Good and gracious God,“from age to ageyou have been our dwelling place.”

From before our beginnings,and beyond our ends,we are yours.

Even between beginnings and ends,when we lose our better selves,we find them again in your grace.

At our best, in this Season of Giving,we celebrate your many gifts to us,especially the gift of our lives.

And we celebrate all that you doto keep our lives preciousbeyond counting.

Today, we gather to give you honorand to ask your blessings.

We thank you for the livesof those whom we love,but see no more.

We thank you for those whom we cherish,though they are beyondthe reach of our arms.

Through them you have given usthe precious gift of your love.

Through themyou have brought meaning to our lives.

Please bless this tree and this book,as tokens and signsof our thankfulness.

Use these symbols to help us remember youas the “Giver of every good and perfect gift,”including those whom we remember now before you.

We offer you this day,we offer you this time of dedication,and we offer you ourselves,

In the power of your living and blessed names,which are holy among us.

Amen.

Bob & Celine Allison

Eduardo Alonso

Alvin “Andy” Anderson

G. C. “Connie” Andrews

Tracy Lynn Arbogast

Kenneth Baer

Clarence Barber

Ivy Bartine

Russell Bartlett

Esther Bassett

Stephen A. Bates

Celia Baum

Jeanetta Bealer

Charles Edward Bell

James Bell

Jane Bell

Joyce Bennett

Harold Beran

Robert Beran

Kathy Bergert

Whitey Berglund

Charles Bernat

Robert L. Bertotti

Kenneth C. Bezaury

Barbara Rose Blair

Matt Blanche

John Bloomfield

Ora Mae Bolte

Baby Adeline Boniger

Arlene Borromeo

Donnie Bowker

Phillip Bowling

Rosemary Bowker

Willie Braden

Steven Briggs

Elijah Brock

Charlie Brooke

Zelma Broughton

Lawrence Brown

Magde Brown

Victoria “Tori” Rae Brown

William Brown

Debra & Damien Brzostowski

Loren Buck

Eileen J. Budd

Edward Bunyard

Arline Burkamper

Ardeth Burke

Michelle Burmeister

Leola Burroughs

Laurence Butler

Anthony Cacioppo

Jean E. Campagna

William Paul Carius

Kaydon Carlson

Lucille Carlson

Phillip Carlson

Rim Carlson

Tim Carlson

Ralph Carmichael

Ron Carroll

Delores Carss

Della Cassatt

Gary Chilberg

Monte Christensen

Shirley Dailey Christensen

Marvin Christiansen

Agnes R. Cinotto

Joyce Ann (McQuay) Clark

Helen Clay

Carmon Clemons

Thomas Clifton

Dakota Cline

Donna Jean Cloves

Jennie Cluff

Lowell Coburn

Sandy Cole

David J. Collison

Milton J. Collison

Kevin Condon

Michael James Conger

Margaret Cooper

Robert Cooper

William Cory

Ruth Crawford

Virlyn Crist

J. Edward Crock

Lynda Cronkleton

Edward Daniel

Prosper DeClerck

Eleanora DeCrane

Debora Defenbaugh

Richard Deloe

Darlene DePover

Francis DeSchepper

Betty DeSmet

Evelyn Dietz

Floyd Dietz

Jeffrey Dietz

Joshua Dietz

John Dillaplain

Ira & Velma Dipple

Jim Divine

Joanne Windey Dixon

Patrick A. Dixon

Rebecca Dobbels

Robert Doughty

Roy Doyle

Sue Doyle

Mary Dray

James Edward Drenter

Sally, Bill and Jim Drenter

Richard Dunn

Theodore Duschen

John & Marjorie Eccher

Joyce Eccher

William Ellison

Edith Elmore

Joyce Ercegovich

Mitchell Ertz

Geneva Fairow

Dick Felger

Paul W. Fellman

Agnes Finkenhoefer

Joseph Finkenhoefer

Victoria Flenori

Olive “Jean” Fletcher

Gordon & Vonnie Flynn

Lorraine “Tubby” Forbes

Darrell Eugene Foster

Kimi U. Foulke

Sharon Fowler

Shirley Frankfother

Harriet Frazier

Helen V. Freeman

Paul A. Freeman

James Frett

Dorothy Frohboese

Betty Fuller

Chuck Fuller

Marvin Fulton

Joe Garcia, Sr.

