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Joyce Thelma Eslick Campbell (b. January 31, 1916, d. July 6, 1986)

MY MOTHER
BY JOYCE TETT EMHOFF
THE FOUR GREY WALLS SURROUND YOU
AS THEY GENTLY CARRY YOU ALONG;
MOTHER I KNOW IT'S BEAUTIFUL
YOUR FRIEND, ELDON SANG SUCH A PRETTY SONG.
I KNOW YOU HEARD & LOVED IT
FOR IT WAS A FAVORITE ONE
ALL YOU FRIENDS SURROUND YOU
AND IT SEEMS SO RIGHT FOR US ALL TO BE TOGETHER
IN THE FATHER'S HOLY SIGHT.
YOUR TEARS WILL BE DRY FOREVER
FOR YOU HAVE CERTAINLY HAD YOUR SHARE
MAY YOU SAY A PRAYER FOR ALL OF US
IN YOUR HEAVENLY HOME UP THERE.
MOTHER, I HOPE I TOLD YOU OFTEN
HOW I LOVED YOU SO VERY MUCH;
I FEEL YOUR PRESENCE STRONGLY
YOUR TENDER, LOVING TOUCH.
AS LONG AS WE LIVE WE SHALL
REMEMBER GRACE AMANDA, MOTHER
FRIEND AND HONEY BUNCH!
A FALLEN LEAF
BY JOYCE TETT EMHOFF
MOTHER YOU LEFT US IN SEPTEMBER
WHEN LEAVES WERE STARTING TO FALL
LIKE A BEAUTIFUL LEAF YOURSELF
YOU HEARD YOUR MASTERS CALL.
YOU, I'M SURE WERE READY
AND IT SEEMED SO RIGHT
YOU CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF
THE PROMISED LAND IN SIGHT.
I HOPE YOU SAW DADDY
AS YOU SO WISHED YOU COULD
YOU DID I KNOW BECAUSE
HE JUST WITHIN THE GATES STOOD
WE MISS YOU SO GREATLY
BUT WOULD NEVER CALL YOU BACK
BECAUSE YOU EARNED YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN
BECAUSE YOU WERE SO GOOD.
THE IDEAL LIFE
HENRY VAN DYKE
TO BE GLAD OF LIFE BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO LOVE
AND TO WORK AND TO PLAY AND TO LOOK UP AT THE STARS.
TO BE SATISFIED WITH YOUR POSSESSIONS,
AND NOT BE CONTENT WITH YOURSELF,
UNTIL YOU HAVE MADE THE MOST OF THEM
TO DESPISE NOTHING IN THE WORLD BUT FALSEHOOD AND MEANNESS
AN TO FEAR NOTHING EXCEPT COWARDICE
TO BE GOVERNED BY YOUR ADMIRATIONS
RATHER THAN YOUR DISGUSTS.
TO COVET NOTHING OF YOUR NEIGHBORS' EXCEPT HIS KINDNESS
OF HEART AND GENTLENESS OF MANNER
TO THINK SELDOM OF YOUR ENEMIES
OFTEN OF YOUR FRIENDS AND EVERYDAY OF CHRIST.
More About Joyce Thelma Eslick Campbell:
Date born 2: January 31, 1916, Bryan County Bee, Oklahoma.
Fact 4: State of issue: IA.13
Fact 5: Social Security #: 478-46-5008.13
Residence: Last residence: IA 50542.13
More About Joyce Thelma Eslick Campbell and Doyle Merwin Tett:
Marriage: January 30, 1936
More About Joyce Thelma Eslick Campbell and Clarence Frank Emhoff:
Marriage: May 31, 1960, Nashua, Iowa (Little Brown Church).
Children of Joyce Thelma Eslick Campbell and Doyle Merwin Tett are:
- Mary Ellen Tett, b. June 14, 1938, d. June 14, 1937.
- +Gary Francis Tett.
- +Sheryl Annis (Tett) Naber.
- +Grace Elaine (Tett) Larsen.
- +Susan Kay (Tett) (Thoren) Anderson.