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John Sumwalt For Agri-View
Oct 1, 2023
Oct 1, 2023

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Love lasts. It’s the only thing that is eternal. The love we have for our dear ones and the love they have for us goes on and on, like the ripples when one throws a stone into a pond.

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Carole Waterman

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John Sumwalt For Agri-View

I had the privilege recently of sharing in a memorial service for my longtime friend Carole Waterman of Osceola, Iowa. I met Carole Abernathy in the spring of 1968 at an athletic banquet at Ithaca High School in Richland County, Wisconsin. I was a junior on Coach Steve Waterman’s wrestling squad and a bench sitter on his football team. He gave a long speech – although to say it was long is redundant to anyone who knows how he loves to tell stories.

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John Sumwalt is a retired pastor and the author of “Shining Moments: Visions of the Holy in Ordinary Lives.” Email johnsumwalt@gmail.com or call 414-339-0676 to reach him.