Beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother,
grandmother, great-grandmother, friend. You will be cherished eternally
and missed every day.
You were best friend and soulmate for 53
years to a husband who adores you. You were a mother of four but cared
for and nurtured so many more. You never missed a birthday or holiday,
always making your family feel treasured. With a giving heart you took
care of those you loved, never thinking of yourself.
We will miss your gentle spirit, your generous
heart, your beautiful smile and your warm laughter.
And, we will forever keep you alive through
the memories we keep close to our hearts.
Trisha sweetheart,
I'll remember most how you loved the simple
things - dancing, family gatherings, baking, time with grandkids and
great-grandkids.
At a Saturday night dance at Linden Hall, I
met the love of my life. Together we danced for 53 years, gliding across
the floors of Geneva Hall as one.
You truly loved family gatherings, like the
Cripe and Brott family reunions in Michigan, where everyone entered your heart
as immediate family.
At Christmas your trees filled every corner of
our home. At Easter the confetti eggs you made became a loved Easter
finale and family tradition.
We rarely missed a Saturday supper with your
Mom after mass at St. Josephs.
We gathered with the Knights of Columbus
families for countless Christmas parties, bowling league nights, church
picnics, and softball games.
We cooked breakfast and made smores over
open campfires when Mom & Dad spent the winter camping in Texas.
In your 25 years as receptionist and accounts
receivable clerk at Rush Truck Center, you baked numerous cakes for co-worker's
birthdays, making everyone feel special.
Your lemon squares were a frequent request and
sometimes barely made it out of our kitchen.
Whether cookies or wedding cakes your talent
for baking brought joy to family and friends.
Your grandkids will always remember the room
you kept full of toys, the endless supply of their favorite snacks in the
pantry and the tradition of receiving a Christmas ornament on Mathiska (sp?)
Most of all, they will remember the hours of
playing with you, making playdough hamburgers, blowing bubbles, watching
cartoons and playing in the sandbox.
With tireless devotion you never turned down
an opportunity to spend time with your grandchildren.
I will miss you every day until once again, in
heaven, together we live.
You will join in heaven those who
preceded you in death - father Henry R. Skerik; infant sons Travis and
Trent; grandparents Joe and Mary Skerik, Ambrose and Francis Chudej,
Father-in-law and Mother-in law Robert and Mary Brott; brother-in-law Bobby
Brott; and sister-in-law Beth Brott along with many aunts, uncles and cousins.
Survived by those who will miss you until they
too can join you in heaven - husband Barry L. Brott; daughter Amber and
husband Kevin Suggs, daughter Krista and husband Matt Briske; mother Helen
Skerik; sister Theresa and husband Jim Pelham, goddaughter Staci Priest, and
brothers and sisters in-law David and Janet Brott, Shelly Brott, Marsha and Tim
Phillips, Keith Brott, Jeff and Sue Brott, Elain and Charlie Ash and Ellen and
Mike Stewart; grandchildren Allison, Krystal, Avery, and Luke;
great-grandchildren Beau, Maddox and Grayson.
Memorial donations can be made to St. Joseph's
Catholic church, cancer research of your choice, St. Jude's Children's
Hospital, MD Anderson hospital in Houston, Baylor Scott & White