AN ELEGY FOR GENTRY tribute from a grandson Gentle wisdom, quiet strength, more often seen than heard though no less your thoughtful words reflected your life of faith and helped to anchor us in our understanding of what God meant by love, to always in Him trust. You, for whom family was far more than kin, meant also confidant and friend shared sorrow and glee. Now we are bereft; the world seems a dimmer place, sadder and smaller, for without you, we feel adrift. Yet, we can still smile to know- despite the tumult of our tears past the darkness of our fears in these days of great sorrow- you walked out of this world into the next, where loved ones and friends who before you moved on wait for you at the gate of pearl, and Ida, with whom the sweetest part of life you shared, reaches for your hand and smiles for you once more while listening with you to words most blest "Well done, Gentry, My servant true and faithful, My beloved child, welcome to your most deserved rest among these your friends and family who, as I, have eagerly awaited you to come." Yes, we left behind may ache with sorrow but also know there will be a tomorrow when we will met you at our Eternal Home.