Rebecca Williams Timperley — 16 April 2021

My heart is heavy. I just attended a funeral via live stream. In 1998 I had the opportunity to go to Australia. I had become friends online with a social worker from Coburg AU. Together we wrote a grant for me to go out and talk to various schools. One of the most enduring memories from that trip was visiting with Mrs. Josephine, my friends mother. She was wonderful. She told me as long as I was in Australia she would be my mum there so that my mother back home wouldnt have to worry about me. She told me stories of her childhood and what it was like to leave a war torn area and immigrate. She talked about faith, and even gave me a bottle of water her husband had brought back from Lordes. I still have that bottle of holy water. She gave me a set of rosary beads and in the time I spent with her, she found a special place in my heart. I will always and forever remember her kindness, her faith, and her ability to make me feel as if I was at home in her presence. May God send peace and comfort to Agnes, and her brothers and sisters. You are all truly in my prayers at this time.