Departed

A loving mother and wife Had been her whole life Through all the good times And through the strife Yet the one constant That kept her strong Was teaching the difference Between right and wrong Her strongly held values She imparted with love To her three fabulous children And belief in God above In church every Sunday They sang God's praises Feeling His love warm them And their spirits He raises Good examples she set them Through action and word And watched as her children Developed and prospered Into adults much admired By friends, family and peers A lifetime of hard work Continued through all her years Weariness ached within her Aged joints were swollen and sore No longer could she attend church No longer could she her god implore To take her to heaven, end her long life And reward her for doing her duty As a loving mother and wife. Eternity claimed her finally Into her ninety-fifth year The soft condolences uttered Never sounded so sincere. The full-to-bursting church Rang with the Lord's songs And for her soul just departed, At His side, where she belongs.