Jean Brcka Obituary

I love you and I miss you!! 19 years too long

HAPPY 88th birthday grandma! Miss as much today as 16years ago. I still think of you daily. Even Andre and Sean know stories of you. Eric thinks he hears and sees you sometimes more than myself. The sun still shines and the wind still blows but its a lot different without you ! I love you and miss you endlessly

Hi mom how are ya doing i really miss ya there isnt a day that goes by that i dont think of ya guys im not really good with words or writing them but in my heart i know how much the whole family misses you guys and till this day it really hurts i guess it will always but i guess thats the love we had for yous and i know the love yous had for us well mom give my love to dad and bobby and of course you take care and watch over us I LOVE YOU GUYS BY FOR NOW LOVE RICH TOLD YA IM NOT TO GOOD AT WRITING THINGS TALK TO YA SOON KISSES AND HUGS

HAPPY NEW YEAR GRANDMA WE MISS YOU VERY MUCH ANOTHER LONG YEAR WITH OUT U KEEP WATCHING OVER ALL OF US... LOVE YOU WISH EVERY ONE ELSE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

BYE

HEY GRANDMA, I WANTED TO WRITE BEFORE MY ONLINE WAS OFF CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE BACK ON... OF COURSE I MISS YOU A WHOLE LOT. I HOPE YOU GUYS GOT THE HERSEYS I LEFT YOU THE OTHER DAY FROM TRICK OR TREATING. I KNOW YOUS LOVE THIS KIND...I AM STILL THINKING ABOUT YOU EVERY DAY. AND WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU. I OFTEN FEEL EMPTY AND OFF TRACK. I WENT TO THE STORE AND SAW ALL THE CHRISTMAS STUFF AND IT WAS REALLY SAD.AND I CAME ACROSS THE SONG YOU LIKE...CHRISTMAS WITH OUT DADDY...I DON'T KNOW THAT I WILL EVER NOT BE SAD WITH YOU. BUT I KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING OVER US. AND YOU KNOW HOW HARD WE ARE TRYING.

I LOVE YOU

MELISSA

Grandma!! Hey grandma this is Lupe!! Hi how are you up there? Me im doing fine just hanging here. I mean i cant take death no more because there are too many people that have left my life and its not very exciting. I mean now if only like 1 person died i would understand but after about 4 i think that that is enough. Dont you agree? Im very mad and cant take no more after the last person i felt that i cant take no more!!! So i was just saying hi and that i miss and love you very much and there will always be a place in my heart for you!!! I love you very much!!! Love always Lupe your lil'Lupita!!!

Dear Grandma,

It havent written to for a long time.I miss you veary much i hope your doring good. Anyway how is it in heven? You and Grandpa and Uncle Bobby been bowling a lot who won? well i hope to write you latter but i will still love you with all my heart.



Love:Bianca Mercado

DEAR GRANDMA, I HAVEN'T WRITEN TO YOU IN A LONG TIME... I'M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY LATELY. WELL WE FINALLY BAPTISED SEAN. I'M SURE YOU WERE THERE AND SAW IT ALL WITH GRANDPA UNCLE BOB AND MAYBE EVEN MY DAD. I THOUGHT IT WENT VERY NICE. WELL THE GIRLS HAVE BEEN HERE VISITING. MY MOM AND EVERYONE IS IN WISCONSIN. WE DIDN'T GO THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE JUST GOT AHEAD AND DIDN'T WANT TO RUIN THAT YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES. SO NOW THERES NO ONE FOR ME TO CALL THAT WANTS TO HEAR THE BORING EXCITEMENT OF DAY TO DAY. SO I'VE BEEN AT THE CEMETARY TO TELL YOU. JUST INCASE YOU WEREN'T PAYING ATTENTION AND DIDN'T HEAR ME THERE. I MISS YOU SO MUCH. ITS SO HARD TO EXPLAIN WHAT ITS LIKE TO MISS SOME ONE LIKE THIS. I TRY AND GO THROUGH WITH OUT THINKING OF IT AS A BAD THING. BUT THAT YOUR WATCHING OVER US NOW. ALTHOUGH IT NEVER REALLY IS THE SAME...IT'S SO STUPID THAT I STILL DON'T BELIEVE IT. I STILL HEAR THAT DAY SO CLEAR IN MY HEAD. IT'S REALLY PAINFUL TO NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE CONTROL OVER EVERYTHING. I HURT EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU. AND I TRY TO SMILE CUZ I'M SURE YOU ARE DOING GREAT THERE KNOCKING THEM DEAD ALL OVER AGAIN. JUST KIDDING LOL. MEMBER HOW WE STAY UP LATE TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING. NOW I HAVE NOONE. ALL THE THINGS YOU CONVINCED ME OF, STOOD BY ME FOR, GAVE ME ADVICE FOR...KINDA GREAT.

