Jo Somerset

Sometimes in our lives that we care for and love someone so much that it is hard to write a memorial for them. That is the way it has been for me for Jo. Jo was a person that was always there for me to share good news and bad with, we talked with each other on the phone, through instant messenger and always through emails. Even when my mom was so sick and dying of cancer, she called me to tell me that her husband had just died. Our friendship was more like being sisters and family, not friends that had never met. We would always laugh at all the things that we had in common. There were several times that we could finish each others sentences.

Jo was a beautiful person inside and out. The love that she had for others, and that she could express for others in her cards and emails were unbelievable. She always said that they were nothing, but they were always something to the people that received them. She had a way of making you feel better even in the worse of times. She shared her loving soul with so many of us that somehow it is like she is still here on earth in so many of us.

Jo’s life was not an easy one with all the losses that she had endured. She had lost many family members, friends, and pets but she said that she believed that made her able to relate to others when they had a loss in their family. I used to tell her the same thing about my life. One of those things we had in common and made us even that much closer as friends.

Jo I miss you so much because there has been so much going on in my life that I have thought hey email Jo or call her and tell her about this or that…and then I remember that my dear one is not there to call or email. Jo remember that I told you I didn’t want you to leave because I would miss you so much and you said that you would always be with me. . . .well there are times that I sense that you are here with me. I know that at the end of your life that you went through so much and that you are in a better place now, and are not in any pain. For this I am grateful. I love you and you will always be a large part of my life.

God Bless you dear friend, and my dear big sis.

Nancy Rodgers