My Grandma was the very best.  I will miss you so much, but I know you will always be with us.  I only wish you could of seen Gunner in person before you left us, but I know you are looking out for him and everyone else.  I will miss seeing you and the good times we had, there was always food, love, and good times when we visited you.  I will always be the cool kid in school because my Grandma would show up in a yellow sports car to pick me up or have lunch at school with me.  So many memories that are good.  Grandma you left us with so much love and goodness you will always be in our hearts.  I love you grandma.

When I first met Al and Anna and Marcie was when they live in Westwood Village Trlr Ct, in Utah.  It was very enjoyable going to vist them with Diane.  Then Al and Anna and Marcie moved to Las Vegas.  Diane and I would go visit them alot.  We would have so much fun!  Al and Anna were the most gracious host and hostess.  Al and Anna are the neatest people and very genuine.  Al and Anna would treat us all to dinner at the all you can eat buffets with Crab and Shrimp my favorite.  I just loved Al's sense of humor, he is so cute!  He could not believe how much crab and shrimp that I could eat.  Anna would cook outrageous meals everyday!  I just loved her fabulous homemade chicken soup.  What I remembered the most about Anna was her beautiful smile, it would make you feel warm all over.  She was the cutest little lady!  And everytime she would play the slot machines, she would always win, she was the most luckest lady!  It was so exciting watching her play.  We had so much fun with her, she went everywhere wilth us.  We took her to see Elivs-Trent Carlini and she said that he was the closest thing to Elivs.  When her and Al were in Germany they met Elvis.  We sat in the front row and Elvis-Trent sang to Anna "Return to Sender"!  He kept handing an envelope to her everytime he sang return to sender, she would pass it back to him and the last time he sang it, she kept it close to her and would not give it back and shook her head no to him and he just got a big kick out of that.  He gave her a scarf and kissed her on the chick.  It was so cute, Anna made the whole show.  Sometimes we would take the kids with us to Vegas, April, Kassie and Jackie and Charlie would meet us also, we had some pretty enjoyable times altogether with Al and Anna and Marcie!  It was some of the best times of my life!  Charlie and Diane and I went to see The Beatles-Rain at the Showboat Casino, while Al and Anna went to play Bingo.  We had so much fun, they were just like The Beatles.  It was amazing.  Sometimes after bingo we would go eat pancakes at the pancake house restaurant in the middle of the night with Al and Anna.  We just had so much fun being altogether!  Anna had the warmest smile and the cutest little giggle.  I love Anna so much and I will miss her very much.  Anna was a beautiful lady, a great mother, and the best grand mother, and the best friend anyone could ask for.  I love Al, Anna and Marcie and all of Diane's family very much.  Al and Anna always made me feel like family and I will never forget all the nice memories that we all had together!  Julee Shields

Grandma I love you and I miss you very much. I am so thankful for all the wonderful memories I have and will keep them dear to my heart. I will never forget the raisin bread topped with craft cheese singles that you made for me all the time. And will never forget how you always let me and April play with your makeup and jewelry when we were little, or how you never got upset when we played all day in your jet tub. I had so much fun grandma, you were the best ever. I can only hope that I can live a full field and exciting life as you did. You are so loved by the whole family and will be missed so much. Thank you grandma for everything.  I love you

Through out my life, my visits to Grandma and Grandpas' house was always a treat. My Grandma and Grandpa are and were always very good to the whole family, especially us grandkids. Loving and Spoiling us, for a lack of much better words, was never a chore, but rather a joy. I am thankful my Grandparents, the both of them, have LIVED the quality of life they both have lived and made for us,as we all can hope to be able to do the same .'Tis a good day though, as we all know that Heaven has been made an even better place, now that u have been called home to it. I Love You Grandma, as we all do, and WE will see u again.
                  Your grandson,
                                               travis...

