Lorelei Whitman Obituary

It is your 74th birthday today. I miss you and John so much. I went to the cemetery to put new crosses on your grave and John's grave but it was closed. Tomorrow I will do it. They are wooden crosses that I think you would like.

Semper Te Amabo, bob

Bunny

Today is our 53rd anniversary. It seems like such a short time ago. I miss you and John so much.

Semper Te Amabo, bob

Bunny

Today is Easter Sunday and tomorrow is your birthday. Grampa Louie gave you your nickname because you were born on an Easter Sunday 73 years ago. I went to church with Kathy and Annie and Kaitlin came in from school to sing in the choir. I miss you and John every day.

Semper Te Amabo, bob

Bunny

Five days ago was the fourth anniversary of your passing. It doesn't get any easier with you and John both gone. I'm still working but not for long. I'm getting a new knee next Friday and then plan to retire at the beginning of next year. Miss you and John so much.

Semper Te Amabo, bob

Bunny

Today is our 52nd wedding anniversary. I still am lost without your guidance. There are so many times that I am trying to remember something from the distant past that you would be the only one to know it. You were my rock and I still am lost without you. I love and miss you and John so much.

Semper Te Amabo, bob

Bunny

Today is your 72th birthday. I went to Good Shepard this morning to say a prayer for you and John. It is very comforting for me when I am there. You left us much to soon but I try to get along with out you. I love you and John very much.

Semper Te Amabo, bob

Bunny

This is the third anniversary of your passing. Again this is the weekend of Frankfort Fest but I am taking a pass on it this year even tho Melissa invited me to Terry's to watch the parade and the balloon fight that John, I am told, started. Last year it was fun to watch. How much more fun would it have been if you and John had been there. I still miss and love you and John and I wish you were still here to provide me with your wisdom and guidance.

Semper te amabo, bob

Bunny

Today is our 51st wedding anniversary. I went to Good Sherpard this morning to say a prayer or two for you and John. It is peaceful there and it brings back so many memories. Kaitlin was directing the choir at St. Johns Chapel so we went there to support her and take her to dinner afterwards. Annie and Jamie stayed and will be taking the bus home on Monday. You would have enjoyed Kaitlin's whole college experience so much. We all miss you and love you.

Semper te amabo, bob

Bunny

Today is your 71st birthday. We would have been married 50 years last August 1st. It is amazing how fast all this time has passed. I was at Good Shepard on Holy Saturday to put tulips in the vases on each side of the big monument that you picked out but never had a chance to see because you left us before it was delivered. I still feel the need for your guidance in everything I do. I miss you and John so much.

Semper te amabo, bob

There are lots of things happening lately, and recently I find myself, more than usual, wanting to call you up. I am doing pretty well at having a choir director position next year. A friend of mine is leaving campus on Tuesday. And I kind of need to find a major. That last one is the kicker. All's to hoping I'm as good at accomplishing that as I am directing a choir.

Love you so much, and miss you!
Kaitlin

Bunny

Today is the second anniversary of your passing. I still miss you and John so very much. This is the weekend of Frankfort Fest which was always one of your favorites. Melissa invited me to Terry's house to watch the parade on Sunday so I will probably go. Things are so different now and at times I am still lost without your steady hand guiding me.

Semper te amabo, bob

Bunny

Today is your 70th birthday. I was at Good Shepard yesterday to drop off some birthday flowers (tulips, not roses, I finally remembered that you don't like roses). In honor of Easter next Sunday, I put some yellow Easter Bunny Peeps on both your grave and John's grave. Peeps were always your favorite around Easter and Christmas. I could always get a smile out of you when I brought them home. I am sure the geese will eat the Peeps but what the hell.

I miss you and John so much and I am thankful that Kathy and Kaitlin make sure that we talk every day and that we still go to breakfast at the Egg and I almost every Sunday after church. Kaitlin sings with the guitar group every Sunday when she is home from school. I just miss everything about our life together.

Semper te amabo, bob

Bob Whitman

One more thing...I was looking up bumperstickers on facebook and I found a phrase that struck me as one of the truest things you could ever come across...

"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't & believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it would be easy, they just said it would be worth it."

Now I am not sure who wrote this and I probably never will, but it is one of the best quotes I have come across in a long time.

It has been almost a whole year since you died, and still I have not posted anything. And there is still no way to express how hard it is for me to do this. May 16th was my prom…I was alone during that day, standing in the cemetary, hoping beyond all hopes that you could have been there. And as time progressed onward from that, each event became harder and harder. Next came graduation and still you were nowhere to be found.

Now, in two days I leave for college…and well you are not here need I say more?? All the things I hoped to share with you are no longer there…or at least no longer the same. No more wardrobe shopping with you. Not even any goodbye hugs. And above all I feel so bad leaving. As if it wasn’t hard enough after you died. I complained about having to drive the girls everywhere when secretly I liked doing it because you did. At least I could do all that driving for the most part, and now I feel like I am dropping them at someone else’s feet; even though I’m not truly. One of the hardest things of all is probably leaving Papa, because I can see in his eyes that he is having a hard time with me leaving (even though he may not admit it).

I will miss everyone here, and you most of all. You were everything to me, taught me so much, and you didn’t even really know how much I appreciated that, even though you do now.

