Naomi Ruth (Mackey) Schmitt

Naomi Ruth (Mackey) Schmitt Mom left this world after a long courageous battle with cancer on June 10, 2010 at home with her family by her side. She was the sixth child born to Fred and Polly Mackey in Walthills, Nebraska. Mom lived most her life in the Lyons and Stayton area where she raised four daughters. Preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Cleo and Kenneth Mackey, sisters; Garland Gardner and Lyda Gobet. She is survived by brothers; Orval Mackey of Salem, Lyle Mackey of Stanton, PA and John Mackey of Corvallis. four daughters; Sandra Aymong, Kathie Ebner, Laurie Schmitt and Sharon Schmitt. 10 loving grandchildren; Theressa Moore, Karen (Scott) Weiberdink,Stephen (April) Aymong, Deborah, Gregory, Brian Ebner, Danial Martinez, Tara Ebner, Leslie Ebner trout, Sara Do and David Schmitt and thirteen great grandchildren. Notes to the Family, At a certain moment it will be determined that for all intents and purposes my life has stopped. When that happens do not call this my death bed. Let it be called the Best of life. Scatter my ashes to the wind to help the flowers grow. If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all my prejudices. Give my sins to the Devil Give my soul to God. If you wish to remember me do it with a kind word to someone who needs you. A Mother and Grandmother’s Love A Mother and Grandmother’s love is like a circle, it has no beginning and no ending. It keeps going around and around, ever expanding, touching everyone who comes in contact with it engulfing them like the morning mist, warming them like the noontime sun, and covering them like a blanket of evening stars. Note to Our Mother; WE THOUGHT OF YOU WITH LOVE TODAY. BUT THAT IS NOTHING NEW, WE THOUGHT ABOUT YOU YESTERDAY AND DAYS BEFORE THAT TOO. WE THINK OF YOU IN SILENCE, WE OFTEN SPEAK YOUR NAME, NOW ALL WE HAVE IS MEMORIES AND YOUR PICTURE IN A FRAME. YOUR MEMORY IS OUR KEEPSAKE, WITH WHICH WE WILL NEVER PART. GOD HAS YOU IN HIS KEEPING, WE HAVE YOU IN OUR HEARTS.        Sandy, Kathie, Laurie and Sharon.