Feb. 10, 2010

I did not get to go visit their graves yesterday as it snowed all day. I will go as soon as possible.

I again received cards from Kim and Cheryl. Such good friends. So kind of them to remember. Email from Lori. She always remembers, too.

Korina, our neighbor, also mentioned that she had been thinking of them. She said she always remembers hearing Dad outside walking down the street and the crunching of the snow.

I parked up on the side street last night as Dad would always do when it snowed, so he could get up the I Street hill.

Love you Mom and Dad.

Susie

p.s. The Indianapolis Colts were in the Super Bowl on Feb. 7th this year. (They did not win.) The last time they were in it was Feb. 4, 2007--5 days before Mom and Dad died. I watched the game with them and they won--it was the last time we all spent time together. I will never forget it.

3rd Anniversary

Remembering Mom and Dad today....

Breidenbach — Paul A. Breidenbach, 83, Bedford, died at 2:31 p.m. Friday, as a result of an automobile accident on U.S. 50, approximately one mile east of the U.S. 50/Ind. 60 junction, near Huron. Born Nov. 16, 1923, in Belleville, Ill., he was the son of Aloys Breidenbach and Barbara (Aydt) Breidenbach. He married Elizabeth J. “Betty” Drehobl on June 14, 1952, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Bedford. He was an electrical engineer at GM Powertrain in Bedford for 37 years, retiring in 1989. He was a 1941 graduate of Bedford High School and a 1950 graduate of Purdue University. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Bedford; the Knights of Columbus Council No. 1166 (3rd Degree); and Past Grand Knight and Assembly No. 1921 (4th Degree). He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II; a member of the American Legion Gillen Post No. 33 and an avid golfer. Survivors include two sons, Joe Breidenbach and his wife Judy of Brainerd, Minn., and Fr. John Breidenbach of Jasper; one daughter, Susie Breidenbach of Oolitic; two grandchildren, Jeffrey Paul Breidenbach, U.S. Coast Guard, Port Angeles, Wash.. and Jonna Lea Dunst and husband David of Newago, Mich.; one great-granddaughter, Margaret Louise Dunst; three brothers, William “Bill” Breidenbach and wife Pat of Mesa, Ariz., Tom Breidenbach of Phoenix, Ariz., and Joseph Briden and wife Mary, Phoenix, Ariz; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church with Fr. Rich Litzau O.P. officiating. Burial will follow in Cresthaven Memory Gardens in Bedford. Friends may call from 3-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home in Bedford, with a Rosary service at 7:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the International Crane Foundation or to the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Bedford.

Breidenbach — Elizabeth J. “Betty” Breidenbach, 77, Bedford, died at 2:31 p.m. Friday, as a result of an automobile accident on U.S. 50, approximately one mile east of the U.S. 50/Ind. 60 junction, near Huron. She was born March 29, 1929, in Bedford, the daughter of Vincent F. Drehobl and Mary Alberta (Bratcher) Drehobl. She married Paul A. Breidenbach on June 14, 1952, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Bedford. She had worked at Ingall Stone Company, Indiana Bell Telephone and Indiana Employment Security Division, all of Bedford. She was a 1947 graduate of Bedford High School. She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and Ladies of Columbus; a former member of Kappa Kappa Sigma Sorority; a volunteer with the St. Vincent de Paul Society; and loved bird watching, traveling and landscape/gardening work. Survivors include two sons, Joe Breidenbach and his wife Judy of Brainerd, Minn., and Fr. John Breidenbach of Jasper; one daughter, Susie Breidenbach of Oolitic; two grandchildren, Jeffrey Paul Breidenbach, U.S. Coast Guard, Port Angeles, Wash.. and Jonna Lea Dunst and husband David of Newago, Mich.; one great-granddaughter, Margaret Louise Dunst; and one brother, Robert F. Drehobl and wife Beverly of Bedford. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Albert “Bud” Drehobl. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church with Fr. Rich Litzau O.P. officiating. Burial will follow in Cresthaven Memory Gardens in Bedford. Friends may call from 3-8 p. m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with a rosary service at 7:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the International Crane Foundation or to the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Bedford

Miss you Mom and Dad. Love you.

Susie