I love you…as Papa would say: Semper te amabo. I don’t think you can ever truly know how much I miss you Grandma Bunny.

Dear Bobby, I am so sorry. I called Norma when I read Bunny's beautiful name. Had never known. . This time I had pictures developed and in envelope for you, Don and Loretta Jean. I just couldn't make a call, felt so sorry for you. Then as days passed, time got away. I saw this posting on E-mail for John Lincoln again Please forgive me. Sincerely, Gail -Sis- Winebrenner Krick

Dear Bob & Kathy & Family,

I share this tremendous loss and sadness with you, you are all in my thoughts and prayers.

I feel so lucky that I was able to get to know Bunny not just as my Aunt but as my friend through our trips to Door County together, just us girls. I got to know the intelligent, compassionate, caring, and wonderfully funny woman that she was. I have so many memories of our yearly trips to Door County and the laughter we all shared together during our endless shopping days, seeing plays, going down roads we weren't suppose to, working on puzzles into the night, and of course the countless meals we shared there together. If you were family Bunny had a love for you that had no restrictions, she is the aunt, mother, and grandmother I hope I will be. Family was everything to her and that was never more evident then when seeing her and Kathy together in Door County. I always told Kathy how lucky she was to have a mother like that and she always said, "I know". Bunny talked about all of her grandchildren with such love and pride. She joked that Kathy had to call her for Kaitlin, Annie and Jamie's schedules for the week. Our trips to Door County together may have ended too soon, but I have memories that I will cherish and smile about forever.

I will miss Bunny's love, laughter, wisdom and her funny stories from the past. I will miss her shoulder to cry on, her hugs and her kiss on my cheek. I will miss Bunny.

I love you all,
Dawn

I don't know what to say. Bunny is a great person. May God be with all of you during this time.

School day today... and the familiar wake up call of Annie, Annie.. on our answering machine at 6:30 was sadly absent. She always called for Annie cause Anna was the one who always heard her. Even when she was in the hospital she made the call.

Bunny used to referr to herself as Grandma's taxi service. However to leave it at that would be a mistake. She was so much more. The family seamstress, from simple emergency pants hemming to making Kathy's wedding dress, she could do it all, without complaint. And though the smell of fresh baked cookies was something you might smell next door, When Bunny did turn on the oven nobody left the table dissapointed. And god help you if you wrongly accused one of her children, or grandchildren of some atrocity or short coming, she was fiercly loyal and loving.

And my god was she funny. Though laughter at family gatherings was great, what I loved most were the little jokes she'd make, or some obscure reference to something funny where she would look at me and shoot me a wink.

Patti refered to her hugs as something to not be forgotten. And before I read her post I had the same sentiment. The most memorable for me was when Kaitlin was born. It wasnt just a hug, more like a bone jarring tackle of a hug.

I recall a conversation on the phone that I had with her not too long ago... I don't remember why I needed to call her from work, may have been a scheduling glitch or something to do with one of the kids. However during the course of that conversation I had suggested that she not pick up one of the kids or something to that effect, that It wouldn't be a problem for me to do it... And she said to me "Jim, it's what I live for". I paused and said to her, "you know, I can't tell you how much I appreciate that" she thanked me in return. However my regret is that I didn't say it often enough. Foolish pride, humility, whatever I just never did, or thought it was understood left unspoken. And the assumption of expecting things are understood being left unspoken is a problem of mine.

And in reflecting on that sentiment, I did it again this weekend with you Bob. In looking at you i could not just see but feel the sorrow you were feeling. I didn't have the words, and still really don't know how effectively express how sorry I am for your loss and what you've had to endure these past 22 months.

I love you both,

My deepest sympathy. My boys and I have your family in our prayers

Bob & Family,
We are very sorry for your loss. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Bob just remember all of the good times you and Bunny had. She will always be close by in spirit.
Kris & Mark & Kacey Mietsner

Bob & Family,
What a beautiful soul graced us with her presence all these years. Bunny was a beautiful lady with a warm and genuine smile, that could light up a room. Our sadness at your loss is deep and heartfelt. May the Lord hold you close to him and comfort you at this time as only he is capable. We send our prayers, love and support.
Anita & Bryan Bakke & Family

Bob & Kathy,

I have been blessed to be part of your family for 30 years. Bob, You and Bunny gave me guidance and love that I will carry with me always. During Thanksgiving dinners, trips to the Dells and the girls week in Door County, Bunny brought laughter & fun and quiet peaceful moments. No one could hug you like Bunny, I will miss those hugs the most.
I love all of you.

Bob & Family,

There are no words to express our heartfelt sympathy for your loss. We know that Bunny was indeed the matriarch of your family and always so very giving of herself to all of you. We are deeply saddened that the Lord took her from you so soon. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Bunny

Every moment since you left us shows me how much you mean to me, how completely lost I am without you. We shared our first kiss on my fourteenth birthday and we were together from that time on. We went thru a lot of ups and downs in our forty eight years of marriage but you were always there as my rock. You are the greatest mother and grandmother in the world and our grandkids are now cheated out of your wonderful presence in their lives. You are loved by so many, many people. I can take comfort in the knowledge that you are together with John in heaven.

Semper te amabo, bob