, my grandmother was stubborn, and I've always respected and admired her dogged tenacity. After losing him, she kept the small retirement home they shared in Florida for as long as she could. Health problems eventually landed her in the hospital while I was working overseas and unable to return. I had been trying to save up to visit when I got the news... my last grandparent is now gone.
Being so far from the community they had lived in and having little to no remaining family, there is no one in the area who can tend to what needs to be done. Since her passing, my grandmother has been in mortuary storage somewhere in Florida, waiting to be reunited with my grandfather one last time. They have plots together, next to eachother, in Ohio. They bought the land and the headstones together, but now she can't get to her final resting place. All she ever wanted was to be with Ralph again and I can't afford to get her there.
All I want is to be able to get her to her final resting place, to let her rest in peace with the man she loved.
It's been months and with Christmas looming, all I want is to see my grandmother at peace. Please, if you can help, it would mean the world to me and Mary's memory. I don't have the money to do this on my own, and I've had to step up where my mother has been unable to. I've felt so helpless, so hopeless and alone in this, I could really use a Christmas miracle. I've never crowd sourced anything in my life and I don't like asking for help as I get the stubborness gene from my grandma, but I honestly don't know what else I can do. I'm tired of crying and feeling helpless while my grandmother waits to spend her eternity with my grandpa.
I need at least $7,000-8,000 for the bare-bones necessities to ship her from Florida to her final resting place in Ohio and at the very least cremate her, though that was not her original wish. With more money I'd be able to fulfill her wishes as she herself wished it to be done. If I reach the goal I would be able attend and actually see the resting place of my beloved grandparents as I was not allowed to attend my grandfather's funeral due to my young age at the time...
Anything would help.
Thank you for reading.
Happy holidays.
- Jessica
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Jessica Robins-Eads
Organizer
Las Vegas, NV