COTTAGE GROVE
A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 8, at 74845 Reservoir Road in Cottage Grove for Stevie Kay Veatch of Cottage Grove, who died June 30 of cancer. She was 19.
She was born June 11,
Stevie Veatch
She graduated from Cottage
Grove High School in 2007.
Survivors include her mother and stepfather, Margaret and Timothy Steck, of Cottage Grove, and her father of Oakridge; three brothers, Matthew Veatch of Springfield, Robert Steck of Eugene and TJ Steck of Springfield; a sister, Jennifer Blakely of South Carolina; and a grandmother, Barbara Sherman of Springfield.
Arrangements by Andrea-son's Cremation & Burial Service in Springfield.
That was her obichuary in the news paper
here is the paper I got at her mimoral service
Celebration of Life Stevie Kay Veatch
June 11,1988-June 30, 2007
God's Lent Child
I'll lend you for a little while, a child of mine, God said For you to love the while she lives and mourn for when she's dead.
It may be six or seven years, or forty-two or three But will you, till I call her back, take care of her for me?
She'll bring her charms to gladden you and should her stay be brief
You'll always have her memories as a solace in your grief.
I cannot promise she will stay, since all from earth return,
But there are lessons taught below I want this child to learn.
I've looked this whole world over in my search for teachers true
And from the folk that crowd Life's lane I have chosen you.
Now will you give her all your love and not think the labour vain,
Nor hate me when I come to take this lent child back again?
I fancy that I heard them say "Dear God, thy will be done.
For all the joys this child will bring the risk of grief we'll run.
We will shelter her with tenderness, we'll love her while we may
And for all the happiness we've ever known, we'll ever grateful stay.
But should the angels call her much sooner than we'd planned We will brave the bitter grief that comes and try to understand."
~ Author Unknown
Stevie Kay Veatch
Born: June 11th, 1988
Died: June 30th, 2007
Graduated Cottage Grove High School June 2007
Stevie taught me about unconditional love.
She taught me to enjoy simple things.
She taught me to have patience.
She taught me to have courage.
She taught me how to let go.
I will miss her a lot!!
~ Peggy
Donations can be made in Stevie's name to:
White Wolf Sanctuary
P.O. Box 65
Tidewater, OR 97390
www.WhiteWolfSanctuarv.com
Candlelighters
PO Box 2277
Portland, OR 97208
www.4KidsWithCancer.org
Doernbechers Foundation
1121 S.W. Salmon Street
Suite 200
Portland, OR 97205 www.ohsuDoernbecher.com
Stevie was a true friend in and out to me. I loved her as a sister because she was more than a friend, in my book she was family.
There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of her at some point or anouther in my day. Some times I cry and some time I smile and laugh as I remember the times I had with her. One thing that I can rest ashoure is that she is now truly and fully happy. I can't waite for my trun to see GOD and go to my true home. Stevie is there and the day will come that we can enjoy laughter togther again.
RIP Stevie Kay Vetch
