Jo Eddy (Tillie Josephine Webb)
October 02, 2012
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Jo Eddy was born February 6, 1931, to Wromie and Mary Webb in Versailles, MO and died October 2, 2012, at Fountain West Care Center in West Des Moines, IA.
Jo was preceded in death by her parents, six siblings, Mildred Webb (Mickey Alverez), Harry Webb, Horace (Red) Webb, William (WN) Webb, Doran Webb, and Delmar (Tooter) Webb; daughter Dorothy Ward; granddaughter Erin Erickson; and her husband of 18 years, Melvin Eddy.
She will be remembered in life by her daughters, Dian (Ward) Spake and Leonard Wilber, and Monica (Ward) Johnson and husband David; her son, Dana Breese; five grandchildren, Eric Erickson and wife Amber, Catrina (Williams) Nichols, Nickolas Williams and wife Shawnette and Amanda and David Breese; as well as several great-grandchildren.
Jo was a great role model for her children: tough, but fair and open to discussion. However, No meant No and Maybe or We’ll see meant she would try. She never made a promise to anyone that she didn’t keep. Jo had open arms and a huge heart for all who entered her circle of life. She had many roles in her life; daughter, wife, mother, friend, seamstress, food service worker, care giver, and business partner. Throughout her life she traveled 40 of the 50 states. She loved life, her family and friends, travel, puzzles, sewing, fishing, and enjoyed collecting mementos as reminders of the special events in her life.
Jo will be missed by not only her family, but all who were ever touched by her loving and kind spirit.
Remembrance services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Friday, October 5, 2012, at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon in Des Moines.
In lieu of flowers, Jo requested donations be made to Iowa Hospice, the Alzheimer’s Association, or the Fountain West Care Center.
Online condolences may be expressed at:
www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com
Amanda
10/05/2012
Dear Grandma,
I will always remember the times that me and you shared. I will always remember the times that me and you would work on your puzzles and how you taught me to drink the milk from the bottom of the cereal bowl. I'm going to remember all the times that I would complain to you about mom and dad and the advice that you would give me. I loved the times that we played rummikub and skip-Bo and how you taught me how to cheat! I will always remember the good times. I wish that we could have gone on road trips across the country and that we could have gone to Disney or Universal, but I will always love Mickey Mouse. I wish that in the past few months that I had called you and talked to you after I moved. I also wish that I had come to visit and spent more time with you before I moved. I know now, that you are upstairs with the big guy looking down on me and watching me wherever I'm at and will always make sure that I'm okay. I love you with all of my heart and I will always remember you. I will see you in my dreams, and someday I will see you when you welcome me home with you.
I love you always and forever,
Your little angel
Dana
10/05/2012
Mom,
Thank God for choosing you to be my mother and teaching me who He is! You blessed my life by giving values and wisdom that have been there for childhood, manhood and parenthood. The faith in God and Jesus you gave have been my life's foundation. I owe my work ethic and unique sense of humor to you. I am completely amazed by how much wiser you became between my 20th and 30th birthdays too. My children will miss you setting up the Christmas village but will cherish those and other memories of you spoiling them. I will miss your physical presence but will think of your spirit daily until that moment Jesus and you take me home for eternity! Until then, I'll keep "feeling with my fingers!"
Virgil Hogan
10/04/2012
Monica, I'm so sorry for your loss. I pray that you are doing well. Please know if there is anything you need, just ask. We're all praying for you. Give our best to your family. Keep focused on the happy times and know that they will come again. With Love, Virgil
Rose Secrest-Sarver (SRC)
10/04/2012
I send my prayers for you and your family at this time...love
Rose
thomas johnson
10/04/2012
so sorry for your loss--miss you too
Toni Petty
10/04/2012
Jo Eddy,
Wishing you well on your trip home. I wish that I had the opportunity to meet the person who raised such a special daughter as Monica. Thank you for your special gift to the lives of many.
My deepest sympathies to the family that are left behind.
Catrina
10/04/2012
Grandma, you have always loved me no matter my choices. You made my life more interesting whenever we would talk. You always knew what to say and when to say it. You will always guide me no matter where u might be. I love you and you will forever be with me in my heart.
Monica
10/04/2012
Momma thank you for letting me take care of you. I am happy to know that you are now in the very best hands of care. Thank you for being my mom and showing me how to be a woman, a mother, a sister, and a wife. I love you momma
Rick Schwebel
10/04/2012
What Hope for Dead Loved Ones?
If a man die, shall he live again? asked the man Job long ago. (Job 14:14, King James Version) Perhaps you, too, have wondered about this. How would you feel if you knew that a reunion with your loved ones was possible right here on earth under the best of conditions?
Well, the Bible makes the promise: Your dead ones will live. . . . They will rise up. And the Bible also says: The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it.Isaiah 26:19; Psalm 37:29.
To have real confidence in such promises, we need to answer some basic questions: Why do people die? Where are the dead? And how can we be sure they can live again?
Death, and What Happens When We Die
The Bible makes it clear that God did not originally intend for humans to die. He created the first human pair Adam and Eve, placed them in an earthly paradise called Eden, and instructed them to have children and extend their Paradise home earth wide. They would die only if they disobeyed his instructions.Genesis 1:28; 2:15-17.
Lacking appreciation for Gods kindness, Adam and Eve did disobey and were made to pay the prescribed penalty. You [will] return to the ground, God told Adam, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are and to dust you will return. (Genesis 3:19) Before his creation Adam did not exist; he was dust. And for his disobedience, or sin, Adam was sentenced to return to dust, to a state of nonexistence.