Grandma, I don't think I can put the way I feel for you into word's. I love you so much, you were the best at waking people up no one could sleep in to late with the greatest smell of on earth your cooking creeping through the house, then walking in the kitchen to a room full of enough food for an army. Then there you were serving food, with your curlers half hanging out of your hair looking beautiful. Grandma when I was in 3ard grade I had to write a paper on my hero and I wrote it about you, I always wanted to be like you, your great taste for fashion(thanks to you I had the cutest and coolest school clothes),your love of sports cars and fast driving, you never took crap from anyone you were ment to be a drill sergeant's wife you sure put grandpa in his place when he needed it. Grandma you are the only grandma I have and you were enough for a million grandma's You sure will be missed but not forgotten. I just wanna thank you for loving me and showing me how to love.. I just hope one day I can be a grandma just like you.

My grandma was the best grandma that i ever had. I am so happy for my grandma that she is pain free now. I will remember all the times when i was younger that my grandparents would come to all my baseball games and offer me $5 for every homerun even if i didn't hit a homerun they would still take me to dinner. I enjoyed every summer vacation with my grandma. No matter what she was doing she would make sure i never went hungry. I will miss her big family gatherings all she would do is cook enough food to feed an entire army. I will especially miss her turkey and mashed potatoes and ham. I really appreciate what she did for school clothes shopping every year. She got to spend 5 years of her great granddaughter's life (Mckennah) before she moved on. I will miss her ways of telling everybody she has arrived at your house. She will be missed very much from all her grandchildren especially me. I love her very much and i will see you someday.

Mom you weren't just our mom you were my best friend we will miss you so much.You were so great to my husband and kids you were the best we had so much fun together. The viewing was perfect a family gathering remembering her. The funeral was beautiful with all her grandsons as pallbearers which she loved very much.She is painfree now and she is with god. My sister spoke of mom for everybody she did a wonderful job all the family was amazed. Her family will miss her very much. MOM WE LOVE YOU. Diana Harper her daughter

Like Debbie Slattery, I, too, have a wonderful memory of Aunt Ann that I will never forget. As a teener, I clearly remember Anna's love of small, fast, firey red cars! Often she would come through Omaha in her little red sports car! Boy, did she have fun with the truckers as she zipped down the interstate. I always said that when I got a real job, making real money that I would be just like Aunt Ann and get a little red sports car. Well, I haven't done it yet. But every time (and I mean every time) I see a little red sports car, I think of Ann and a big smile comes to my face. Aunt Ann sure liked to have fun...and that's the type of aunt that I want to be! I better get that red car soon! To Uncle Al and all my cousins...know that you are in my prayers and know that Aunt Ann will be missed, but not forgotten. She was one "cool" lady!

Like Debbie Slattery, I, too, have a wonderful memory of Aunt Ann that I will never forget.  As a teener, I clearly remember Anna's love of small, fast, firey red cars!  Often she would come through Omaha in her little red sports car!  Boy, did she have fun with the truckers as she zipped down the interstate.  I always said that when I got a real job, making real money that I would be just like Aunt Ann and get a little red sports car.  Well, I haven't done it yet.  But every time (and I mean every time) I see a little red sports car, I think of Ann and a big smile comes to my face.  Aunt Ann sure liked to have fun...and that's the type of aunt that I want to be!  I better get that red car soon!  To Uncle Al and all my cousins...know that you are in my prayers and know that Aunt Ann will be missed, but not forgotten.  She was one "cool" lady!

My Mother, she's your mother, she's you mother in law, she's a grandmother, a great grandmother, she's a daughter, 
a sister, a sister in law, an aunt,.. and a friend. And most importantly, she was a wife for 65 years to our wonderful father. 
She was a devoted catholic, she was so loving, so beautiful and so caring. She was even a bit stubborn at times, 
but that was certainly ok, because, we grew to love that quality in her as well, it made he strong. 