Leonard Geerts

George Getty

Dorothy Gilmore

Robert E. Glass

Chloe Gorman

Jeanne Grevas

Don Griebel

Katherine Griesel

Cole Richard Gugelmeyer

Pablo Gutierrez

Kenneth Guy

LaVerle Guy

Donald R. Hagemann

Fred Haller

Robert Haller

Ruth Haller

Margret Hallman

Kelly Hamdorf

Marcella Hamer

Jim Hanford

Merrill Hanford

Kenneth Hanrahan

Kessica Hanrahan

Henry Hansen

Mike Hansen

Tamera Hanssen

Judge Davis Hare, III

Laura L. Hart

Alvin & Florence Hartz

Harold Harvey

Jeremy Harvey

Emilee Heimbeck-Witkowsky

William Heitmann

Richard Hemenway

Barbara Hentze

Helen Hess

Stacy Hessong

B Hickenbottom

Melva Hildebrandt

Janet Hillogoss

Ann Hinson

Ethel Holmes

Ellen Holst

Harley, Bud & Richard Hoogerwerf

Henry & Francie Hoogerwerf

Nathan Hornbuckle

Russell L. Hougham

Boyd Housley

Billie Huff

Barbara Wixom Huffman

George Humiston

Estelle I. Hunt-Bryan

Elmer Hurto

Dorothy Katrana Ionides

Harry Ionides

Oliver Ivory, Sr.

Elizabeth “Betty” Jackson

Theodore A. Jackson

Mark Jacobsen

Fred Jaeggi

Verna Jaeggi

Michael Jaspers

Al Jennett, Sr.

Alvin Jennett

Gary Jensen

Shirley Ann Johanson

Lee Johnson

Mildred Johnson

Cheryl Ann Jones

Donald E. Jones

Roy Jones

Laren Jordahl

Frank Juraco

Andy Kahl

Madonna Kasper

Jane Kedley

Eileen Keister

Tara Kelleher

Estelle Keller

Paige Miracle Keller

Tim Kemp, Jr.

Adeline Kesl

Roger K. Kester

LeRoy Kimler

Alan Kindrick

Robert Klavon

Rich Kleeman

Marj Kling

Richard Eugene Kottmann

Howard K. Krapp

Harold Krause

Stephen Krause

Jo Ann Kuehl

Rhynold Kundert

Ruskin Lack

Robert Lambert

Melvin Lange

Norma Jean Larson

Louis & Marie Ledvina

Verna Lee

Patricia Estes LeGrand

Voni Leidenfrost

Sue LeMoline

John Allen Leslie

Shawn Leslie

David Levings

Jamon Romel Lewis

Charlie Lilienthal

Jeanne Lischer

Tatiana Litwinow

Anthony Lopez

Rose & Francis Lopez

Rosalie Lowe

Joseph Lucas

Bertha B. Ludwick

Paul C. Ludwick

Ethel Lueders

Catherine Lund

Glinda Lund

Marjorie Lund

Russell Lund

John Luppen

LaVern Lyons

Theresa Mahan

Claus Herman Martens

Edward Matkovich

Stephen R. Matthews

Michael Matinoff

Mary Ann Mattusch

June D. McClean

Susan McClure

James McCray

Michael T. McFadden

Dr. Kenneth McKay

Jonathon Richard Leslie Meade

Milton L. Meador

Molly Anna Meador

Charles Meier

Karen Meier

Marvella Meier

Minnie Meier

Ella Meinert

William Meinert

James (Emerson) Melear

Glenn Meyer

Robert Meyer

Aiden Wesley Jay Mildren

Dale E. Miller

Don Miller

Linda Miller

Veron E. & Margaret Miller

Dawn Lynette Moeller

Lorraine “Lori” Moore

Peg Morgan

Kevin Moriarty

Sharon Moritz

Dick Morrell

Mildred Morrell

John Narby

Robert Nash

Aileen Navin

Scott Neavor

Walter Neiswanger, M.D.

Lloyd Nelson

Linda Newton-Fetsko

Marvin Nielsen

Andrea Dolan Noth

James G. Noth

Yolanda Nuci

Kelly Kae O’Brien

Lorraine Ohsann

Carlyle Olesen

Bessie Olsen

Larry Olsen

Alvin C. Olson

Pauline J. Olson

Ethel Papich

William Paul

Melvin Paustian

Lloyd S. Pearson

Fred Permantier

Donald Peterka

Alfred “Pete” Peters

Jack Peterschmidt

Earl Petersen

Mary Petersen

Richard Peterson

Sarah Peterson

Joe Pfannenstiel

Charles Pheiffer

Mark Phillips

Mike Pierson, Jr.