WELL THANK YOU

I MISS YOU AND I LOVE YOU

MELISSA

Just thinking about you, more than I usually do, on this very special day. I (we) want to wish you a very, very HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope you are having a day that you have missed for a long time. You are missed and loved so very much mom. All our love and kisses, HAVE A GREAT DAY MOMMY! ALL our Love,

Kathy and Billy & Ray too!

DEAR GRANDMA TODAY IS THE BIG PARTY THING AT MY MOMS...PARTLY IN YOUR HONOR FOR YOU UP COMING BIRTHDAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR NOT GOING TO BE THERE.WHEN WE GET TOGETHER AND YOUR NOT THERE ITS THE MOST FRUSTRATING SAD FEELING. BUT I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE THERE IN SPRIT WATCHING AND LISTENING. BUT THAT WAY JUST ISN'T THE SAME. I HATE THIS SO MUCH AND I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND. I LOVE YOU AND I HAVE TO GO.

MISS YOU GRANDMA

LOVE MELISSA

Hi Mom,

This still is too hard for me to do yet, but I know you understand as we speak every evening along with Daddy and Bobby and Bill. I review the last day over and over again, but I cannot understand what happened. Most of the time it is still to hard to think about, so at night we mostly talk about good things. Well Billy graduated last week, I was so proud as I know you were. It was really hard that night knowing that you would not have missed it, and me knowing you wouldn't be coming. Every normal day is hard, but certain days and events are truely unbearable. My sick stomach will be a everlasting ache and I will never look at life as I used to, nor will I ever take life, family or friends for granted. I am one of the lucky ones tho, you and daddy, along with God have blessed me with the best family anyone could have. I thank God every night for giving me this particularly special, lving and caring family. I could not or would not have wanted any other. You did a great job, which we all should have told you then, but I pray that somehow you knew that. Well mom, I need to take Billy to football practice.....yeah.FOOTBALL! Can you believe they talked me into it....altho I'm still not very comfortable, I'm trying. He LOVES it. Even when he comes homes sore and exhausted. I will try and talk to you soon, but please know how difficult it is when I don't understand. It is really good to see the kids saying what they need to. You are missed terribly by all!

