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Submitted: 10/10/08 • Approved: 10/10/08 • Last Updated: 3/31/18 • R18108-G0-S3
Front of family monument:
BERQUIST
DAUGHTER
NOELLE JOY
SEPT. 15, 1987
JULY 29, 2004
FATHER
RICHARD HARRY
OCT. 30, 1949
MOTHER
SUSAN CAROL
JULY 28, 1942
NOV. 16, 1963 [married]
ENTER HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING
AND HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE
KNOW THAT THE LORD IS GOD
IT IS HE WHO MADE US AND WE ARE HIS.
BE THANKFUL, BLESS HIS NAME.
HIS MERCY IS EVERLASTING
AND HIS TRUTH ENDURESTO ALL GENERATIONS.
PSALM 100
Back of stone:
BERQUIST
I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.
NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER
EXCEPT THROUGH ME.
JESUS CHRIST
JOHN 14:6
Individual stone marker:
DEAR LORD,
YOUR TREASURE NOELLE JOY HAS ARRIVED
AND HAS AWAKENED IN THY LIKENESS LEAVING
BEHIND AN EXAMPLE THAT GLORIFIES THEE.
WHILE HER SPIRIT REJOICES IN HEAVEN
WITH THE LOVER OF HER SOUL, HER
MEMORY IS BLESSED UPON EARTH BY THOSE
WHO FOLLOW HER AND WHO PRAISE THEE
CONTINUALLY FOR HER LIFE.
Note:
The family monument consists of a large red granite base where the family names are inscribed, and mounted on it, a large red granite monolith attached to a red granite half-bench. The biblical verses are inscribed on the monolith and the family name, Berquist is inscribed on both sides of the bench. There is room for 6 names on both sides of the monument. The stone on which the prayer for Noelle is inscribed is placed about 6 feet in front of the monument, to the left.
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Contributed on 10/10/08 by pasteffen99
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