Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Dear Willow, Gary, grandchildren, loved ones,
What a blessing your mother, grandmother and friend has been to us over the years. My brother, sister and I were young children when Allen and Valerie rented the country home next to us I believe in 1949 when he entered Houghton College. Allen would hike down to classes, Valerie would help my mother mind us children while she worked in her office. Mom painted Valerie's portrait as compensation for her hours spent in our home.
Years later we met again when the Wilcoxes reached out to us. We would stop by to visit them while traveling from the South to Houghton as often as we could. Their friendship was genuine, their love of family sure, their faith was firm. Their memory continues to bless us. We thank God for their lives and his care for them through family and friends.
Jon (Pat), Eila, and Paul (Deb)