I Love you mom, and if possible miss you as much. Your daughter, Kathy

GRANDMA~

HEY YOU!I REALLY MISS YOU!ITS SO HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOUR GONE!ITS SEEMS LIKE IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY THAT WE WERE TALKING AND LAUGHING TOGETHER!YOU WERE THE ONLY PERSON WHO REALLY FULLY UNDERSTOOD ME WHEN I TALKED TO YOU!AND YOU ALWAYS USED TO GIVE ME VERY GOOD ADVICE THAT HELPED ME ALONG MY WAY.NOW THAT YOUR GONE I FEEL SO ALONE AND NOW I CANT TALK TO YOU ANYMORE AND I DONT WANT TO TALK TO ANY ONE ELSE CUZ IT JUST AINT THE SAME SO NOW I HAVE TO HOLD EVERYTHING IN!WELL AS FOR ME I GUESS I'M DOING FINE BUT I WAS DOING BETTER WHEN YOU WERE HERE!SOMETIMES I FEEL SINCE YOU AINT HERE WHATS THE POINT OF ME BEING HERE?WELL THE DAY OF YOUR WAKE AS EVERYONE WAS SURROUNDING YOUR CASKET TO SEE YOU FOR THE LAST TIME I MADE MY WAY THROUGH TO YOUR CASKET AND I COULDNT BELIEVE IT WAS MY GRANNY LAYING THERE!AFTER THINKING OF ALL OF OUR GOOD TIMES TOGETHER I COULDNT STOP THE FLOW OF MY TEARS!!I REALLY LOVE YOU!WELL OK I GUESS I WILL LET YOU GO CATCH UP WITH THE GOOD AND BAD STUFF WITH GRANDPA AND UNCLE BOBBY. PLEASE TELL THEM THAT I MISS THEM AND LOVE THEM!AND ASK UNCLE BOBBY IF HE STILL REMEMBERS HIM PUSHING ME AROUND THE HOUSE IN A EMPTY BEER BOX?HAHA!!!WELL GRANDMA EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY BE GONE YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!!I LOVE YOU AND I MISS YOU!!!

LOVE ALWAYS

YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER

SARAH BEAN

MAYBE WE DIDN'T TREAT YOU QUITE AS GOOD AS WE SHOULD OF...

MAYBE WE DIDN'T LOVE YOU QUITE AS OFTEN AS WE COULD HAVE...

LITTLE THINGS WE OF SAID AND DONE

WE JUST NEVER TOOK THE TIME...

YOU WERE ALWAYS ON OUR MINDS. . .

YOU WERE ALWAYS ON OUR MINDS. . .

MAYBE WE DIDN'T HOLD YOU ALL THOSE LONELY, LONELY TIMES...

AND WE GUESS WE NEVER TOLD YOU WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOUR OURS...

IF WE MADE YOU FEEL SECOND BEST GIRL WE'RE SO SORRY WE WERE BLINDE..

YOU WERE ALWAYS ON OUR MINDS. . .

YOU WERE ALWAYS ON OUR MINDS. . .

TELL US, TELL US THAT YOUR SWEET LOVE HASN'T DIED...

GIVE US, GIVE US ONE MORE CHANCE TO KEEP YOU SATISFIED...SATISFIED...

LITTLE THINGS WE SHOULD HAVE SAID AND DONE...

WE JUST NEVER TOOK THE TIME

YOU WERE ALWAYS ON OUR MINDS. . .



YOU WERE ALWAYS ON OUR MINDS! ! !



WE MISS YOU, EVERYONE HAS THEIR WOULD OF SHOULD OF COULD OF'S NOW AND THEN, BUT THROUGH IT ALL WE ALL LOVE YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU, NOW AND FOREVER

R.I.P

LOVE THE FAMILY

DEAR GRAMDMA, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU A WHOLE LOT LATELY, WELL I ALWAYS DO BUT MORE THAN USUAL. SOMETIMES I CAN'T FALL ASLEEP BECAUSE I SEE YOU IN THE HOSPITAL. AND I HEAR THE PHONE RING THURSDAY MORNING. IT WAS MY MOM WITH THE NEWS. IT MAKES ME CRAZY. I CAN STILL SEE IT SO CLEAR. I THOUGHT YOU'D HAVE BEEN HERE ALOT LONGER. REMEMBER YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WAIT UNTIL LUPE GOT MARRIED? IT'S BEEN FOUR MONTHES AND I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR NOT HERE. YOU'D BE SO CRAZY ANY WAY IF YOU WERE. YOU KNOW THINGS ARE ALWAYS IN AN UPROAR WITH OUR FAMILY. LAST SATURDAY I WAS AT MY MOMS WITH UNCLE RONNIE AND IT WAS SO WEIRD BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'D HAVE BEEN THERE. SOMETIMES WHEN I GO SEE YOU AND I TALK TO YOU, I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE THERE NEXT TO ME TALKING TO UNCLE BOBBY AND GRANDPA. BECAUSE THATS WHAT WE'D DO. I REALLY WISH I HAD MORE TIME WITH YOU. I WISH THAT YOU COULD BE WITH MY KIDS MORE. SO THEY COULD HAVE YOUR CAKES AND COOKIES. YOU'LL NEVER KNOW JUST HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED YOUR COMPANY AND YOUR LATE NIGHT PHONE CALLS. I KNOW YOU'D ALWAYS TRY AND DO THINGS FOR ME ALL THE TIME. YOU ARE THE BEST! I MISS YOU SO MUCH AND I WISH YOU WERE HERE. I JUST CAN'T GET BETTER OVER YOU. WELL PLEASE WATCH OVER EVERYONE. HAVE FUN LAYING IN THE SUN THERE. I NOTICED YOU GUYS ARE IN THE SUN. ALSO SOME ONE NEXT TO YOUS JUST PASSED. THE WOMAN WAS 100 YRS OLD.

