Mae Rita (Merckx) Mazelin

MAZELIN, MAE RITA (MERCKX)

Rita Mazelin, of Kimberly, age 72, died on Monday, June 18, 2007 at St. Elizabeth Hospital with her family by her side. She graduated from Saint Agnes School of Nursing in Fond du Lac in 1956 and was a Registered Nurse for 43 years. She also volunteered her time every spring with the Healing the Children mission in Nicaragua with Dr. Ebben and Father Glenn helping thousands of children with immunizations. Rita was the recipient of The 2001 Fox Valley’s “Celebrating Our Volunteers” Health Care award.

Mom had a great love for art and was an accomplished artist, many purchased her artwork in Door County. She enjoyed camping, reading and being with family and friends. Mom was very proud of her 8 boys and her grandchildren.

Rita is survived by her husband: Sam Mazelin, Kimberly, whom she married on October 30, 2002; eights sons: Perry, Combined Locks; Greg, Kevin “Whale” (special friend Barb Jahnke), Richard and Jonathan “Tonnage” all of Kimberly; Jamie “Zig” (Chris) and Paul “Fuzz” (Amy) both of Darboy and Brett (Corey), Oshkosh; thirteen grandchildren: Keely, Taylor, Kiefer, Matthew, Kacie, Nicole (Tom) Veiau, Justin, Tyler, Kyle, Eryn, Amanda, Mason and Megan; two great-grandchildren: Alex and Cael; a brother: Ken (Betty) Ring of Brookfield; a nephew: Jeff (Julie) Ring of Silver Thorn, Colorado and a niece: Gail (Brian) Trautmann of Menominee Falls, Wisconsin.

The funeral liturgy for Rita will be held at 5:00 pm on Monday, June 25, 2007 at ST. PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH, 410 E. Wallace St. Combined Locks with Fr. Bob Vandenberg officiating. Inurnment will take place at St. Luke’s Catholic Cemetery, Plain, Wisconsin. The family will receive friends at the church on Monday from 3:30 pm until the time of mass. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund will be established in her name.

This was found with our mother’s will:

The Day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet neatly tucked under four corners of a mattress located in a hospital busily occupied with the living and the dying. At a certain moment, a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped. When that happens, do not attempt to instill artificial life into my body by the use of a machine and don’t call this my deathbed. Let it be called the Bed of Life, and let my body be taken from it to help others lead fuller lives. Give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby’s face or love in the eyes of a woman. Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless days of pain. Give my blood to a teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play. Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist. Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body and find a way to make a crippled child walk. Explore every corner of my brain. Take my cells , if necessary, and let them grow so that, some day, a speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her window. Burn what is left of me, and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers grow.

If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all prejudice against my fellow man. If, by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to someone who needs you. If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.

Mom always said it’s not what you have acquired in life that matters; it’s what you have given away.

Mom was truly an angel among us. We Love you Mom.

JANSEN FARGO FUNERAL HOME
204 E. Kimberly Ave.
Kimberly, WI 54136
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