We will all remember her in our own special way, 
like how she made toasted raisin bread topped with melted cheese,  to the yearly school shopping trips she took with the grandkids
which she always made sure that no one was ever left out. Her generosity extended out to her friends, her neighbors, 
her church and aquantences (some of which so didn't even know),
She was so generious, so giving. 
 
Some may remember her by the cute little sports car that she loved to drive around, or by 
how she always dressed up so beautiful.... it never mattered what the occasion was, Mom always looked wonderful.

My favorite memory of her, were the family and friend gatherings, especially on the hoidays, she made the best turkey ever, 
with loads of mashed potatoes and gravy. Mom was the best cook...EVER!  She will be a tough act to follow 

No one starved at mom's house, she "really" did cook for an entire army. There was always so much food left after our 
dinner,that everyone went home with a goody plate.... family, friends, neighbors....everyone!
Again, no one was left out..  Yea thats Mom. 

We all have such wonderful memories of her, and should keep them dear to our hearts. 
She loved us very much and she will be missed by us all. 

We shouldn't be sad, She is completely pain free now and her suffering has ended, She has moved on to her new life with God,
where she resides in heaven, in peace, which she truely deserves. We should rejoice for her and 
look forward for the day the we can see her again.

Thank you mom, for everything you have done for us, for loving us and touching our hearts like you did. 
Thank you Jesus for giving peace to our mother, taking her pain and suffering away and bringing her to your arms in
heaven with you, 
Please watch over her for us and tell her that we all love her and miss her so much.

Mom, you were always there for us, and we thank you so much. You looked so beautiful and peaceful yesterday. The flowers from DAD's side of the family were as pretty as you and you deserved so many more. We were there for you Mom, please know that. All of your grandchildern and great grandchildern were there too. We love you and miss you so much.

I'll never forget her love of fashion, one time she showed up at our house in hot pants and fish net stockings! (Way Cool!) I always told my mom (Clementine)  I would be like Aunt Ann when I grew up because I always wanted a pet.  You guys had dogs, cats, birds, and rodents!  I now have 3 dogs, one cat (another one recently past), a pond full of fish, several rodents in the past,and even two rabbits!  I kept my promise that I would be just like Aunt Ann and become my own pet store!  Like me, she was the older sister leading the way, and what a path she blazed!  Words can't express what she meant to us except she was such a fun and loving person.  When she came to visit, we knew we were in for a treat. Ann was a loving mom and friend to family and friends.  She will be a hard act to follow.  To my cousins and uncle, my deepest sympathy.  We know she is having a great time being reunited with her parents and paving the way for the rest of us to join them in the future.  There better be alot of pets

I'll never forget her love of fashion, one time she showed up at our house in hot pants and fish net stockings! (Way Cool!) I always told my mom (Clementine)  I would be like Aunt Ann when I grew up because I always wanted a pet.  You guys had dogs, cats, birds, and rodents!  I now have 3 dogs, one cat (another one recently past), a pond full of fish, several rodents in the past,and even two rabbits!  I kept my promise that I would be just like Aunt Ann and become my own pet store!  Like me, she was the older sister leading the way, and what a path she blazed!  Words can't express what she meant to us except she was such a fun and loving person.  When she came to visit, we knew we were in for a treat. Ann was a loving mom and friend to family and friends.  She will be a hard act to follow.  To my cousins and uncle, my deepest sympathy.  We know she is having a great time being reunited with her parents and paving the way for the rest of us to join them in the future.  There better be alot of pets waiting there for the rest of us!
Debbie (Gurney) Slattery and family

Thinking of you all in our thoughts and our prayers....Anna was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, and aunt...she was A-OK!!  We will always remember her wonderful laughter, funny stories and her HUGE welcoming heart.  May your fond memories of her bring you peace.  

love to you all, Cleo and Al, Roger & Mary, Karen & John, and Sharon & Fred (and all their kids...)

OBITUARY

Anna Maria Jellema

February 12, 1923 – August 7, 2010

Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary

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