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Gregg Nichols - Warwick - friend posted a condolence
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Dear Mark and Family;
We are so sorry for your loss. We hope that time and faith will bring you comfort.
Sincerely,
Norma and Gregg Nichols
322 Kings Hwy.
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Karla Oosterkamp - cousin posted a condolence
Monday, November 22, 2010
I am so sorry for your loss. My thoughts are with you during this difficult time.
Karla Oosterkamp
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Esther Bruggink - Amsterdam - cousin posted a condolence
Monday, November 22, 2010
Dear family,
We wish all of you, who were close to Ruby and loved Ruby, a lot of strength in this very difficult time.
Simon and Esther Bruggink (daughter of Alle en Pietje)
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Jan Oosterkamp - cousin posted a condolence
Sunday, November 21, 2010
The message of our dearest cousin Ruby Romanko's passing away struck us with deep grieve. Ruby, as well as all of our overseas relatives, was at a far distanche but yet so very close to us and to our hearts. Especially the information we got about her sickness and her ever waining chances of recovery made us feel deeply sad and remote.
I had the fortune of meeting Ruby several times. I cherish dear memories of the time I visited Mark and Ruby at their residence. Even though this is 30 years ago now, I can still bring back the good feeling I had, being with them and celebrating the strong family-ties that we felt. It was wonderful.
Now Ruby is no longer among us. It's very hard to realise. We wish Mark, Bethany and Max, Andrew, Christine and Daniel and David will find the strength to carry on, now and in the days ahead. Be sure, you're in our thoughts.
Conny en Jan Oosterkamp
Jelle en Hidde
Noorderbaan 55, 8256 PP Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands
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Wendy & Dave Paffenroth - friend posted a condolence
Friday, November 19, 2010
Dear Friends,
We are so sorry for your loss. Ruby was a special lady with many talents and she touched the hearts of many. May only good and great memories help you over this difficult time. God Bless.
Wendy and Dace Paffenroth
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LuAnn & Lewis Storms - Friend of Marks from Warwick PO posted a condolence
Friday, November 19, 2010
Mark and family, we are so sorry for your loss....our hearts go out to you...
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Mr & Mrs William Benzenberg - Friend posted a condolence
Thursday, November 18, 2010
We are so sorry for your loss, our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. May you find comfort in the word of the Lord and knowing that God has an angle with him.
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Cornwell Family - corona, CA posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Dear Romanko Family
Out deepest condolences to the whole family. May God comfort you and wrap His arms around you.
The Cornwell Family
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Koos, Ellen, Jarne, Emma Oosterkamp - Smilde Netherlands - Ruby was our cousin posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Dear Family Romanko,
We were shocked by the news that our cousin Ruby past away. In our thoughts you and the family Doller are with us.
Lots of love,
Koos, Ellen and kids Oosterkamp
(Koos=son of uncle Henk+ and aunt Elly Oosterkamp)
Smilde, Netherlands
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Petra Oosterkamp - cousin posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
My sincere condolences,
I wish you all the strength you need in these difficult times.
With my deepest sympathy,
Petra Oosterkamp
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Alle & Pietje Bruggink - Steenwijk NL - aunt &uncle posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
With deep grieve we were informed of the far too early passing away of our beloved niece Ruby. It feels like a disaster for all of us in particular for Mark and their children Bethany & Max, Andrew, Christine & Daniel and David. Our thoughts and prayers are with her parents Markus & Aukje and her brothers and sisters. We hope all of you will find consolation in the love of each other and in the word of God.
We remember with pleasure the visit of Ruby and Dinah and their parents to Holland in June2007 and the beautiful day on our boat on the lakes and canals around Steenwijk and Giethoorn.
With love and condolences from Tante Pietje & Oom Alle.
A.Bruggink Het Eenspan 14 8332 JG Steenwijk, the Netherlands
allebruggink@cs.com
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Annelies Oosterkamp - the Netherlands - cousin posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
So thankful I got to know her. So sad that such a wonderful, warm and radiant person is no longer with us.
I have precious memories of the two weeks I got to spend with Ruby and her entire family in their home, such a warm welcome. They showed me around:we went to the fall fair of the christian school, we baked cookies and Ruby even took me to a typical american garage sale. I still cherish the christmas stockings she sent me, so sweet she remembered!
My love, thoughts and prayers go to her family, who have to miss this special person in their daily lives.
