Agnes Mary Brindley

Agnes Brindley, 83, went to be with the Lord in Auburndale, Florida on February 17, 2014. She was born as Agnessina Oddo to Andrea Oddo and Felicia Denunzio on December 1, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan.

She is survived by her daughter and son in law, Karen and Steve McDonald, grandchildren, Nick and Julie Combs, Kelli and Dustin Jahn, great grandchildren, Nevaeh, Haiden, and Addison, brother and sister in law, Nick and Sue Oddo, sister, Marie Casper, sister in laws, Provie Oddo, Darlene Strandbergth, and Ruth Fulgium, brother in law, Dave Strandbergh and wife Rose, cousins, Vita and Michael Miller and family, and Andy and Shirley Oddo and family, nieces and nephews, Kathy and Rick, Bunny, Marco, Nick and Janet, Andy and Donna and Family, Dino, Patti and family, Ralph and Carol and Family, Linda, Jim and family, Andy, Shelly and family, Diane, Greg and family, Lisa, Dave and family, Ray, Lori and family, Stephen, Laura and Carl and family, Elaine, Michael, Steven, Leanne, Darryl, Jeanne and Family, Cheryl, Neil and family, and Don, close friends, Mary and Jeff, and Ruth and Annie, she is also survived by many other family members and dear friends.

A Mother’s Love

A Mother’s love is something

that no one can explain,

It is made of deep devotion

and of sacrifice and pain,

It is endless and unselfish

and enduring come what may

For nothing can destroy it

or take that love away . . .

It is patient and forgiving

when all others are forsaking,

And it never fails or falters

even though the heart is breaking . . .

It believes beyond believing

when the world around condemns,

And it glows with all the beauty

of the rarest, brightest gems . . .

It is far beyond defining,

it defies all explanation,

And it still remains a secret

like the mysteries of creation . . .

A many splendored miracle

man cannot understand

And another wondrous evidence

of God’s tender guiding hand.

Helen Steiner Rice