Grandma I'm so glad I got to see you and uncle leroy.I remember going in the basement to play.because your house was spotless. I wish I could have spent more time with you but my mom wouldn't have it.love you.always.

A candle was lit by Christine Kuhn on January 19, 2016 7:29 PM

A candle was lit by Joe pighin on January 19, 2016 11:38 AM

Message from Joe pighin

January 19, 2016 11:38 AM

I don't remember all that much of great grandma but I remember being a kid and all us kids would be down playing in the basement wall the adults were all up stairs. Rip great grandma

Message from Matthew Kuhn and Kelli Moody

January 19, 2016 12:58 AM

Dear family,so sorry for the loss of your beloved mother and grandmother. Know she meant the world to you all. Wish we had known. We would have been there.

A candle was lit by Matthew Kuhn and Kelli Moody on January 19, 2016 12:54 AM

A candle was lit by Lisa M. Kuhn on January 18, 2016 3:26 PM

Message from daughter

January 1, 2016 8:21 PM

Dear mother,

It is still so difficult to believe you are gone. We know you didn't want to leave. We didn't want you to leave. You have always been with us and it seemed you always would be.

We have been so blessed to have had you in our lives. Your sage advice was always spot on. Your sense of humor (whether intended or not) was always a delight.

You never asked for much. Maple nut ice cream was your favorite in our younger years...Giving us a handful of change to take to Queenie's grocery store to buy a quart is a memory that stands out. We had to eat it quickly in those days because we had no way to keep it.

Meeting you at the bus stop when you got off work and walking home together was a sweet ending to what had been a long day without you...mostly the memories of the early years all blend together but with one constant and that constant was you.

The fishing stories always remind me that whether it was experience, natural talent or just plain luck, if you didn't get the first fish, you always got the most fish....You were such a trooper...If things were slow, you would reach into your jacket pocket and pull out a handful of hard candy so the day would not be an entire loss!

Meeting up with our California relatives in Reno always made for a memorable adventure...you did so enjoy getting together with your siblings and our cousins. Their sense of humor was so like yours...(that crazy Tandecki sense of fun!) We spent more time together in our hotel rooms or restaurants just laughing than we ever did playing those machines!

We will miss you. You were so down to earth, so real. We had you for a longer time than most but we all wish it could have been so much longer.

We will always love you,
God bless you,

Delores

A candle was lit by LOVE YOU MOM: CYNTHIA AND JOHN on December 23, 2015 5:44 PM

Message from Judy L Martin

December 22, 2015 12:08 PM

I love my aunt Agnes. She was a true blessing to our family and the world. I feel very honored to have known her and to call her my aunt. She was such an inspiration on how to live life to the fullest. We are very blessed to have had her in our lives for such a long time. I was praying she would make it to her 106th birthday but Jesus wanted her home for Christmas. Thank you aunt Agnes for all your love and laughter. You are at peace with our savior. Merry Christmas!

Message from Laura Clapper (Granddaughter)

December 20, 2015 9:49 AM

My dearest Grandma -

I always knew this day would come when I would have to say good by on this earthly plane, but selfishly I feel time was too short. So many memories of sitting around that tiny kitchen table, watching the neighbors, talking, reading letters from relatives and all us ladies laughing until we were all crying. You have always been such a role model and inspiration to all who met you for your views on life and how to live it well. Work hard, but find time for fun and laughter. Always. I miss you so much but I rejoice in the act that you are in heaven with God and that you are at peace. You brought us such joy!!!!

Love you forever and ever!!!!