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Jan Oosterkamp - Balkbrug, the Netherlands - cousin posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Ruby was my cousin. She was the third grandchild of our grandparents, pake and beppe Oosterkamp. I was the second. Ruby carried beppe's name: Roelofje. She was very proud of that. We are about the same age, Ruby was born in December 1957, I was born in july that year. We met the first time when we were children. We were about 7 at the time. She was in Holland with her mother visiting the family. Communication was hard. I did not speak English, she spoke a little Fries and Dutch and a mixture of those two languages. The second time we met was in 1973 when I visited the US for the first time. We got to know each other well and we shared things, like music. Three years later Ruby came to Holland and joined our family for a vacation in the south of France. We wrote letters for a long time. But eventually the contact faded. Until somewhere around the year 2000 when Ruby and Bethany came to Holland for a Christian Convention and paid us a visit. From that time on the contact was renewed and instead of writing letters, we sent e-mails. We wrote about our children and about our work. Ruby was a teacher/administrator and I am an administrator too. I got impressed by her rock solid faith in God even when cancer struck her for the first time. In 2007 Ruby came to Holland with Dinah and her parents for the family-reunion. We met again and Marjan and I decided to go to the US and we visited the Romako's for the first time a year after. In the mean time our daughter Annelies had also paid a visit to the family. We were all warmly welcomed and Ruby made us feel at home. The last time Ruby and I met was in April this year. I was in NYC with 24 colleagues and could not go home because of the ashcloud of this Icelandic volcano. I said to my colleagues I want to take this opportunity to visit my cousin Ruby, who is ill, maybe it is the last time I see her. It was nice seeing each other again. We made plans for Mark and Ruby to come over to Holland for the family reunion of 2010, but as it appeared, that April, really turned out to be the last time we would meet
We will remember Ruby as a wonderful, warm, caring person, who had a great sense of humour, and who was always truly interested in what other people were doing. We wish Mark and the children, as well as Oom Marcus and tante Aukje and Dinah, Henry, John, Marcus and Audrey, God's comfort to deal with this great loss.
Jan, Marjan, Annlies and DirkJan
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Jannie Monsma - Niece posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
May God be with you in this difficult times.
Warm hugs from Holland
Our prayers are with you all.
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Grietje Monsma - netherlands veenhuizen - cousin posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Dear Family,
We zijn verdrietig dat Ruby niet meer bij ons is.We hebben lang gehoopt dat ze beter zou worden.Helaas mocht dit niet zo zijn. Wij willen haar familie sterkte wensen en in het bijzonder haar man, kinderen, Tante Aukje en Oom Markus. De laatste keer dat ik Ruby zag was op de familiedag en het was leuk om samen herinneringen op te halen van Pake en Beppe van de Fochtelo.Wij zullen haar missen.
Groeten Jan-Gerrit,Grietje en Ilse Wiering/Monsma
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Marian Jongsma-Oosterkamp - Holland, Elsloo - Ruby is my niece posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Dear family,
I'm sorry to hear that Ruby has passed away at such a young age and after such A long and terrible illness. I remember Ruby as a warm personality. She was in Holland with the familyday in 2006, where we spoke with eachother. My thoughs are with you. I wish you a lot of strength for today and the coming days. To lose Ruby as your daughter,as your wife, as your mother or as your sister is difficult. I also wish you the power to go further with your life, although it will never be the same. I hope you wil support eachother to cope with this loss.
Marian Jongsma-Oosterkamp
Hoofdweg 9
8424 PH ELSLOO
HOLLAND
Marian Jongsma-Oosterkamp
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Miriam & John Van der Wal - Brunner, Ontario, Canada - cousin posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
We are so sorry to hear about your loss. Sincerely John & Miriam Van der Wal
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Gayle M. Gridley - Middletown, NY - sister's friend posted a condolence
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Condolences to you and your family, Audrey. I was so sorry to hear of your sister's passing. Fortunately our faith lets us know that she is beyond pain.
My best,
Gayle M. Gridley
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Roger & Michelle DeLillo - Walden, NY - friend posted a condolence
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Henry & family,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. May your faith sustain you through this most difficult time.
Roger & Michelle
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Connie Bruning - Goshen, NY - family friend posted a condolence
Monday, November 15, 2010
I knew Ruby through her loving and devoted sister, Audrey............Ruby was her mentor............I just want to express my sympathy to Ruby's Husband, Mark and her children as well as Audrey and their parents and families............I am so very sorry for your loss...............Connie
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Stephen & Marilyn Doty - Mc Minnville, TN - Friend of Ruby's mom and dad posted a condolence
Monday, November 15, 2010
We are so sorry for your loss. Sincerely Marilyn & Stephen Doty
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Sandi Benenati - Bethany is my daughter in law posted a condolence
Monday, November 15, 2010
Ruby was a beautiful, Christian woman who never took her eyes off the task of loving and serving Jesus. Her rewards are many, an eternity in His glory.
A loving husband, Mark. The love of her children, Bethany & Max, Andrew, Christine & Dan, David. Both sets of parents who adored her. And her mom and dad's unending presence each day, comforting her. Her sisters and brothers and their spouses, nieces and nephews. Aunts and Uncles and so many caring and close friends-it was amazing to see the involvement and concern! A community, her beloved school, and their outstanding church's never ending commitment to rallying around her. Unending prayer and cards, food, gifts, love, support.
All speak volumes as to how many lives Ruby touched.
The real miracle of Ruby's life, is that in knowing Ruby for 10 years, I have never, ever heard her say one bad thing about one of these people. That is a testimony from this day forward I can aspire to have.
Love, Sandi Benenati
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