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Laura Miko (October 4, 1936 - April 27, 2018) had three main loves in life: God, all of God's creatures (people and animals!), and her only child Michelle.
Moss Landing Heights residents for 39 years, Laura and Michelle, each other's only remaining family, shared the Laguna Place home together all that time, supporting each other especially devotedly after the death of husband and father Joe Miko in 1991.
Laura had lived and traveled all over the world (thanks to her Air Force career), and always said Moss Landing was one of the best places she ever lived. She never wanted to leave. Against all financial odds, God allowed her to have her wish and kept her in her treasured home with her beloved daughter, up until the morning of Friday, April 27th, 2018, when Laura passed away unexpectedly and suddenly, but peacefully, of natural causes.
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Message from Michelle:
Dear Neighbors, Friends, Brothers & Sisters in Christ --
Your support and shared grief with me over the loss of my mother -- my best friend -- has been so comforting; I'm so grateful. My mother loved people, so it's of absolutely no surprise to me how many of you have been deeply affected by our loss of such a sweet, open, humble, friendly, joyful, loving, faith-filled woman.
My health problems kept me indoors a lot. But when I could come out and see you, usually with my mother, we always enjoyed the time we shared with each of you. And when I had to stay at home, I know my mother was out there babbling all the time about her kid. She was my ambassador.
My health problems have also kept me from working my whole life. I had not yet been able to develop the recorded medical history to build up a case for Disability claims due to a lack of health insurance for many years. My mother and I clung to her small Social Security as a primary means of income since my father died, and as our sole means of income for the last decade.
I'm left with nothing -- currently.
Plans are coming together to try to get my life in order. That will take a lot of time because of how far behind I am and because of my limitations. But right now my focus is on taking care of my mother (as I always have). Unfortunately, the world doesn't stop moving during such times of devastating grief... no matter how we so desperately wish it would... and being the last of my family, I'm the only one who can do a lot of these required things.
My mother had a small life insurance policy which is currently being processed. It mostly goes to paying for her cremation.
The house was not yet paid off. We had been working on a plan to rent a room to a family friend in 2019, in order to pay off the house within the next 5 or so years, but fate had other plans...
The monthly mortgage payment is less than one could even rent the smallest apartment in California, and I am determined to do everything in my power to keep my home, to remain in our beloved Moss Landing, hopefully my whole life until I eventually join my precious mother in Heaven.
Anything you can do to help would be appreciated beyond any of my ability to express.
Thank you for your support, your encouragement, and your prayers. That's all that is keeping me going in this time of anguish.
God bless you.
I love you, my dear friends who I now consider my adopted family.
Sincerely,
Michelle Miko
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This page will receive updates about upcoming funeral services and memorials.
My mother and I would both love your attendance, if possible.
(Goal amount reflects costs for mortuary, cremation, and funeral services.)
Moss Landing Heights residents for 39 years, Laura and Michelle, each other's only remaining family, shared the Laguna Place home together all that time, supporting each other especially devotedly after the death of husband and father Joe Miko in 1991.
Laura had lived and traveled all over the world (thanks to her Air Force career), and always said Moss Landing was one of the best places she ever lived. She never wanted to leave. Against all financial odds, God allowed her to have her wish and kept her in her treasured home with her beloved daughter, up until the morning of Friday, April 27th, 2018, when Laura passed away unexpectedly and suddenly, but peacefully, of natural causes.
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Message from Michelle:
Dear Neighbors, Friends, Brothers & Sisters in Christ --
Your support and shared grief with me over the loss of my mother -- my best friend -- has been so comforting; I'm so grateful. My mother loved people, so it's of absolutely no surprise to me how many of you have been deeply affected by our loss of such a sweet, open, humble, friendly, joyful, loving, faith-filled woman.
My health problems kept me indoors a lot. But when I could come out and see you, usually with my mother, we always enjoyed the time we shared with each of you. And when I had to stay at home, I know my mother was out there babbling all the time about her kid. She was my ambassador.
My health problems have also kept me from working my whole life. I had not yet been able to develop the recorded medical history to build up a case for Disability claims due to a lack of health insurance for many years. My mother and I clung to her small Social Security as a primary means of income since my father died, and as our sole means of income for the last decade.
I'm left with nothing -- currently.
Plans are coming together to try to get my life in order. That will take a lot of time because of how far behind I am and because of my limitations. But right now my focus is on taking care of my mother (as I always have). Unfortunately, the world doesn't stop moving during such times of devastating grief... no matter how we so desperately wish it would... and being the last of my family, I'm the only one who can do a lot of these required things.
My mother had a small life insurance policy which is currently being processed. It mostly goes to paying for her cremation.
The house was not yet paid off. We had been working on a plan to rent a room to a family friend in 2019, in order to pay off the house within the next 5 or so years, but fate had other plans...
The monthly mortgage payment is less than one could even rent the smallest apartment in California, and I am determined to do everything in my power to keep my home, to remain in our beloved Moss Landing, hopefully my whole life until I eventually join my precious mother in Heaven.
Anything you can do to help would be appreciated beyond any of my ability to express.
Thank you for your support, your encouragement, and your prayers. That's all that is keeping me going in this time of anguish.
God bless you.
I love you, my dear friends who I now consider my adopted family.
Sincerely,
Michelle Miko
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This page will receive updates about upcoming funeral services and memorials.
My mother and I would both love your attendance, if possible.
(Goal amount reflects costs for mortuary, cremation, and funeral services.)
Organizer
Michelle Miko
Organizer
Moss Landing, CA