Funeral Expenses for our beautiful mother.

On Christmas Eve, our beautiful mother had a heart attack and was gone within seconds. For all of my life, my mother has been a bright, beautiful, funny, kind, generous soul that has made the world a better place. There has not been a single day of her life where she didn't make someone else's day brighter by a kind word, thought or gesture.

My mother worked for 42 years as a CNA and CMA, caring for the elderly with all her heart and soul. She was known by the residents who she loved as Star, because that is what she was to them. A bright light in an often dreary world. Earlier this year, my mother retired because her health had started to get worse and with all the anxiety of Covid in the world, she was rightfully fearful of its impact on her. Unfortunately, when she retired, she lost all of the life insurance she had carried for many, many years.

My parents have lived on a small, fixed income for years. My father is a disabled Veteran and my mother's income was never very large. They knew that eventually they would have to come up with end of life expenses, but like all of us, they always thought there would be more time.

My father is a proud, loving man, and would never, ever ask anyone for help, but he does not have the means for this unexpected tragedy. The terrible truth about death is that within hours of losing someone you love, you have to figure out how to come up with thousands of dollars most don't have in order to say a proper goodbye.

As the eldest daughter, I WILL ask for help for my dad. I don't want these next few days to be filled with torment for my father, because I know he will be tormented if he is unable to do this final thing for the woman he loved for almost fifty years.

If you can help in anyway, we would be eternally grateful. No matter what, please send our family love and prayers. These next few days, weeks, months and years will be so hard without our beautiful matriarch. You are loved, Linda Faye Stark. You are already missed. You will always be mourned. Until we see you again, mommy.