Tuesday, March 30, 2021
What a magnificent summary of the most incredible life! Eleanor Knee Rooks defied description. Her energy always directed toward love; her mercies always tender for those around her; her multiple talents unleashed on every project and community need, Eleanor carved a place in every heart who ever knew her. I know what is happening now and what will be happening forever: her family and friends here and in Heaven will celebrate that God granted the world a unique life of service, encouragement and devotion.
I hope there are tender joys and fewer griefs flowing around and through her beloved children, grands and great-grands now. Remembering Eleanor should be all gratitude, all happiness, all peace. She left that legacy that cannot end and that will force all of us forward to belong to each other in the way she belonged to us.
God's goodness shone brightly among us; I will always be better because I knew her and loved her.
Pax vobiscum.