Memories

 A nice lady in my parents ward asked me to share this, so here it is:

In the last week or so, so many people have shared beautiful memories of the influence Randy Loveless had. It is possible that no one on earth knows the good he did as he went about every day! A group of friends and neighbors would like to compile as many of those things as possible to give to Marie. If you have memories, thoughts, impressions, experiences, or pictures of Randy Loveless that you would like to share, please send them to Mary Brickey Cole @marycoleherbs@gmail.com

If you could send them by the end of this week (November 22), that would be ideal. Or send a quick note so that we know to expect something from you later.

There is also a facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/362989273882062/

Dad's Obituary

Randy Clark Loveless lived a life full of fun!  He was born in Provo, Utah on November 1^, 1953 to “C” LaVar Loveless and Kathryn Bernice Clark Loveless.   He returned to his brothers and father after a short battle with encephalitis, surrounded by his family, on November 12, 2014.  He was an active member of the LDS church and was currently serving as bishop of the Orem Park 8^th Ward.  He loved serving the members of his ward.  He graduated from Orem High School and the LDS Church seminary program.  He served a full-time mission in Virginia.  Upon returning from his mission, he married his high school sweetheart and best friend, Marie Vogel, on June 19, 1975 in the Provo Temple.   His motto in life was, “Work hard, play hard!”   And he was very good at doing both!  He has had many jobs, in many different fields ranging fro working on the oil rigs in Wyoming, to being a real estate agent in Orem, Utah.   His favorite places were in the mountains hunting or on the beach in Mazatlan, Mexico during our annual Christmas vacation.   He loved spending time with his family!   He would ask his grandchildren who loved them the most?  And would train them to say “Grandpa!”  Another of his loves in life was talking to everyone and hearing their life stories.  He was always interested in other people.   He is preceded in death by his father LaVar ,  his brothers Mike and Bryan and is survived by his mother, Kathryn, his sisters Lakay (Scott) Stephenson and Lorraine (Rickey) Carter, his sister-in-law Colleen Loveless,  his wife Marie and their eight children, Trisha (Brandon Seamons), Lisa (Doug Burr), Ray (Marie) Loveless, James (Tiffany) Chadwick, Richard (Janell) Loveless, Kati Loveless, David (Kaley) Loveless, and Joshua Loveless, as well as 16 grandchildren.   We love you Dad and will miss you! We look forward to seeing you again and hearing all of your new stories.  Till we meet again!

Veiwing will be held on Sunday November 16, 5:30-8:30  at Walker Sanderson Funeral Home 646 E 800 N Orem UT, and Monday, November 17, 9:30-10:30  at the Orem Park Stake Center 195 W 300 S Orem, UT.  Funeral Services will follow.  Instead of donating flowers, the family would request donation to the Church’s missionary fund, thank you!

Funeral and Viewing times and locations

     So many have asked about when his funeral and viewing times are so I am posting it here.  It will also be in Saterdays paper.
Viewing:  Sunday night at Walker Sanderson Funeral Home  5:30 - 8:30.  646 E 800 N. Orem Utah
Viewing Monday morning at Orem Park Stake Center 195 W 300 S Orem UT.  9:30-10:30
Funeral Monday morning at the Orem Park Stake Center, 11:00 AM
     Thank you for your prayers in our behalf.  Please include Elder Joshua Loveless in your prayers.  He is serving in the Kentucky Louville Mission.  I am sure this must be hard for him.

Reunion

I don't even know how to start this, but first of all we would like to thank every single one of you, for all of your prayers, for all your fasts, for all of your support through all of this. I just want say that He's free!   Our sweet dad, husband, Grandpa, Brother, uncle, and bishop passed, very peacefully, away to return to his sweet Dad, and Brothers.  We are so thankful for this gospel, and that we know this is not goodbye, but a see ya later!  We know he will always be there in our lives!   I have already felt his spirit, and known that he will always be there for me.  He was always willing and wanting to serve those, and now he can help us in another way. 

heres a sweet picture that my cousin posted:

A little bit heaven shining down on all of us. 

Homeward bound

My mom asked if I would make a post tonight,  I'm not going to lie, this has been a really hard last couple of days.  We had a meeting today with all of Dads Drs,  they still do not know what Dad has officially, but they do know that his brain has atrophied, which means that is has shrunk,  they believe the lack of moving is because of brain damage, due to viral encephalitis or a time he was without oxygen to long, when he was having trouble breathing.  Either way, they said the damage is permanent and that if he were to survive the infection in his brain, he would never be able to move again, and probably be on the ventilator the rest of his life.

