Virginia Michaels Obituary

So very sorry for your loss. She was always very kind. My thoughts and prayers are with you. May she rest in peace.

We are so very sorry for your loss and please accept our deepest sympathy. Virginia was a very gracious and kind woman. We had received this poem when we lost my Dad in 2011. Hope it may offer you some peace.


Death is nothing at all
I have only slipped away into the next room
I am I and you are you
Whatever we were to each other
That we are still
Call me by my old familiar name
Speak to me in the easy way you always used
Put no difference into your tone
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
Laugh as we always laughed
At the little jokes we always enjoyed together
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was
Let it be spoken without effort
Without the ghost of a shadow in it
Life means all that it ever meant
It is the same as it ever was
There is absolute unbroken continuity
What is death but a negligible accident?
Why should I be out of mind
Because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you for an interval
Somewhere very near
Just around the corner
All is well.

Mary Fran and Chris--so sorry about the passing of your mom. If any consolation, it is my understanding that your loss is as well a loss for many others who knew her. Met her only a few times, but,she impressed me as a faithful, kind, and gentle soul. My thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time.