Frau Theresia Wurm
January 2, 1928 - March 12, 2005
She passed away peacefully in her sleep and is survived by her daughter Terri Glenn, her son Martin Wurm, her grandchildren Stefan Kurz, Sandy Kurz, Brian Glenn, Heidi Wurm, Megan Wurm, Crystal Wurm, Sammie Joe Wurm and her great grandchild Kirsten Kurz.
She loved to cook, sew and crochet, but her greatest joy was being with her family. She always made each of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren feel very special and unique. She always said that he had no favorites. She just loved them all.
The funeral will be Saturday, March 19th at Calvary Capel Cemetery. 4201 Whittier Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90023, (323) 261-3106. Viewing 9:00 - 11:00 AM. Funeral mass at 11:00 AM.
My brother Tony and I first met Frau Wurm on May 5, 1952. We were quite a bit younger then. I was 13 months old and Tony was just 1 month old. The Wurm, Seitz and Fehr families were immigrating to America. Unlike most other immigrants, we flew from Germany to America on Flying Tiger Airlines with a stop-over in Iceland. Because we were families with infants, the Red Cross arranged for us to fly to America. Oh, I can't forget, there was one other member along for the ride - more about that in a minute. We arrived at LaGuardia Airport in New York on May 6 and boarded a train for Los Angeles. The Red Cross had arranged for our family to go to L A because my father had asked that we be sent "to a place where it never snowed." What a wonderful wish - it made all the difference in our lives. Well, we arrived at Union Station on May 9th and like so many others before, we made our way to St. Stephen's. You know the rest of the story. Oh, about the other member of our flight, it turned out to be Terri. You see, Frau Wurm was 8 1/2 months pregnant. Terri was born two weeks after we arrived and we've been friends ever since.
These three pictures were taken just a week before Frau Wurm passed away. I think she was happy knowing that she was with friends and family that meant most to her.
Ramana
Stransky
1955 - 2003
Ruhe in Frieden
All who knew Ramana will remember her genuine congenial manner and her helping nature.
Joe Widak
Feb. 4, 1953 - Jan. 22, 2003
Ruhe in Frieden
A Memory of Joe
I once introduced Joe to a friend by saying "Joe has had more cars than God". Joe grinned and said "and I have the pink slips to prove it"! I have no doubt that when I'm in front of those pearly gates, that Joe will be on the other side revving up a white GTO and telling me to get in and hold on. Karl
For Pictures of Joe's Funeral, Click here
Sierra
Katherine Ward
December 6, 1999 - July 3,
2002
The Little Angel
The little angel was new to heaven and she was very little. Her hair was the color of bright sunshine on white painted walls, and she was so young her wings were still pink.
Even though she was small, she was not afraid to walk right up to Archangel Michael and tug on the bottom of his robes. He had to bend down very far to talk to her. "What is it, little one?" he asked. The little angel looked around at all the other souls in heaven, so much larger and older than her. She said, "All these older people had lives on earth bigger than mine, they all did big things, and they brought back to God all the things they won and all the things they lost. But I didn't bring back any big things."
Archangel Michael smiled and picked up the little angel (he knew how much she liked to be held). He carried her to the edge of the clouds so she could see. When she looked down she saw the great family of man; so many people, laughing, crying, breathing, praying, bring born and dying, over and over. And he said to her, "Little one, there is only one thing that we can bring back to God when we die, only one gift. Everything we gain or lose, we build or destroy, we fight or make peace with, is very small compared to this gift. It is the true love you bring to this earth and the love you take back home to God; nothing else matters."
The little angel looked down at her mother and father and all the people she loved. "It doesn't matter how long you live little one," Archangel Michael gently said, "It only matters how much you love and are loved."
He turned and carried her towards God's warm, blessed light. And her gift, the greatest that could be given, shone all around and through her, growing larger and brighter with each step: love given to the world, and returned, one hundred-fold.
For Sierra
Auntie Mo and Auntie Antoinette
Käte
Friedrich
January 24, 2002
Ruhe in Frieden
Christina Burmeister
December 1, 1980 - August 18, 2001
May the good Lord grant you everlasting peace and a choir of angels greet you home.
Nikolaus Friedrich
September 14, 1928 - June 9, 2001
"Dein gutes Herz hat aufgehoert zu schlagen obwohl du gerne noch wolltest bei uns sein. Doch hilf uns Gott den tiefen Schmerz zutragen, denn ohne dich wird alles anders sein."
Anna (Buschbacher) Schreiner
Born in Apatin, Yugoslavia on June 23, 1920. Died on July 2, 2000. Los Angeles CA.
Survived by husband of 49 years, Thomas Schreiner. Daughters: Anne Schmueckle and Christine Balogh. Grandchildren: Andrew Balogh, Sigi Schmueckle, Sally Schmueckle Emery. Great grandchildren: Kevin Kyler and Katharina Emery.
Anna Schreiner was involved with the Donauschwabische Tanzgruppe for 25 years as the Gruppenleiterin of the Youth group and Prasidentin. Frau Schreiner had friends associated with the Carpathia Dance Group in Michigan; the Cleveland and the St. Louis groups as well as the Windsor group in Canada.
