Posted on 11/28/2020 2:04:53 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Dear FRiends, Arrangements have been made with Whitehurst, Sullivan. Burns and Blair to lay my beloved wife Sheila to rest at 1:30, Wednesday, December 2 at Fresno Memorial Gardens. It will be a small graveside service with friends and family.
We selected a site that is very near where my mother and father and sister Thelma are buried. It's a small plot, but there is room there for me, too, someday.
This is by far the hardest and most heartbreaking thing I've ever done. Sheila was the light of my life. She loved God, loved life, and she loved nature and God's church of the greater outdoors.
Sheila was born November 15, 1950 in Fresno, CA. to Eino and Ruth Kulju of Reedley, CA. She went home to our Lord, whom she loved very much, on November 18, 2020, just three days past her 70th birthday and five months and five days after we celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary.
She grew up on a farm in Reedley where her father was foreman. As a little girl, she loved the freedom of farm life where she could climb trees and run barefoot with her dog through the orchards and vineyards. Her father grew a family orchard and garden in the yard of their home and she enjoyed plucking and eating juicy ripe peaches, plums and grapes fresh from the trees and vines and tomatoes, green onions and vegetables from the garden.
Her grandparents, Isaac and Katie Kulju, immigrated here from Finland sometime after the turn of the century--fleeing the Russians as the story goes. They settled and lived about 30 years on a farm on the west side of the Kings River, just north of the Manning Ave bridge that crosses over into Reedley. They were killed in 1937 on the way to church when their car was struck by a train.
Sheila was a patriot who loved America and loved freedom. We spent a large part of our last twenty years together traveling by van and RV, attending conservative events, rallies and protests from city to city and state to state. We ended up visiting every one of the contiguous 48.
We are laying her to rest dressed in one of her favorite patriotic shirts and hat and her stars and stripes earrings that she liked to wear to rallies. She'll also have her bible that was given to her by her Aunt Lina when she was in high school, and a flag she had hanging on the mirror of her dresser.
I thank God for the 50 loving years we shared together and our two wonderful sons He gave us.
...to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part... and thus we are parted, my dear Sheila, but through the grace of God, we shall meet again some glorious day.
Dear God, I love and miss her so. Always will.
Thank you all very much for your support, your love and your prayers.
God bless.
Prayers for your wife, your family, and for you.
May comfort come in God’s love ....
Jesus wept! 🙏
Condolences and God bless you and family. Thank you for staying the course.
So very saddened to hear of the loss of your loved one. We will be saying a special prayer for you and your family through this difficult time. Thank you for sharing the beautiful story about her life.
May God bless you and yours in this difficult time.
Prayers are for you and thoughts are with you. Sending lots of love and hugs.
Condolences to you Jim.
The traveling you both did together sounds truly wonderful.
I hope my wife and I can live that dream too.
Bless you.
Beautiful tribute to a special lady. Prayers for you and your family always. Your love, your memories, your family will be your comfort as you continue your journey. Your beloved wife will always be with you, in your heart. God bless.
Prayers! And thank you...and Sheila...for these many years of FR.
My heart breaks for you. What you have with Shelia is so rare and precious.
I don’t personally know you or your wife — and I’m sorry for not visiting you when I flew out of Fresno with FedEx for awhile — I do know that you are a great Patriot...
...and that you were supported 100% along the way by a USA loving wife, who obviously loved you through and through.
Your website is the #1 go-to place for me each day.
Keep it up. Please don’t stop.
God bless you from the bottom of my heart.
A beautifully tribute you wrote for your love, Jim. She was truly a wonderful, beautiful woman, and now she is in the presence of our Lord Jesus, awaiting the arrival of her night in shining armor.
She just took an early flight.
God bless you Jim, and may our Lord comfort and bless you.
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As I’ve just lost my mom last month ( two weeks short of 97th birthday, passed suddenly), I’m NOT SORRY for your loss. Considering the horrible world we are currently living in, and the unfathomable riches in Heaven, it’s truly a rich blessing to leave!
Please post a picture, though I’m sure she was a beauty! All God’s best. May you endure with GLADNESS in your heart!
At the Cranford, New Jersey train station, someone once wrote on the waiting bench these words-“don’t be sorry it’s over, be glad it ever happened!”. May God bless.
Sorry for your loss Mr. Robinson.
My condolences for your loss. I’ll pray for you and your family.
So sorry for your loss Jim. May God bless and comfort you and your family.
Boy I wish we could all be there.
May the Peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family.
Heartbreaking to read, Jim. I never had a chance to meet you or your fine lady but your love and support for each other is what we all dream of. I can only offer my prayers of love and support for you during this incredibly difficult time. May you know peace. And may she forever rest in peace with the Lord.
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