I LOVE YOU

MELISSA

DEAR GRANDMA...I FINALLY GOT ONLINE SO NOW I CAN WRITE U TOO. I MISS YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE SO MANY TIMES I REACHED FOR THE PHONE TO CALL YOU. ITS SO WEIRD YOU WERE HERE AND THAN YOU WERE GONE. THAT WEEK PLAYS OVER AND OVER IN MY MIND. I FEEL SO EMPTY BECAUSE U KNEW HOW TO LISTEN AND LAUGH AND CRY WITH ME. WITH OUT JUDGING OR QUESTIONING. THANK YOU. WELL ANDRES 3ERD BITHDAY JUST PAST AS YOU KNOW, AND WE MISSED YOUR CARD. YOU NEVER MISSED ANY. EVERY ONE CAME TO HIS PARTY EXCEPT AUNT JEANNIE, AND UNCLE RICH. I KNOW YOU WERE HERE BECAUSE YOUR PICTURE FELL AND THE FRAME BROKE. I COME AND SEE YOU ALL THE TIME. I WISH I DID THAT MORE BEFORE. I KNOW YOU UNDERDSTAND... I LOVE YOU GRANDMA!!

MELISSA(ERIC ANDRE AND SEAN)

Mommy,

I am sorry that I have not written to you in a while, but I have been a little busy. But I am not to busy to stop remembering you and all the good times we had together. Mommy I realy wish that you were here because I don't know what to do without you. You were like a mom to my kids and you were the perfect mommy to me. I know that we had a lot of bad times with arguing and all that but you were only trying to tell me right from wrong and I never listened. I also wanted to tell you that I am so sorry for all the times that I ran away and all the times that I use to talk back to you. I wish I could of told you all this in the hospial but I thought that you would be okay. That's okay mom you needed to rest and take care of Bobby and Daddy. I love you so much mommy. I just feel so alone mommy, you were the only one that I had. I guess now I only have Melissa to talk to about my problems.

Well mommy I will write to you later. I love you so much mommy. Please watch over me and the kids. Give everybody kisses.

Your Baby,

Jeannie

Mom? I don't understand......

I Love you and miss you so much!

Kathy

Hi Ma,

I wish there was a special way to tell or explain to you how wvery much I miss you. Sometimes, I pretend that you are still there, actually, I pretend alot, because I am not ready yet to deal with you being gone. I am afraid what will happen when I finally accept it. Please be there to help me, as you always were. My heart feels like it is actually breaking and its hurts too bad to acknowledge. I try very hard to keep everybody up, you know, but sometimes I can't. Sometimes, I am not strong enough. I need you to help me there too Ma. Please watch over us all, and help me keep us together, all of us. I love you mom, and not a day goes by that I don't think of you, Bobby and Daddy. Kiss them for me, okay? Oh, I got a job, it's really good too, I really love it. I wish you were here so I could tell you about it. I want you to come back Ma, you have been gone long enough now. Please. I love you ma, you knew that, didn't you? I hope so. Take care and come visit me sometime okay?



