8. Margaret, their eldest daughter, had
recently married, so she stayed in Chicago.
Oscar & Caroline Ross
Kitty Birkemoe
IT WAS ALSO HARD TO
SAY GOODBYE TO
PARENTS
23. DOROTHY ALSO LOVED THE WILDFLOWERS
ALONG THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY . . .
Common Thistle
Queen Anne’s Lace
California Poppies
Memory is the power to gather roses and wildflowers in winter.
“Mom, we’ll always remember you!”
Lupine
24.
25. “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!”
70 Years Young!
“We’ll still celebrate for
you each year
with cake and ice cream.
Maybe not the gorllia!”
90 Years Young!
26. GRANDMA WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN WHEN THEY
WERE LITTLE—THEY’RE ALL GROWN UP NOW
Kevin
Michelle
Kurt
Jimmy
Jason
Kacy & Paul
Peter
Lisa
29. “THERE MUST BE DOGS IN HEAVEN!”
Cinnamom
Bridget
Toddles
They were all
wagging their
tails, ecstatic
when Dorothy
finally came home
to Heaven!
Murphy
30. Alice Visiting from IN
An Everyday
Visit
A Trip to Southwest Museum
A Wedding Reception
31. No matter where
they are,
if Mom & Dad are
there, it feels like
HOME!
Chocolate always helps
“A house is made of walls and
beams. A home is built with
love and dreams.” Proverb
33. Dorothy & Her Mom
Dorothy in Chicago for the
Holidays, 1987, before a cold,
cold walk on State Street to
see the Windows & Lights
34. DOROTHY ALWAYS TOOK TIME TO PLAY!
Good with
a
hula hoop
Blowing
Bubbles
Making Sand Castles
“Who’s gonna win?”
35. “Go fly a kite!”
Ray caught Dorothy out
flying a kite—and even
won a photo contest
with this picture!
36. DOROTHY OFTEN DISPLAYED FRESH FLOWERS IN
THE HOME AND GAVE BOUQUETS AS GIFTS
“Happiness
seems made
to be shared.”
Pierre Cameille
“The best way to cheer yourself
is to try to cheer someone else.”
Mark Twain
Roses from Mom’s Garden
47. “I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree.
...
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray.
...
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.”
Trees by Joyce Kilmer
Watch for
Dorothy when
you are strolling
in a garden.
Her spirit will be
there waiting
for us.
DOROTHY LOVED AND
RECITED THIS POEM OFTEN
48.
49. “Those who have never
known the deep intimacy
and the intense
companionship of happy
mutual love have missed the
best thing that life
has to give.”
Bertrand Russell
54. DOROTHY BIRKEMOE ROSS
Daughter & Sister
Wife & Mother
Good Friend & Neighbor
Grandmother
Great Grandmother
Angel on Earth
“Dorothy, you are loved and will be
missed—thanks for all you have given
us over the years!”
