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Brendalee Orleski uploaded photo(s)
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
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Thinking of you today...A Millie and sending some roses from Las Vegas. ❤️
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Tom and Laurie Nilsen posted a condolence
Sunday, April 15, 2018
Tom, Melanie, Rocky and Carol and family.
Tom and I are so sorry for your loss. We are neighbors at Elk Lake and were very fond of Millie. She will be greatly missed by us all. She was a wonderful lady and it was our pleasure getting to know her over the years. If there is anything you need, please do not hesitate to call on us.
Laurie & Tom Nilsen
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Kate Hamadik and June O’Brien posted a condolence
Friday, April 13, 2018
Dear Melanie and Tom,
We are not sure if you even remember us, but we remember our Aunt, and would like to share some of our memories as children and growing up with her.
It is curious to me how the Center of most homes is the kitchen. Our Aunt Millie grew up in such a home, as did June and I. Our grandmothers kitchen had a unique scent. There was the ever present smell of coffee. June and I learned to drink coffee in our grams kitchen. We would beg our Auntie’s for coffee and they would give us a cup of half and half.
Until I went to college, I believed coffee was a food group.
There smell Of cigarettes was always present. It was the 60’s, everyone smoked.
There was also an under lying scent of peppermint that grandfather used to cover the smell of his stogies.
Our grams kitchen was always crowded and loud. Everyone was there drinking coffee. There was always talking and gossiping. Plans being made and days work discussed. I remember sitting on the stairs as a kid and just listening to the stories about neighbours, ‘the patch’ and life in general. Everyone made it fun and exciting.
When we spent the night at our grams, June would share a bed with A.Millie. This began a rather tortuous time for both of them. June remembers A.Millie waking her up because she was kicking her through the night. As a result A.Millie would tell June scary stories about our Baba’s house across the street. Unsurprisingly, June refused to stay at Baba’s and continued to kick A.Millie thru the night.
We remember lying on our Aunties beds and watching entranced as our beautiful Aunts dressed and made themselves more beautiful for their dates.
Both of us remember how beautiful she was when she cleaned up for her life outside of work clothes.
A. Millie loved her daddy. Our grandfather had a stroke early in our lives. We remember the kindness and love Millie had for her dad when we saw her feeding him or wiping his face. She was so gentle with him.
Likewise, later in life she was equally devoted to her mother. Our grandmother spent years in an assisted living home.
Aunt Millie saw her daily helping with her care and feeding her.
Like her father, A.Millie was a faithful women who believed in service to God and her church. We remember our Aunts Millie and Elaine taking us to help clean at St. George’s when we were very small.
June and I remember visiting them in Washington D.C. She was a wonderful hostess and tour guide and so much fun to tour with.
Most basically we remember a woman who was independent and fiercely opinionated on what she wanted from life. She seemed to have limitless energy that made her fun and exciting to be around. And, she had a genuine love and devotion to life and family.
As we got older, and, life happened, we lost touch with our Aunt. We visited infrequently and we all had our own lives that kept us busy.
June and I hope that some of our memories help Melanie and Tom and their families with their loss. She was a wonderful and unique woman who will be missed.
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Donnell Sablan posted a condolence
Thursday, April 12, 2018
In life, there are people who love to bring joy and excitement to every life endeavor, people who look at the bright side of life and always find ways to make even the most menial situations better. This describes my Aunt Millie Arens perfectly. My Aunt Millie passed away this week, and I am deeply saddened, heartbroken & yet very thankful and blessed for the times we’ve shared together during her precious (and way too short) time on God’s great earth.
Some of the happiest days of my adult life were because of her influences, particularly my parent’s 50th wedding anniversary and her barrage of costumes for parties & events. Aunt Millie always thought it was appropriate to celebrate life successes and milestones. We should all follow her lead in making sure to celebrate life’s milestones! She was always such a happy soul and brought so much life and sheer joy to everyone around her. She showed grace, love and compassion to every endeavor. She loved her family with a steadfast, wholehearted love. She loved our family dearly, particularly my mom (her sister, Elaine), and after the passing of both her husband and my dad, I was truly hoping Aunt Millie and my mom had more time to rejoice in the life God granted them after the passing of their husbands. I really wish I could have been there to hug her before she passed, but I was blessed to have been able to spend time with her a week before her passing when I was in PA. Aunt Millie was always the life-bringer and the joy for everyone around. She was stubborn at times, but that is the Butch-family way. Everyone loved her for her authenticity. She knew how to celebrate the important landmarks in life and blessed those whose lives she touched. I hoped God would pull her through, but instead, He called her home.
Rest peacefully my dear Aunt Millie. You are at home with the love of your life now. Say hello to my dad.
To the Arens family: Deepest, deepest condolences & lots of love.
Eternal blessings and love, Donnell
Revelations 21:4:
God will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
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Sablan Family uploaded photo(s)
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
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We love you Aunt Millie! Blessings & love to the Arens family during this difficult time. Love, Sablan Family, Las Vegas
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Brenda Orleski posted a symbolic gesture
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
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Dear Tom(Barb) and Melanie(Michael),
No one can replace your mom, but God can comfort ALL your hearts. He knows what you need during this time much better than anyone else.
My heart goes out to all of you, there is nothing like it when you lose a parent, it changes you forever but I hope and pray, in time, you will all find peace.
Your Mom was a wonderful Aunt growing up and throughout my adult life. I always remember your mom baking all the time and making ethnic foods. She made a lot of excellent cookies, baked goods, including my high school graduation cake. During the holidays, when I was around 10ish, she put together a pamphlet of Christmas songs so we all practiced the songs and went caroling which is why I remember 2nd and 3rd verses to Christmas songs and also many different carols.
She was also a great seamstress and made some amazing costumes that I would borrow when I worked at IGA/Mr.Z’s throughout the years and not just for Halloween. I know when I went on a hike down by the railroad tracks with her in Sept of 2015 she was telling me about all the costumes she still has upstairs, as we hiked, by the way she could hike a long way. Aunt Millie always loved the outdoors, planting and doing things, hence the cottage—purple and blue “Easter eggs” as I was told when I went up to see them during my 2015 trip.
Aunt Millie know that there are so many great memories through the years. You are loved, You will be missed but I also know that your spirit is still living around me and that I can still talk to you.
Love and Peace—May God Bless You,
Brenda Lee
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018
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Tracy Relus lit a candle
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
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Natalie Scavo posted a symbolic gesture
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
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I’m so so sorry for your loss.
I remember her as a sweet and lovely woman.
She will be missed
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Joy Sundberg lit a candle
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
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Donnell Sablan purchased flowers
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
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Brenda Orleski lit a candle
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
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Aunt Millie—may you Rest In Peace. God Bless you.
Those we love don’t go away,
They walk beside us everyday,
Unseen, unheard, but always near,
Still loved, still missed and very dear.
—author unknown
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