Ethel Marie Forschien March 7 1941 - July 23 2001 We don't know how much time we have on earth. Each day is given to us by something we all can't quite understand. Wether it's our belief in God or some other explanation we are here to live life... And we do, until our time here on earth has come to end. Some people think we go to the heavens, some people think we become someone else. Where ever you are MOTHER I know you are at peace. For you are kept in a special place in all of us. We are happy you have gone on and not suffering. We will miss you and love you always. Your Loving Family, Harvey,Debora,Scott,Joann,Anthony Cory,Caycee,Christian Betsy,Glen,Theresa,Leo,Sue,Mary,Richard,Gene,Raymond,Judith,Jay,Julie. Ethel (Pat,Patricia) Marie March 1941 - July 2001 Time:Memorial Services Held On Friday 27, 2001 Place:Brooklyn, NY Thank you all for your condolences. I just recieved this letter in an email I do believe it belongs on my mothers memorial page. Pat and I were in the same grade in the Saranac Lake High School. I had several close friends and Pat was one of them. I never entered a room she was in when she didn't have a smile on her face and greeted me each time. She was mischievous in a sense with her humor. We whispered a lot and passed notes a lot and were fortunate never to get caught. I used to sleep over at Pat's and we giggled as High School teenagers do. But Pat was a good person Never a bad word and never a word against anyone. Just cheerful and fun to be with. After High School we lost track of each other. That was in 1958. A long time ago. Last year there were classmates working to hold a Class Reunion and part of the process was a form we received so we could fill in our names, addresses and this time - e-mail addresses. One evening about a year ago, I opened my e-mail and lo and behold there was a message from Pat! She asked for my well being and what I was up to, then described her illness and told me about her WEB site in an effort to instill the dangers of smoking to any of us to see and heed. It was very moving, emotionally. From that point on we corresponded back and forth. One time I sent her a joke and she wrote back telling me it was the funniest she'd seen in a long time. She told me she liked to search for and receive jokes so her nieces and nephews would know that she was having a good day if they heard from her - even through just a joke. Always humorous! One evening I was thinking of Pat and dropped her a line to check in on her. I started off by saying, " I came up to clean this room, but this (computer) looked like more fun." When she replied and in closing Pat wrote across the bottom " NOW GO CLEAN THAT ROOM!!! I could literally hear her saying that and knew just how it would sound if we were actually talking. The last note I got was short and somehow I knew the end must be near. With mixed emotions and lots of prayers I knew she would be at peace. It is with deep appreciation that you notified me and many others about her passing. Thank you. Lois (Converse) Mueller Comments to Debora Garica (deborag@adelphia.net) (Ethel's daughter).