It has been a very hard week for our Family. We have lost a very special women. Wendy is Fred's aunt and she passed away on Friday night. Wendy was a vibrant person who will be missed greatly. She was kind, funny, caring, giving, and a million other great things. She was a loving mom to three awesome kids, and her and her husband Frank have the kind of relationship with there kids that we hope to develop with ours. She was involved with her nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephew. There really is not enough words to accuratly explain who Wendy was and how she will be missed by so many.
Below is her obituary that was in the Calgary Herald.
GRAFFUNDER _ Wendy Hedwig October 9, 1964 - July 4, 2008 Wendy Graffunder, beloved wife of Frank Wolever of Calgary, passed away on Friday, July 4, 2008 at the age of 43 years. Wendy was born in Kamloops, B.C. She grew up on the family ranch with mom Solveig, dad Alfred, Linda, Bernie, Hilda, and her twin brother George. Wendy came to Calgary from Vavenby, B.C. to attend the Alberta Bible College, and met her husband Frank in 1986. She attended the University of Calgary and graduated from McGill University in Montreal with her teaching degree. She loved the mountains and travels, with an engagement proposal at the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, and trips to Asia, India, Turkey and other exotic places. She was a full life and business partner to Frank, with fun and adventures for twenty-two years. Her life's greatest accomplishment is the raising of three wonderful children - daughter Cayla, and twins, Brinton and Riley. She attended Oak Park Church, worked as a part-time teacher and administrator at Menno Simons School, where her children attended for five years. She left us peacefully, surrounded by friends and family after a sudden and brief battle with brain cancer, an enemy that could not be overcome. Our family has a new guardian angel, and her work is not finished. May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; The rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
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She sounds like an amazing woman. Know that you and your family are in our prayers.
To the family of Wendy Graffunder;
I would like to pass on my sympathy and encouragement to Wendy's family. I know you must be hurting and missing Wendy so much.
I first knew Wendy when she was about 11 in my grade 6 clsss at Vavenby. I was always impressed by the quality of person she was.
She always had a kind word for me and I was always pleased to share a few moments when I bumped into her. She and her brother were a great encouragement to me when I became a believer a few years after I first met her.
Be encouraged that you will be with Wendy again in God's good time. This is small consolation now in the midst of your immediate loss but know that you will experience the love of Christ and her love again.
Ist Thessalonians 4:13-14
But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethern, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus
We will be praying for you to have the peace that surpasses all understanding in this time of loss.
Dan Coleman
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