My Love Always,

Karen

Dearest Mommy,



I thought about you this morning as I do everyday and my heart filled with so much sadness I had a hard time stopping the tears. Recently we found Zach and as you know he pasted away and we are certain that he is with you. It's been so hard lately Rich is so angry and sad it's hard to tell what he is thinkning except missing you and bobby and now Zach. I made a promise to Ron that we would not loose touch. We are going to Karen's for a cookout tomorrow and it will be hard not to see you there. We love you and miss you so very much, please watch over my Richie and keep him healthy, I don't know if I could handle anything happening to him.



Love and miss you ALOT

Love Janet

Please remember Me





When all our tears have reached the sea

Part of you will live in me

Way down deep inside my heart

The days keep coming without fail

A new wind is gonna find your sail

That's where your journey starts



You'll find better love

Strong as it ever was

Deep as the river runs

Warm as the morning sun

Please remember me



Just like the waves down by the shore

We're gonna keep on coming back for more

'Cause we don't ever wanna stop

Out in this brave new world you seek

Oh the valleys and the peaks

And I can see you on the top



You'll find better love

Strong as it ever was

Deep as the river runs

Warm as the morning sun

Please remember me



Remember me when you're out walkin'

When the snow falls high outside your door

Late at night when you're not sleepin'

And moonlight falls across your floor

When I can't hurt you anymore



You'll find better love

Strong as it ever was

Deep as the river runs

Warm as the morning sun

Please remember me

Please remember me

Mom,

I just wanted to write to tell you that everyday of you not being here is getting more sad. The other day Ezzy was was sick and she told me that she wanted to go by you because you always make her feel better. I told her that it was not possible for her to go over by you because you were gone, and she just started crying. I don't know what to do without you here mommy. I feel like I am going to go crazy. You are the only one that I had mommy, You are the only one that listened to my problems, and the only one who cared so much about my kids. I feel like I am all alone in this world now, just me and the kids. That's okay though, you realy needed to rest mommy. I just wanted to say thank you for spendingyour last months with Ezzy and the girls because you made them feel something realy good. I know that you also felt good spending time with them. You will always be the best mom in the whole world because that is who you are. I love you mommy even though I never told you a lot. You will always be in my heart.

Love you forever,

Jeannie

Hi Mom,



We went to the cemetary saturday before going to your apartment. Rich was so nervious and he tried to make every excuss not to go. I think thou it was really good for him for everyone. No one argued and they found some things that helped them all deal with your death better. He has been so much better now not that he don't miss you but he knows now in his heart that you are where you need to be. I know he couldn't have had that without you looking over us. Love you much and miss you..oh ya i seen the job you did on the computer monitor plug...ha ha sorry I didn't come sooner to help you with that...lots of love...janet

HI MA,

I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER HERE. I WANT TO CALL YOU SO MANY TIMES AND THEN , I REMEMBER. I THANK-GOD THAT WE ALL HAD THOSE LAST DAYS WITH YOU. YOU AND I LAUGHED ALOT. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO BE OKAY MOM, THAT IS WHY I PROMISED YOU THAT, EVERYDAY IN THE HOSPITAL. I AM SO SORRY. I MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU MORE THAN I THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE, BUT I AM SURE IN MY HEART THAT YOU KNOW THAT NOW. PLEASE MA, WATCH OVER OUR FAMILY, FOR GOD HAS GIVEN US MOUNTAINS TO CLIMB AND WE MAY NEED YOUR HELP ALONG WITH DADDY AND BOBBY. STAY WITH US ALWAYS, FOR WE WILL ALWAYS NEED YOU. THANKS MA, FOR BEING THERE WHENEVER I NEEDED YOU, JUST TO LISTEN YOU ARE THE BEST.

I LOVE YOU MOM

KAREN

Mommy,

I still don't understand why you left me like this. I am not mad at you because I know that you were so tired and not feeling well. At times when I think about it, I think a lot of this is my fault because I use to ask you to watch the kids all the time. I am so sorry that I did this to you. If I could change everything I would Mommy. I miss you so much. The kids especialy Ezzy misses you so much. You were like her mother, more than I was. I realy wish that I could be a perfect mother like you were.

