Mae Feuerbach

Age 91 of Hamilton, passed away on Wednesday November 12, 2014 at 5:45 AM at Heartland of Woodridge. Mae was born in Richmond, Kentucky on July 7, 1923, the daughter of the late Ura and Mary (Garrison) Bowlin. On March 17, 1945 she married Charles John Feuerbach, Sr. and he preceded her in death on July 8, 2002. Mae is survived by her son Charles (Glenda) Feuerbach, Jr.; daughter Deborah Kiser; grandchildren, Racheal Brush, Matthew (Jamie) Feuerbach, Brad (Jacquie) Kiser and Derek Kiser; great grandchildren, Ryan Davis Brush, Cooper, Eli and Nate Feuerbach and Luke David Kiser; two sisters, Christene Batdorf and Ruth Ann Bowlin; brother Leon Bowlin; sister-in-law Marna Bowlin; niece and nephews, Pam (Mark) Baden, Brent Goode, James Bowlin and Phil (Julie) Bowlin. Gathering for family and friends will be held from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM on Friday November 14, 2014 at the Webb Noonan Kidd Funeral Home. Funeral ceremony will follow at 1:30 PM with Rev. John H. Spring officiating. Burial will take place at Butler County Memorial Park.

Mom’s Eulogy

Most of you know I have been taking care of my mom for years and I want to thank all of you who have helped us through this process. SOME of you have been wondering why we have such a devotional bond. Let me paint a picture for you…..

When I started first grade mom made me several gathered skirts. She worked for days on them. When she was finished, she ironed them and hung them up under the porch in a row. I remember how beautiful I thought they were. She took me shopping for all the necessary items along with black patten leather shoes.

Every morning my mother would get up and make me oats and dab butter on some bread and toast it in the oven; creating soft spots of butter along with the toasted bread. Yummy, just the way I liked it!

She would open the warm oven door and lay my clothes on it before putting them on me and then give me a hug to mash the warmth into my skin.

She would allow me to lay my clay on the back of the stove to soften it up so it was easier to mash into different shapes and sizes AND when I lost some of my baby teeth, she would always lay a blanket on the floor, direct a fan right on us and then she would lay down and take a nap with me.

As I was going through school, she was cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, grocery shopping. Every summer she would fill the long planter out front of our home with beautiful petunias every year and water them EVERY night.

She loved to go to school functions AND I was always so proud when she would bring her special cake to the bake sales. It was a chocolate cake with white fluffy icing and she would drizzle the chocolate on the edge so it would run down the sides. Just Beautiful!!

She always wanted to be involved in my school activities and would help me pick out prom dresses And she specifically learned to drive so she could pick me up from cheer leading practice. She EVEN allowed us to have a DOG when she knew she would be the one who would take care of it!

When I had children she continued the process, making them clothes, sharing in birthdays, giving me advice, babysitting AND every holiday was spent in the warmth of my parents home.

She supported me through every test in college; with every job application; and all the other life experiences I was having.

After my Dad died she learned to love my friends as much as I did. She made them feel loved and she had a great sense of humor.

She loved her hair looking nice and we had many arguments over that. She would tell me how to do her hair EVERY time and when I was finished she would say, “See, now that is just what I wanted.”

She always had a very long fuse, but if she thought YOU needed to hear something she would deliver it, as the nursing home staff grew to know. She learned to speak up for herself, BUT they all grew to love her and would call her “Feisty” as they chucked and shook their heads!!

Even though she was always small in frame, she had a LARGE way about herself. She taught me I could be anything I wanted to be and THAT I should be. I didn't always do everything my mom wanted me to do or needed me to do, but she loved me wholeheartedly AND THEN SOME.

My mother’s experiences in these last twelve years, taught me loads and loads of wisdom. It came from all perspectives: from her side, from my side, the nurse’s & aides sides, my kids side, the nursing home’s side…..and at times I cried about her, I laughed with her, I ached for her, but in her last moments - as HE told me ; “be calm, don’t worry, it is perfectly timed”.

She did not think she lived up to her potential. She always told me her ONLY accomplishment was raising two good kids, BUT from that accomplishment - by watching her….. She taught me to be kind, courageous, independent and STRONG. She will live forever in OUR hearts and OUR memories and I will go on….. For I know that is what she wanted for me…….. I think we call that LOVE and I call the one who delivered that to me – my MOM.