Thank you

THANK YOU IS JUST NOT ENOUGH FOR WHAT ALL OF YOU HAVE GIVEN AND DONE FOR ROGER, ME AND OUR FAMILY. THE FOOD, THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND PRAYERS, THE FLOWERS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOSPICE AND TO JUNIOR GOLF......WHAT CAN I SAY....IT WAS JUST THE MOST SPECTACULAR, OVERWHELMING AND LOVING SERVICE ANDE RECEPTION THAT I HAVE EVER WITNESSED.

YOU ALL KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU MEANT TO ROGER IN HIS EARLY YEARS AS WELL AS IN HIS LAST YEARS ON EARTH. HOLD TIGHT TO THOSE SPECIAL MEMORIES OF HIM AND NEVER LET THEM GO.

HE IS ALL OF OUR SPECIAL ANGEL AND I ALONG WITH ALL OF YOU WILL MISS HIM SO VERY VERY MUCH.

PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH...I WOULD LIKE THAT

WITH A BROKEN BUT LOVING HEART.....DIANNE TORBECK

Roger's celebration of Life

Services will be held at 1:00 pm Wednesday, January 19th at Lifebridge Christian Church with Reverend Carol Nichols officiating.....Interment will follow at Footlhills Gardens of Memory . Gathering with food and memories will be held at Twin Peaks Golf Course Clubhouse. All are welcome to come after the ceremony.

Roger passed away on Jan 14th at 6:38 AM at our home with me and Dean and the family. He was no longer in pain after we brought him back home on Tuesday from the Hospice facility in Louisville.
Thank you, everyone for all of your prayers and love these past few months and years for Roger and myself. We love all of you.

Many of you ask what you can do. The gathering at Twin Peaks is a Pot Luck and you are welcome to bring any of your dishes there. They will begin accepting them on Tuesday. If you have any questions you may direct them to Helen Vela at Twin Peaks 303-709-2611......

Roger's fight is over

Our Roger won his fight !! ! !not lost his fight with cancer.....this morning January 14, 2011......at 6:38 am....He fought hard and I mean hard for these past five years, but it was nothing like the final round....and..... HE WON ! ! ! !
God Bless Him.
Arrangements will be made today sometime and we will let you all know when his celebration of life will be.
The family was together, Ken, John, Gert, Chad, Jeff, Dianne and KARI......Kari is my niece and is a CNA. Roger and she had a special bond. She was here with us the entire week, helped us with Roger's care along side Hospice, after he got home from the Hospice center. I just want to say....GOD BLESS KARI too ! ! !

Roger's Fight Almost Over

Roger has taken a turn and we were not able to keep his extreme pain under control at home yesterday so we were advised to go to the Hospice care center in Louisville on Monday....He is now resting much more comfortably with a continuous pain pump and he is in and out of consciousness.

I will try to keep you all updated as much as possible, but my time will be spent with him and making sure that he is comfortable and loved.

I am taking him back to our house and hospice said if that is his wish then "so be it" and I want that also....He will go by ambulance and we will make him comfortable at home.

He really is not accepting any company now. Roger's son and brother will be coming sooner than they had planned...as we just don't know for sure how many weeks or days he has here with all of us.

God bless the days we have with him.... God bless the days we had with him ..... God bless him

Love Dianne

2011 Praying for Peace

Everyone's expression is to say Happy New Year, but what do you say to someone that has terminal cancer? You still say Happy New Year.
Roger and I made it thru this Holiday, but not without some tears and sadness.
We know that this was probably our last Christmas together here on earth and I think that Roger has finally come to grips with that. He is getting weaker by the moment and his legs will not support him like they used to and that makes him very upset. He has literally been down and could not get up without help. We thank our dear neighbors Patti and Mark for being there for us just when we needed them. I don't know if there is anything that can pick up Roger's heart right now, though. Dean, our cat, is his constant companion. Faithful, loving and loyal, laying by Roger's side all day, every day, making him smile and feel loved and warm and cozy. I wish I had that effect on him and I feel that I do most of the time, but he just doesn't want me to be down. Roger knows how stubborn I am and (by the way, so is he) I guess it is because we were both brought up in strong German homes with Lutheran backgrounds. We want to go down fighting this horrible disease that has taken our lives and really tested us. Most days we do pretty well and there are days we don't, I guess that is pretty normal, whatever normal is.
I am now and always have been Roger's liason. Hospice tells us that we are in charge of who Roger wants to spend time with. If he were a well man he would want a big party with all of you there.....but he just doesn't have enough energy now in his bank for that to happen. I hope all of you understand and that you will call me to see if the day permits company. Again, he is home bound now, sleeps alot more, but the good thing is, Hospice has his pain under control for now...it is the weakness and the frail bones that slow and worry him now.
You ask and wish if there would be something that you can do?.....just send him a note and reminise with him about you and he.....make him smile , laugh or even cry....all three are good for the soul. If he can no longer read I will read the notes to him.
Pray for HIS peace and for the peace of the world.
Lovingly, Dianne and Roger and Dean( the cat that is more of a dog)