Laura

A candle was lit by Jennifer Blackstone - No one can ever hold a candle to you- on December 18, 2015 10:14 AM

A candle was lit by Molly Sullivan on December 17, 2015 7:27 PM

A candle was lit by Silas & Mila on December 16, 2015 8:58 PM

Message from Leah Sullivan (Granddaughter)

December 16, 2015 8:57 PM

Grandma Cy, you are the best grandma we could have ever, ever had. You were hilarious, down-to-earth, hard-working, spirited, and full of life. I can't believe you almost made it to 106! I feel so lucky to have known you, and so eternally grateful that my kids got to know you as well. Thank you for my mom, my aunties and uncles, and my cousins. You were our Matriarch. We all adore you and will miss you and think of you often.

Thank you so much for saying you liked my hair in front of my disapproving mother when I dyed it dark blue in high school. That was awesome. :)

I'll always remember going over to your house everyday for coffee with mom before I started elementary school (and Michael and me helping walk Little Grandma to the table for coffee before she passed). I'll remember picking through your candy dish, trying to find something good to eat between the old, glommy, stuck-together unrecognizable pieces of whatever ancient candy resided there. That was before the Werthers Originals started showing up. :)

I'll remember those many summer fishing trips of my youth with you - Michael and I kicked around A LOT of dried-up cow pies in that hot weather while the grown-ups would go out to fish FOR HOURS.

I'll remember the many Christmas Eves in the basement of the old house with the cousins, taking shots of salt and pepper and sliding across the floor in our socks.

I'll remember our trip to Hawaii, where we swam out into the waves, sharing a floatie.

I'll remember our trips to Reno, where you gave me the crooked thumbs-up of approval when I confessed to you that I was really, very drunk.

I'll also always think of you when I eat a BLT, as you told me it was always the safe bet when eating out. Who could screw up a BLT, right Gma? ;)

Thank you for always telling it like it is, and for being an inspiration to so many. Your humor and positivity will always stay with me.

Let's raise (half of a) wine cooler to Grandma. Love you always!

Forever,

Leah

A candle was lit by Sheilah on December 16, 2015 8:56 PM

Message from Teresa Sullivan

December 16, 2015 4:45 PM

G-Ma,

You were many things, but mostly beloved. By pretty much everyone who met you. And I was lucky enough to be your FIRST grandchild. Oh yes, I am going to claim that top spot. The others can fight me for it. I have so many memories of being little and sitting at your kitchen dining table "drinking coffee" with the ladies while the younger kids ran screaming around downstairs. You always had something cooking on the stove. Something stinky. Like sauerkraut. Or maybe that was Little Grandma who you took in during her later years. You were always surrounded by children, and adults alike - who flocked to your side like bees to honey. Your home was always a gathering place. You were full of fun and adventure, yet still a fine example of hard work and responsibility. I know your life wasn't alway easy, but when I knew you best you were taking off to Reno or Las Vegas with your daughters and to meet up with relatives. I remember you won a fur stole once, before they were politically incorrect. You went on Mediteranean cruise with your sister(s)? and saw The Leaning Tower of Pisa. You went fishing often and once and almost drowned in a lake. I heard that you were still clutchng your purse, or trying to reach it at the point of rescue. You loved to garden and no weed was safe from your eagle eye or grasping fingers. Loved watching the Mariners and The Hawks, read the newspaper cover to cover every day. And you were hilarious. Disingenuous? Hard to say. You could be very blunt with your assessments of a new hairdo, or someone's changed appearance. Thing is, you called things as you saw them - sometimes in a very unique way. Your sense of humor and happy cackling laugh had us in stitches frequently. Did you know what you just said? Was it an intentional double-entendre? Erin and I are still trying to figure that out about the kitty joke you told at Aunt Hilda's one New Years Eve. I will never forget the rude breadstick at a Reno dinner, the crooked half thumbs up at our slight inebriation partying in our jammies in a Reno hotel room. Oh - and the drive to Reno with you, my Mom Delores, my Aunt Cynthy and sister Leah. LEGENDARY. We laughed and laughed. G-Ma, you are the true OG. I will miss you. Never was a gal so fortunate to have you as my Gran. I love you - I thank you for all your love (yeah) and inspiration. Crooked thmbs up!