"IN GOD'S HANDS"
MEMORIAL PAGES

~REMEMBERING OUR HEROES~
~WORLD WAR 2 VETERANS~

~XAVIER "SONNY" ARTUSO~
 

~BORN TO EARTH~
JUNE, 1929

~BORN TO HEAVEN~
JULY 28, 1999

BELOVED HUSBAND OF:
IRENE

BELOVED FATHER OF:
DOMINICK, CAROL, LAURA,
ELLEN & STEVEN

BELOVED GRANDFATHER OF:
ANDREW, LEXI, BLAKE, CHRISTIAN, 
STEPHAN, ISABELLA, ROBERT, BRIAN, 
JUSTIN, & RJ
 

The softness of their eyes
The way they loved us so
Tears they shed before us
When time for them to go

How proud to wear their hearts
Upon their chest and sleeves
Serving God and country
So many souls received

Fought with pride and honor
So fearless through the night
Stars above were twinkling
They fought with all their might

So proud of what they gave us
Sweet victory for all
Battled with great glory
So many to recall

Brave and fearless glory
What better lesson sought
Power to one nation
All our soldiers brought

Never will forget them
Those we left behind
Names forever honored
Each gift of life that binds

Praise to all our soldiers
Who fought for liberty
With loyal brave emotions
So we can all be free

Step up upon the mountain
Wave up to the sky
Closer to the Heavens
Our soldiers battle cry

Freedom now forever
With love this gift we gave
We salute you with such honor
America the brave

Wreath now placed in honor
For all the world to see
No greater gift was given
Than spirit of the free.

~Francine Pucillo~
©used with permission

Please Visit Francine's Web Site

 

~AFTERGLOW~
~AUTHOR UNKNOWN~
 

I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles 
when the day is done.
I'd like to leave an echo...
whispering softly down the ways.
Of happy times and laughing times 
and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who grieve,
to dry before the sun.
Of happy memories that I leave behind when day is done.
 

"A LIGHT FROM OUR HOUSEHOLD"
~Author Unknown~
 

A light from our household is gone,
A voice we love is stilled
A place is vacant in our home,
Which never can be filled.

We have to mourn the loss of one
We did our best to save.
Beloved on earth, regretted still,
Remembered in the grave.

'Twas hard to part with one so dear,
We little thought the time was near
Farewell, dear one, your life is past,
Our love for you till the end will last. 
 

"MY HEART WILL GO ON"
~Celine Dion~

Every night in my dreams, I see you, I feel you.
That is how my heart goes on.
Far across the distance and spaces between us,
You have come to show you go on.

Near, far, wherever you are,
I believe that the heart does goes on.
Once more, you open the door
And you're here in my heart.
And my heart will go on and on.

Love can touch us one time and last for a lifetime,
And never let go until we're gone.
Love was when I loved you, one true time I hold to.
In my life we'll always go on.

Near, far, wherever you are,
I believe that the heart does go on.
Once more, you opened the door
And you're here in my heart.
And my heart will go on and on.

You're here, there's nothing I fear,
And I know that my heart will go on.
We'll stay forever this way,
You are safe in my heart,
And my heart will go on.
 

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