Many of you know my Dad and he has expressed a number of times to all of us that we would never want to live a life on a machine.  Due to this news, we as a family have decided to turn off the ventilator tomorrow morning and let him pass.   Please keep us in your prayers tomorrow especially, and my mom has asked that we all pray for him to pass quickly and peacefully.

A few years ago, after my Dads younger brother died, he found a song that he wanted sung at his funeral, it is called homeward bound, and there is a part in that song that says, " set me free to find my calling, and I'll return to you somehow" he asked us to change the words to, "set me free to find my brother, and I'll return to you somehow"  so this song will be sung at his funeral.

My mom says this is what she is doing, it is what he would want.  She is "setting him free"

Please know that we are so grateful for all your prayers and fasting over the last couple of months, they have meant so much to us, our testimonies of the truthfulness of the Gospel has been strengthened by your kind words and deeds.  We know this hard time is for a "Glorious Purpose" as told to us by a dear family member.  We also know that sometimes when we pray for things the answer is sometimes, no...  as in this case, and we also know that he will receive his full health and strength after he dies, we  know that we will see him again. We will forever be grateful for this knowledge, and for a loving Heavenly Father and older brother Jesus Christ who knows what we are experiencing at this time and will be there for us help us get through it. 

Sharred missionary letter

Since I have cryed a bucket of tears already writting this letter to my son I couldn't write again the same things so I have decided to just send you his letter letting you know what is going on with your dear Bishop and our family.  I know he loves you all, his ward family, his friends in and out of the ward.  So here is the letter:

Dear Josh,

     As you know your Dad's situation.  I know your mission Pres. is going to talk to you as we called him last night after our family meeting.  Right after we finished talking your Uncle Eric texted me this message: " You are never far from my thoughts or prayers.  Last night Jolynne and I were in the temple. We had a long wait in the chapel.  I was thinking about Randy of course.  The veil is pretty thin for me these days.  Here are the words I heard. "Eric, your prayers have been heard.  His life is in my hands."  I don't really know what that means for sure but I know that God is looking out for Randy".  I also know this is true.  As your Dad gets more serious and he gets more complications from being bed ridden so long, I have been wondering if I am being selfish about  praying him here when maybe it is Gods will that he be with him.  There are tons of people praying for him and putting his name in the temple and fasting for him. They have had faith for his healing in his behalf.  When really we should have faith that the Lord will do what is best for us.  Weither it is healing or letting us pass into his arms.  I DO know God in in charge!  Of the little things and the BIG things.  We still have to have faith that he is right, and continue in faith no matter what the consequesces.  I know that what you are doing, serving a mission, is the right thing for you. You are doing so good. I am so proud of you and I know your Dad is too. Your Dad may pull through this, I don't know yet, but I am willing to let him go if it is God's will.  So as a family last night we agreed that we should take the "Fully resisatate" notice off his charts, and instead put on "Do not resisatate" on instead.  That way if the Lord wants to take him, we will let him go and not try to do CPR and bring him back. I know your Dad wouldn't want to live his life in a bed, unable to move or do anything for himself.  

     I will continue to pray for you.  This is a once in a lifetime experience for you where you can serve others and the Lord full time.  Dad said serving as a Bishop was the closest thing to a mission, because he could serve the Lord,  almost,  full time. It was a blessing in his life, like your mission can be.  Don't waste your time, serve with all your heart.  Your family (which you have a great one) is all concerned over you and is praying for you. We all love you.  

Love,  Mom

May I also say that I appreciate all the support and prayers you have given to me.  And I also ask that you again change your prayers that Randy will be healed only if it be thy will be done.  We need to put this in the Lords hands, and trust in him. Because really,  His life is in his hands, just like it is for everyone who lives on this earth at this time. Bless you and thank you. 

EMG

Today Randy had a EMG.  This monitors how the nerves function in your brain.  It also shows how your nerves function in your mylon sheaths surrounding the muscles.  They found out yesterday that Randy's mylon sheaths around his muscles work fine.  But the nerve impulses from his brain are not firing right.  That proves he has not got Gillian Berre or Brickerstaff.  His MRI showed abnormalities in his brain stem and they are trying to figure out why.  So his brain is not telling his muscles to work.  They also got one result that said he doesn't have one type of West Nile Virus.

Sorry so short but I've got to head up to the hospital.