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Anna Portella
In Memory of
Anna "Ann"
Portella (Panizzone)
1926 - 2017
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Condolence From: Harolyne Grant
Condolence: Dear family and friends of Anna:

It has been just over a year since Anna died last May 17, 2017. Even so, I know Anna is still loved and will never be forgotten. The passing of time puts a cool bandage on the burning pain of loss, and, … making it through the day, does get easier. Still, the loss hurts, especially when anniversaries come up.

May I tell you about a future day coming soon when ... all those sleeping, Resting In Peace, will be resurrected to a peaceful, happy life here on a transformed, paradise Earth?

You can welcome back Anna, with hugs and kisses, and your hurt and pain regarding this loss can be replaced with indescribable happiness and tears of joy. Then the scripture at Isaiah 65:17B can be fulfilled for you: "For look, ... the former (painful) things will not be called to mind neither will they come up into the heart." None of the hurts, sorrows or disappointments of life in this system of things will bother us then.

Would you like to know when and how Jehovah God will do such wonderful things for us? The answers are all in the Bible.

Sincerely yours,
Harolyne
papernpencil@aol.com
Tuesday May 22, 2018
Condolence From: Harolyne Grant
Condolence: Dear Patricia-&-Jon, Jane, Alysha Ann-&-Keith, Jahna Anne, Marilee, Family and Friends of Anna:

I was saddened to learn of the death of Anna on May 17 2017. Please accept my deepest sympathy at your loss. It is sad to lose a loved one in death at any age, but hopefully at 91 years of age, it can be said of Anna what was said of Isaac at Genesis 25:39 "she died old and satisfied with days,” having seen her children unto the third and fourth generations.

May I share with you some promises in the Bible that bring comfort at this time of loss?

First, it was never our Creator's purpose that anyone should die, ever! When He put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, they had the prospect of endless life, in ageless bodies, in perfect health, on a perfect Earth (Genesis 1:28). Adam and Eve could have passed that life on to us, but they sinned and lost everything for themselves ... and us. (Romans 5:12)

It is a comfort and softens our feelings toward our Creator, Jehovah God, to learn that it is Satan who causes imperfection, aging, sicknesses like cancer, and death -- not God (Hebrews 2:14).

I am always happy when I remember that the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, are our guarantees that this Earth will yet be a PEACEFUL, global paradise. One day Anna will be resurrected to enjoy it, and so will countless others. Remember Jesus' words at John 5:28-29a and John 11:25: "I am the resurrection and the life," and "all those in the memorial tombs ... will be resurrected." Until then Anna, sleep, Rest In Peace.

May you have comfort and peace from these promises until the day when you can be reunited with a totally healthy (Isaiah 33:24) Anna!

With deepest sympathy and genuine respect,
Harolyne Grant
PO Box 11311
Honolulu HI 96828-0311
papernpencil@aol.com
Thursday August 31, 2017
Condolence From: Marilee Snowden
Condolence: Always Remembered,
Never Forgotten
Rest In Peace Ann,
All My Love,
Marilee
Friday May 19, 2017
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