Lillian Kraft

R.I.P my sweet granny, you will be forever missed but never forgotten.
I love you, Teddi

Aunt Lillian was a sweetheart. Being we live in Washington visits were always long overdue. I remember the girls trips when they came here to visit sisters. What fun times that was but I realized no matter what the age there is sibling rivalry and it was precious. When they would sing it always brought me to tears. What a legacy the Heilman family had. Almost seems unbelievable they are all now in heaven they were all such good people.
The smiles were the same. They portrayed such happiness and love. I loved the phone calls between our Mothers. Both ladies were hard of hearing but they wanted to talk to each other. About the only thing they could understand were the words I Love You so they said it a lot and they were the last two girls and needed that connection.
There is a whole lot of singing going on inside the pearly gates with all the Heilmans together.
Debbie

Sorry for your loss. Lilian was such an great person. I enjoyed taking care of her at Bethany while she was there. She was such a fire cracker and never hesitated to say what was on her mind. I always loved it when she stated ” I think I am confused” and I would always tell her back ” hell I think we all are if we are here lol”, we always laughed at the simple things that she talked about. I enjoyed reading her menu ticket to her and her never turning down desert as it was always the sweetest thing on there just like her. When I checked her blood sugar we would always say “lets see how sweet you are today”. I remember a few times I would be in the dining room help get things ready for dinner and here Lilian would come walking out to the dining room by herself unannounced, as I just about crapped my pants cuz she was walking without help. I asked her what she was doing all by herself and she would respond to me “coming for supper” I would always remind her that she needed someone to walk with her and she would just say “nobody was around so I just brought myself” Me and Lilian would have little late night talks in her room when if I got done with my work early and we would just talk about this, that and everything else. She always told me I was a “nice girl”. I guess it never dawned on me that I was after she kept telling me that all the time when she saw me. I guess I took it to heart finally after time and made me really think I was a “nice person” at least to someone, and that I did make a difference to someone that I worked with, and that someone was little Lillian. I guess I got attached to you and you seemed to tug at my heart each and everyday that I saw and helped you. I enjoyed the simplicity of you and getting to know your family and making sure that your needs were met all the time and that you were treated with the upmost respect from all everyone that worked with you. When you started to decline and needed more and more, I felt the need to help more one on one with you. Helping you eat at night when I was there was pretty important to me. Stopping in and seeing you sleep peacefully also made me happy. The last Thursday when I saw you in bed and saw Donna was really hard for me, it was a hard night to go home from work as I left crying. It was something that I was not ready to do or wanting to do is say goodbye to you Lillian, but maybe it is just a see you later, from you favorite caretaker. you will never be forgotten and will always have a spot in my heart. Walking by room 133 will never be the same or not seeing your kind family daily. Fly high Lillian Fly high-With love- Kim.