Have you ever met a true "Super Woman"? I was blessed to have one as my grandmother. My grandma, Margery Woertz, passed away last night after a short fight with cancer. She was 91, and we prayed that she wouldn't have to suffer. Our prayers were answered and she passed away in her sleep about a month after she was diagnosed.My grandma was truly amazing. As a child and teenager, I could barely keep up with her. She was always busy doing good whenever and wherever she could. She did everything from driving the tracker, to handling the cows, to canning their home grown produce and to serving others in whatever way she was able. She raised 4 pretty amazing kids, one of which was my mother.
My grandma and me in her farmhouse kitchen that I adored! My grandma loved amusement parks. She could out ride me on all the rides until she was about 75. She especially loved the spinning rides. I'd be ready to lose my lunch, and she'd say, "Let's go again!!!" It's kind of ironic that I was at the Knotts Berry Farm amusement park when I got the call letting me know she had passed away. We were going to ride a spinning roller coaster and I had been thinking how much she would have loved this ride!
My grandma was an amazing cook! She loved to make food for others and in her later years she loved to feed the missionaries. It wasn't uncommon to hear that she had 8-10 missionaries out to her house for dinner. She loved the missionaries! She also loved having the family at her home for dinners for holiday and regular occasions! We all loved her Pudding Lush which will be published in my soon to be released 101 Things To Do With Pudding.
My grandma loved the Lord. She was a Methodist for 65 years, going to church every Sunday and even teaching Sunday School. One day, two sister missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stopped by her home. She said one reminded her of me and the other reminded her of my sister who at that time was serving a mission in Budapest, Hungary. She knew she needed to listen. Grandma FINALLY read the Book of Mormon and felt the sweet truth and power that comes from its pages. She had lots of opposition in joining the church. She worried about her kids reaction. When she called me to tell me that she was getting baptized, she said "I know it's true. God knows I know it is true. I know he'll hold me accountable." She knew in a matter of years she would see her Savior again, and she wanted to be able to say that she had been obedient and followed what she knew to be true. She was baptized at the age of 82!
My mom, my grandma, Devan, and I at my Grandma's Baptism
in Peoria, Illinois.
My grandma was an amazing cook! She loved to make food for others and in her later years she loved to feed the missionaries. It wasn't uncommon to hear that she had 8-10 missionaries out to her house for dinner. She loved the missionaries! She also loved having the family at her home for dinners for holiday and regular occasions! We all loved her Pudding Lush which will be published in my soon to be released 101 Things To Do With Pudding.
My grandma loved the Lord. She was a Methodist for 65 years, going to church every Sunday and even teaching Sunday School. One day, two sister missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stopped by her home. She said one reminded her of me and the other reminded her of my sister who at that time was serving a mission in Budapest, Hungary. She knew she needed to listen. Grandma FINALLY read the Book of Mormon and felt the sweet truth and power that comes from its pages. She had lots of opposition in joining the church. She worried about her kids reaction. When she called me to tell me that she was getting baptized, she said "I know it's true. God knows I know it is true. I know he'll hold me accountable." She knew in a matter of years she would see her Savior again, and she wanted to be able to say that she had been obedient and followed what she knew to be true. She was baptized at the age of 82!
My mom, my grandma, Devan, and I at my Grandma's Baptismin Peoria, Illinois.
Grandma was so funny after she was baptized. She wanted so much to share what she had found with others! She couldn't understand how everyone couldn't see how true the gospel was. She thought if everyone would just read the Book of Mormon that they all would be baptized! I'd have to remind her how long it took her to find out for herself that it was true and to just be patient.
A year after her baptism we made a special trip to the Chicago temple with my grandma. She was able to receive her endowment and was able to be sealed to my grandpa and to my mom for not just time but for all eternity! She practically skipped out of the temple. She was so happy and so excited! That binding ordinance has me bound to her as well for all eternity as long as I can keep the commandments and the covenants that I have made with my Heavenly Father! How blessed am I!
This picture was taken the day my parents were sealed and I was sealedto my parents in 1974 in the Oakland California temple.
I will be eternally grateful for the sacrifices made by my grandma and my parents!
4 comments:
Steph I am so sorry you've had to experience so much loss so quickly. Thankfully, your grandma clearly knew where she was going! What a blessing her reunions have been, I'm sure!
Wow! She sounds amazing! Glad it was peaceful for her. Hope you and your family are doing okay!
I remember meeting her when she came to church with you. Sounds like she was a wonderful person. Your words were really sweet.
Steph, that post brought me to tears. What a sweet tribute to an obviously amazing woman. Thank you for sharing her story. I'm sure you had a bigger role in her conversion than you even realize. You have inspired and touched the lives of so many. I just love you.
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