Stanley Pinczaer

Dorothy Place

Glen Place

Leif Pohl

Mindy Pregel

Dale Pries

Nancy Priester

Dolores Prieto

Linda Prine

Lois Pritchard

Adam Ptak

Carol Quinn

Ronne Ranberger

Roland Rauch

Virginia Redmond

Robert “Buzz” Reed

Richard W. Regan

Ron Rehder

Helen Reilly

Gaye Reiser

James D. Resnick

Jerome W. Rettler

Ed Riech

Helene Riech

John A. Ries

Baby Hanah Riley

Virginia Robinson

Beverly Jean Rock

Konner James Rodriguez

Faith Rogers

Robert C. Rostenbach

Al Ruefer

Marie Ruefer

Shirley Rummens

Tom Ryah

Duane Arlon Sassen

Mary Scheck

Judith Ann Scheppler

Robert Scheppler

Hugo A. Schnekloth

Mildred L. Schnekloth

Bill & Elsie Schroeder

Fred Schwake

John Shestak

Royce Schafer

James Schick

Kathleen Schultz

Art Schmahl

Dale Schmahl

Dallas “Punch” Schmahl

Vera Schmahl

Charles Schmidt

Bob Schultz

Patricia Schwalje

Casey Secrist

Renate Sedlacek

Alva Shady

Ronald Shamsie

Walter & Helen Shedeck

Gerald Shelangouski

Mary G. Shelton

Vincent Sheridan

Naomi Shinn

Alvin Siefers

Lenvil Simmons

Shirley Sindt

Janice Smith

Jean A. Smith

Joan S. Smith

Nancy Smith

Robert W. Smith

Fern Snyder

Brian Speth

Darrell Spence

Leonard Sprosty

Leone Audrey Stamer

Cindy Stender

Ioma Steward

Katherine Sue Steward

Betty Stewart

Larry L. Stombaugh

Donald M. Stormer

Glenn Leslie Strand

Carol Stribling

Loving mother of Diane Stroh

Shirley Strohbehn

Henry & Gertrude Stuckel

Lindsay Jo Suhl

Dylan Summers

John Szemkus

Dave Tallman

Evelyn Tank

Cheryl A. (Collins) Tate

Wilbur Tate

Ken Taylor

LaVonne Taylor

Tom Taylor

Frank Testroet

Olga Tetmeyer

James G. Thobe

Mary Ann Thompson

Montez Thompson

Cody J. Thorington

Jarry Tillotson

Gerald Timmerman

Bobby Toler

Dy Tran

Edward Trout

Andrew Tsacudakis

Anna Tsacudakis

Bob Tudeen

Charlie Ulfig

Leu Ullrick

Dorothy Vanderbilt

Mary Venable

Vincent Verdon

Albert Wagner

Augusta Wagner

August & Janet “Peggy” Walatka

Joan Wales

Marline Wall

Frances “Dick” Walters

Elmer E. Warhurst

Rosa Washington

Van R. Wasson

Donna Webb

Jerilyn L. Wells

Melvin Werlein

Robert Werthman

Walyne Whitmer

Hazel Wiese

Irma Wiland

Lester Wiland

William H. Wilcox

Evelyn Wilden

Annie Williams

Charles Williams

Gloria Williams

Kay Williams

Marguerite Williams

Hugh Bryan Willis

Jennie (Willis) Stonefeld

Jerome August Willis

John Timothy Willis

Mark Andrew Willis

Arlan Woitte

Erma Woitte

William A. Wozniak

Lydia Wright

Dorothy Wulf

Merle Wulf

Warner Wylsworth

Emory Yager

Lillian A. Ziegler

and All Our Loved Ones Who Have Gone Before Us

In the name of the One whose presence fills all places, all persons and every moment of our lives, let us quiet

ourselves, that we might be open to the sacredness of this moment, for we shall not pass by this way again.

O Eternal and Ever-Present Creator, on this afternoon we have read the names of loved ones from the Book of

Names, and will soon extinguish the lights of the Remembrance Tree. We have lived the holiday season, we havegathered in our places of worship, recited the ancient prayers, told the ancient stories, participated in our sacredrituals. We have celebrated, embraced, given thanks, held hands, laughed and many of us have mourned the lossof loved ones, whether they be family, friends or neighbors.

This tree, on November 13, was dedicated to a more “holy and sacred” purpose, these lights to honor those people

whom we have lost to the mystery of death. Those loved ones whose names we have read from the Book of Nameshave been now called deeper into our presence, and we remember that though they are now gone, they will beforever treasured in the memories of those of us still living.

Our remembrance has been a sacred act, and we have given voice to our grief and have expressed our loss. And

now we close the Book of Names, and extinguish the lights of the Remembrance Tree. It shall be dark.

And yet what we have prayed from the deepest place of our being, is that in this time of remembrance of our loved

ones, we will have deepened within us the capacity to receive the gifts their lives have left within our hearts. Thattheir roots, that remain forever intertwined with ours, would draw us to live in peace with our brothers and sistersno matter what their language or place of birth, would bring to us a joy that sees beyond the things of the world tocelebrate that which we cannot see, have grown in us love that gives to others as we would like to be given to, andfortified us with a courage that stands up for justice for all people.

If we as a people, touched and marked forever by the lives of our loved ones, have found a deeper way to be with

others, then these lights which we extinguish will be relit in our hearts, and the light will continue to shine. We aswell, do not forget our pledge to endeavor to provide comfort for the dying, support for the grieving, and hope forhealing those, throughout our community who face the challenge of living with disease.

So, most gracious and compassionate One, we thank you for the Remembrance Tree that has stood so straight and

tall with our joys and sorrows; the Book of Names, blessed with memories and aspirations; and the lights, whosebeauty will continue to shine through us. Hear our heartfelt prayer, offered in your many names. Amen.

~from the Closing CeremonyJanuary 5, 2008