I am sorry that I never told you that I loved you, untill you were in the hospital. I know that you knew that i loved you with all my heart. I know that I was a bad person most of the time, and beleive me mom I hate myself so much for that. Sometimes I wish that maybe if I was better and did not have you watch the kids so much, you will still be here with me. You always held everything together for me and everyone. Whenever I would not want to talk to this family no more you would tell me to please do it for you. I am going to try to be a better person just like you raised me to be and a better mother like you were. I pray that you could forgive me for all the times I yelled at you and for all the times I was bad when I was little and now. I love you so much mommy and will never forget you.

Your babay

Jeannie

Mommy,



There are so many things I want to say, but most important is how much we miss you. It's so hard for Rich cause he is so use to calling you almost everyday and when your not home he would leave you silly messages. There are so many things I want to tell you and i know your watching over us. I am so happy I had that one night with you and I want you to know I heard you when you asked me to take care of Rich. Please watch over him and keep everyone in this family safe and Healthy. Love you and miss you everyday.

Love

Janet

Dearest Mommy,



I miss you so very much, I reach for the phone to call you as I did almost everyday and tears run down my face as I know you won't be there. I can't even leave you the silly messages I use to leave you. I know your with me even closer now then ever but I can't reach out and touch you and hear your voice telling me to take care and that you love me. It hurts so much, I was gonna come and spend the day with you on Friday, im missing you so much. I must thank god for being able to come and see you the week before and to hug and kiss you. I love you and will miss you everyday until the day I see you again. I am angry that you went but I know that you missed bobby and daddy so much that you needed to go and be with them. Please watch over the family and keep eveyone safe.



Love always,

Richie

Sorry we never told you

All we wanted to say

And now it's too late to hold you

'Cause you've flown away

So far away



Never had we imagined

Living without your smile

Feeling and knowing you hear us

It keeps us alive

Alive



And we know you're shining down on us from Heaven

Like so many friends we've lost along the way

And we know eventually we'll be together

One sweet day



Darling, we never showed you

Assumed you'd always be there

we took your presence for granted

But we always cared

And we miss the love we shared



And we know you're shining down on us from Heaven

Like so many friends we've lost along the way

And we know eventually we'll be together

One sweet day



Although the sun will never shine the same

We'll always look to a brighter day

Lord we know when we lay us down to sleep

You will always listen as we pray



And we know you're shining down on us from Heaven

Like so many friends we've lost along the way

And we know eventually we'll be together

One sweet day



And we know you're shining down on us from Heaven

Like so many friends we've lost along the way

And we know eventually we'll be together

One sweet day



Sorry we never told you

All we wanted to say

I wish to offer my condolences. I was reading the obituaries and recognized the name. We were neighbors in Chicago when your family lived on Dickens and mine on Laporte. We moved out in 1972, but I have great memories of those times and the Brcka family is one of them. I was a classmate and a good friend of Karen's and worked as a patrol boy with Ronny. I remember your mother as a nice lady who we often saw shopping at the A&P Food store. Anyway, I would just like to say I'm sorry for your lose and my prayers are with you.

Dearest Jean:

Your Sudden and unexpected parting has caught me by surprise. I am in total shock,unable to believe that it was just the other day that I saw you and you were doing so well. I miss you already! No more morning coffee clutch, no more $ store (Deals), no more driving here and there from one place to the other.

I thank God I have the beautiful memories we shared. I know that in my moment of deepest sorrow, they will console me. Katherine,too, is having a hard time accepting what has happened. You have been a big part of her life and mine (and Izzy's). You will be greatly missed!

Sassy and Izzy, are already realizing that something is wrong. Sassy walks around meowing and laying on the clothes on your bed.

Izzy just lays around sadly. Whenever I drive Katherine to school and come home,she always stands up at the window and looks for you; thinking I'm going to pick you up to go somewhere. In the short time that I know you, you have touched the lives of many! 'Til we meet again!

Best of Friends Always,

Maria,Katherine,Izzy

and of course

Sassy!!!