Vickie Lynn VanLeeuwen

Vickie Lynn VanLeeuwen

Heaven received A New Angel... ...

In loving memory of Vickie Lynn VanLeeuwen. Our sweet, kind, loving amazing, caring, precious daughter, mother grandmother, sister, loved one and best friend passed away November 23, 2011.Our lives will forever be changed and will never be the same.Vickie was born November 27, 1955 to Connie Jacobson and the late Grant Pugmire. She is survived by so many that loved her dearly, her mother & Pa Pa, Connie and Tony Evenhuis; a daughter Christy (Mike) Hancock; four beautiful grandchildren, Nathaniel, Shayli, Kayden, and Alyssa Hancock; two sons, Michael VanLeeuwen and Cody Hold; brothers, Steve Pugmire, Thomas Kristofferson, and Robert (Dina) Kristofferson; sisters, Kathy Weaver and Patti (Rick) Phippen, and her second mom, Sita Rigby; and two stepbrothers, and their wives. Vicki touched so many lives. She had a special, warm kind of love for her family and animals. She loved nature, horses, and everything beautiful. Vickie was such a special, kind, loving caring person, that will be forever loved and deeply missed. We as a family, would like to thank, with our deepest gratitude, all of Vickie''s doctors, nurses, Lomond Peak Care and Rehab and their staff, the transplant team in Salt Lake City, Utah and the University of Utah and everyone from Vista Care Hospice, staff and volunteers. Thank you all so very much for all of the love, support, compassion and caring that you have all shown to our family and our special Angel Vickie. Thank you all for taking care of her and for the love that you gave us all. You will always be in our thoughts and in all of our hearts. We will miss you and love you always. May you rest in Peace and sleep with the Angels. Love always, your family.

When I am no longer with you, let no tears fall or sorrow prevail. When you see your reflection shimmer in the water, smile and know that I see your smile. When you feel cool grass beneath your feet and the sun''s warmth upon your back, know that I feel it also. When you hear the leaves rustling in the wind, know it''s my voice, softly whispering to you. When you see a butterfly dancing among flowers, know that I am dancing also. When you gently touch a puppies soft fur, know that I feel your touch. When the wind swirls across your skin, know that it is I that caresses you. When you love another, know that I feel your love. These words are truth my love, have faith my love. As long as beauty lives upon the earth and in the stars, and love lives in every beat of every heart, so then do I, so then do we all.

In memory of my mother,

I Am

Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the fields of ripening grain. I am in the morning hush, I am in the graceful rush of beautiful birds in circling flight, I am the star shine of the night. I am the flowers that bloom, I am in a quiet room. I am in the birds that sing, I am in each lovely thing. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there, I do not die. Love your family!