Condolence: I love you Liz and boy do I miss you...Kenny

Condolence: Larry and Kenny,
My Prayers are for you and your family's. sorry for your loss.

Condolence: To all who have written and to all who were a part of the services for my Aunt Liz today, I thank you. In this difficult time, having everyone come together to remember her and to express their love for her meant so much to her family. Although I continue to find it difficult to express the correct words for how I feel and what I want to say, many of you have hit it right on the head... my Aunt Liz was truly one of the funniest, yet kindest, most giving and loving souls I have been blessed to have in my life. It was so wonderful to hear everyone share their thoughts and feelings because with each expression my memories came flooidng back. Instead of being devastated by the loss we are all feeling, it made me happy to think of all the good laughs Liz has shared with us through the years. I think the services turned out just the way she would have wanted, especially the laughter and everyone coming together at the clubhouse. God she loved that place and her second family. I remember the day she brought me there and proudly showed me around like it was yesterday; the joy that shown on her face and yes, always the light-hearted jokes.

I must admit however, my favorite memories of Liz include her excitement during the holidays. I remember my Aunt Liz staying over our house many years on Christmas Eve and being more excited than us kids were for the opening of the presents come Christmas morning. And she so enjoyed picking out the perfect present for everyone; she would just about burst at the seams waiting for present time. Liz always found the most eccentric gifts that we would cherish for years to come... trampolines and quirky lawn ornaments, and my personal favorite; the rock tumbler that she gave me as a child. I eagerly ran to check that thing every morning as I was convinced it was eventually going to produce glowing jewels like she promised! :) Thank You Liz for that child-like quality you always had and for always keeping light-hearted and upbeat. I can hear your laugh as I type this...

I love you Aunt Liz and you will be missed so much and never forgotten.
Melissa

Condolence: To all. I would love to be able to respond to those of you we have lost touch with over the years. Bartlett Garrity is working dilligently to try and forward email address of those who added them as they do not show on our screen. If we are able we will respond. In any event thank you all for your stories and expressions of kindness. I miss my little sister so and hope time will heal the sadness. ltra@gis.net

Ken, Larry, and family.

Condolence: Dear Larry,

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your brother, Kenny. No matter how strong a person, death always hits our heart with great sadness. May God Bless you and all your family and help you through this sad and difficult time. Memories live forever and Liz will live forever in your heart.

Love and Peace,

Annmarie

Condolence: To all of Liz's friends please see the Plymouth Bay House web site for their tribute to Liz. Our most sincere thanks to all of you from the Trainer family.

http://plymouthbayhouse.org/index.htm

Condolence: I am really going to miss Liz. She had the most wonderful sense of humor and I loved talking to her and hashing out lives problems. Liz was always a wonderfully compassionate person and if I was having any problems I could always rely on her lending an ear. The thing I loveed the most about Liz was her humor. Sometimes everything would be serious and Liz wouold make an off the wall remark and no matter how many times she did it, people would still question if she was telling a story or was serious. She was one of a kind.

Condolence: I'm terribly disheartened that I will not be able to fly in for Aunt Liz's services. I want to be with my family so much during this time, and offer my sincerest apologies for being unable to.
I came up with two favorite memories of my aunt that I'd like to share. I think these memories speak volumes about the incredible person she was.

When I was 6 or 7, I remember Aunt Liz taking my brother Gregg and I to spend the night in her camper (outside of the Chubby Coal Stove Factory). Gregg and I had wanted to sleep in a camper for SO long, so needless to say, we were super excited. Well, it rained the WHOLE day long, which meant that Gregg and I were off the WALL hyper, within mere hours. Running around, teasing one another, yelling, laughing nonstop, just really raising a ruckus. I remember her patiently telling us over and over to behave. Finally, she was fed up, and became angry, which surprised us because we never had seen her angry before! She seperated us, making us sit in different sections of the camper.
So she's got Gregg on the top bunk, and told me to sit at the kitchen table. Suddenly, it gets REAL quiet in the camper, and I look over, and Aunt Liz is kind of laying on the bed, looking at the tv. I could see her body but not her head, and Gregg is above her making a smart-ass face to make me laugh and get me in trouble. Doing my best to ignore him instead to see what Liz was looking at, I very very slowly moved my head back until I could see one of her eyes. It was looking right at me. It was angry too. I remember disolving into gales of laughter, and Gregg looks down from the bunk starts in laughing too, and we start giggling about "I could see your one angry eye, Aunt Liz!" She just shook her head and sighed, but seriously, she had the patience of a saint with us that day! I remember that as a really cool memory. Brats we were, she really loved us, she let us be kids and somehow managed not to kill us when we raised hell in her trailer that one rainy day.

Those who know Aunt Liz, know that she was a good listener too. She had a very empathetic soul, and you could tell when talking with her. The way others felt, meant something to her. She had an uncanny ability to not only remember things told her about yourself, but also tap into things other people liked. My favorite memory of this is when I mentioned one time how I wanted to be a writer when I grew up..I was maybe 12? Months later, at the very next Christmas at my Uncle Larry's, I opened up my gift and it was a book called "How to be a Writer," and a super cool, gigantic folder "for my first manuscript," she said. I was really touched because at an age where aspirations can be fickle, and change as often as the weather, Aunt Liz took my dreams seriously. It meant the world to me, and I loved her so much for it.

It literally hurts my heart that I will never hear her sharp raspy "aha!" laugh or her "huhuhuhhuh" one either. I will miss her right to my core, come Christmas, too. I will always see her when I look at my Dad and Uncle Larry. She was an amazing person, a wonderful aunt, and she will be sorely missed.
Love you so much, Aunt Liz.
~
Kristen Trainer,

Condolence: Words cannot heal the pain of losing someone so dear. May God give you the strength to overcome your pain.

I remember Elizabeth so young and sweet, and will always remember her as such. She always said what was on her mind, and I'm sorry I could not be there.

Love,
Arlene

Condolence: It was so comforting to see the people and hear the stories of their experiences with you Liz.Its obvious that many people join me in this feeling of loss and loneliness. You have so many good friends...Kenny