Death is thus an absence of life. The Bible draws the contrast: The wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life. (Romans 6:23) Showing that death is a state of total unconsciousness, the Bible says: For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all. (Ecclesiastes 9:5) When a person dies, the Bible explains: His spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts do perish.Psalm 146:3, 4.
However, since only Adam and Eve disobeyed that command in Eden, why do we all die? It is because all of us were born after Adams disobedience, and so we all inherited sin and death from him. As the Bible explains: Through one man [Adam] sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men.Romans 5:12; Job 14:4.
Yet someone may ask: Dont humans have an immortal soul that survives death? Many have taught this, even saying that death is a doorway to another life. But that idea does not come from the Bible. Rather, Gods Word teaches that you are a soul, that your soul is really you, with all your physical and mental qualities. (Genesis 2:7; Jeremiah 2:34; Proverbs 2:10) Also, the Bible says: The soul that is sinningit itself will die. (Ezekiel 18:4) Nowhere does the Bible teach that man has an immortal soul that survives the death of the body.
How Humans Can Live Again
After sin and death entered the world, God revealed that it was his purpose that the dead be restored to life by means of a resurrection. Thus the Bible explains: Abraham . . . reckoned that God was able to raise [his son Isaac] up even from the dead. (Hebrews 11:17-19) Abrahams confidence was not misplaced, for the Bible says of the Almighty: He is a God, not of the dead, but of the living, for they are all living to him.Luke 20:37, 38.
Yes, Almighty God has not only the power but also the desire to resurrect persons whom he chooses. Jesus Christ himself said: Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out.John 5:28, 29; Acts 24:15.
Not long after saying this, Jesus met a funeral procession coming out of the Israelite city of Nain. The dead young man was the only child of a widow. On seeing her extreme grief, Jesus was moved with pity. So, addressing the corpse, he commanded: Young man, I say to you, Get up! And the man sat up, and Jesus gave him to his mother.Luke 7:11-17.
As in the case of that widow, there was also great ecstasy when Jesus visited the home of Jairus, a presiding officer of the Jewish synagogue. His 12-year-old daughter had died. But when Jesus arrived at Jairus home, he went over to the dead child and said: Girl, get up! And she did!Luke 8:40-56.
Later, Jesus friend Lazarus died. When Jesus arrived at his home, Lazarus had been dead for four days. Although deeply grieved, his sister Martha expressed hope, saying: I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day. But Jesus went to the tomb, ordered the stone to be removed, and called: Lazarus, come on out! And he did!John 11:11-44.
Now think about this: What was Lazarus condition during those four days he was dead? Lazarus did not say anything about being in a heaven of bliss or a hell of torment, which surely he would have done if he had been there. No, Lazarus was completely unconscious in death and would have remained so until the resurrection on the last day if Jesus had not then restored him to life.
It is true that these miracles of Jesus were of only temporary benefit, since those that he resurrected died again. However, he gave proof 1,900 years ago that, with Gods power, the dead really can live again! So by his miracles Jesus showed on a small scale what will take place on earth under the Kingdom of God.
When a Loved One Dies
When the enemy death strikes, your grief can be great, even though you may hope in the resurrection. Abraham had faith his wife would live again, yet we read that Abraham came in to bewail Sarah and to weep over her. (Genesis 23:2) And what about Jesus? When Lazarus died, he groaned in the spirit and became troubled, and shortly afterward he gave way to tears. (John 11:33, 35) So, when someone you love dies, it does not show weakness to cry.
When a child dies, it is particularly hard for the mother. Thus the Bible acknowledges the bitter grief that a mother can feel. (2 Kings 4:27) Of course, it is difficult for the bereaved father as well. O that I might have died, I myself, instead of you, lamented King David when his son Absalom died.2 Samuel 18:33.
Yet, because you have confidence in the resurrection, your sorrow will not be unrelenting. As the Bible says, you will not sorrow just as the rest also do who have no hope. (1 Thessalonians 4:13) Rather, you will draw close to God in prayer, and the Bible promises that he himself will sustain you.Psalm 55:22.
If you have any questions, we can try to answer them using your own Bible.
You can contact us at: ricruiz@aol.com
Sincerely:
Iris Franklin
10/04/2012
Monica, I know how your loss feels, but in the words of my mother-in-law when I lost my mother. "Don't forget, I am the only mother you have left, while I won't asttempt to replace your moither, I will be there for you as a mother would." Love, Mom Iris
Linda
10/04/2012
Dian and family,
We are so sorry for your loss. May you feel God's arms around you at this very difficult time. My mom bought your mom's home and we see her love of flowers every time we go outside. She now has a garden in heaven.
Joanne
10/03/2012
Dian and family,
Know you are all in my thoughts and daily prayers. May Jo now resting in God's care give you all comfort and peace.
Love ya.
David
10/03/2012
JO I remember when I first met you I thought you were a neat lady and then when you invited me to meet Mel I was so nervous but you keep telling me to be myself and everything would be ok.
That was the start on a long and loving friendship I always looked forward to your visits I will keep the promise I made to you and Mel I love you and you will be missed but always in my heart.
Love David
Gayla
10/03/2012
Awsome, Dian. Knowing Jo, it won't be just a light, but a very bright light. Prayers and much love to you, Monica, Dan and your families.
Dian
10/02/2012
Mommy,
You will be deeply missed but never forgotten. We know that God and your family has welcomed you with open arms.
I know you will be waiting for me until I can come your way too. Keep the light on for me to guide my way.