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Ronald W. Rumbaugh

In loving memory of my beloved Ronald W. Rumbaugh

A million times I’ve needed you,

A million times I’ve cried,

If love could have you saved you,

You never would have died.

In life I loved you dearly,

In death I love you still,

In my heart you hold a place,

And you always will.

When I am sad and lonely

And everything goes wrong,

I seem to hear you whisper,

“Cheer up and carry on.”

To some you may be forgotten,

To others a part of the past,

To me who loved and lost you,

Your memory will always last.

May you always walk in sunshine

God’s love around you glow,

The happiness you gave to me

No one will ever know.

I can’t bring the old days back,

Your hand I cannot touch,

But in my heart your memory lingers

Of the one I loved so much.

They say time heals all sorrow,

And helps me to forget,

But time so far has only proven

How much I miss you yet.

It broke my heart to lose you,

But you didn’t go alone,

Because part of me went with you,

The day God took you home.

Forever loved and sadly missed by,

Wife, Emily Rumbaugh

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