I miss you Dad  / Jared Bluemel (Youngest Son )
Dad, I miss you so much that I cant express it in words, I cry every time I think about you and the wonderful years we spent together
I love you so much and cant wait for the time that can be with you again in heaven, I miss going up to your house, I may not go as often as I'd like but I miss being with you and our Family the most even if we don't get along most of the time I still love everyone so very much, I love you daddy, you were and still are my greatest hero, I love you and do so want to hug you again. Close

Grandbabies / Melea Bates (daughter)
Three months have flown by. You are in my thoughts daily. Little Sara smiles all the now, she is so chubby that when she smiles, her checks take up her whole face. She is a beautiful, wonderful baby.  Lily misses you. She tells everyone she meets that Grandpa died. We tell her you are in heaven, but she interpets that as "Grandpa is in Kevin" You  would smile at it. Adam is just now realizing that you are gone and is struggling with it. We read a book about a wise old hippo dieing and he cried for what seemed like forever. He is better now but he is a softy and understands more than we realize. Spencer talks about the noogies you used to give him. And wishes he would've let you give him more.  
So much hurt happens when a loved one is lost. Grieving is so hard and done differently by everyone. Time heals all. 
Please know that you were so loved, you are missed daily, and I hope you are dancin' and singin' in heaven.
Love Always,  Melea Close

memories of kurt  / Patty Bluemel (wife)

To All Who Read This From Time to Time:

I look at this website now and then.  I never realized how much it would hurt not having Kurt in my life more and more as time goes on.  My life partner is gone; I am alone.  Alone is okay but it is terrible if you have been WITH someone.

When I met Kurt I had been alone for some time.  I chose to welcome him into my life because I knew he would enrich it; make it something I had never been.  He had family, several grown children and lots of grandchildren.  This all seemed like a wonderful asset to my life. 

I have marched through the pages of our life without hiim.  First was the Holidays.  Holidays will never be the same now that I know that on Oct. 1st. I lost my life partner.  Already now we are close to August.  I have seen major and minor holidays, Kurt's birthday, Father's Day and all in between but no Kurt.  Gosh I miss my husband.  To invest so much, to be left with so little.  It all seems so unfair.  Still I am blessed with the knowledge that someone very wonderful and special came into my life.  I know I am alive, I know i can love, and now I know I can hurt.  Someday I wonder if Kurt will be able to tell me about all those visits to the cemetary.  When I go I feel somewhat closer, especially when I saw the gravemarker with both our names on it.  Life will never be the same without my friend and life partner. 

 

 

 

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the man of my dreams..............-....................-....................  / Patty Bluemel (wife)
i fell in love with kurt within the first 10 minutes of our first date.  it was a blind date; something hardly ever heard of anymore.  the fact that he was willing, and so was i, to go on a blind date told me many things about kurt without speaking a word.

the look of anticipation, the smile of appreciation, i remember it all, when our eyes first locked at J B's in Evanston, WY.  

we laughed, in the past, about how we actually started to date.  he had advertised in a single's column on the internet.  i answered it on a dare......................he called me; what a sexy voice he has, i thought!  he said "i would like to meet you".  i froze, scared to death that i would have to meet him.  he was puzzled, i felt foolish.

finally we met; he was a soft and easy going guy; the first thing i noticed is his smile.  it is a little crooked; i came to see that all his family has that same funny little smile.  as we spoke his beautiful blue eyes danced with amusement.  he said i was funny; i thought he was solid, secure, the guy you could take home to mom, MY TYPE, i thought, even though we were strangers.

it is almost 3 years since that meeting, days and pictures in the past that will hold my heart still these lonesome nights.  God has taken you, my love, too, too, soon from me and those that love you.  to say we miss you is not enough ...................... i don't want to think about my life going on without you because YOU ARE my life, my husband and my love.  please save me a seat up in heaven, kurt, you know i go to the cemetary a lot but my happiest day will be the day you give me your baby blues and say "hi silly girl"!  

my heart is broken; oh yes i miss you more than i can say.

love, patty


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