Susan Romaine Mills Marie Ellen Rainer
Chuck and I met the first week I moved across the hall from him in building 800. He came to my door to introduce himself with a Grotto’s Pepperoni 🍕 pizza.🥹💔. He said hi I’m your neighbor Charles Plummber! I said hello. He said I bought this pizza and knew you’d be hungry so I thought I’d give 1/2 to you! Smiling and kind! I stuck my hand out not letting a stranger in my apartment. He pushed the box in trying to come with it. I was nervous and grabbed the pizza and said thank you and closed the door🤣! Saying loudly nice to meet you! Locking the door I was scared a bit. The next day I went to my car and he came out to greet me again outside I felt safe. He asked if I enjoyed my dinner I thanked him and said yes! Many years of shared meals were spent with Chuck a loving kind man!🥹💔 He loved my potato salad, shepherds pie, chicken and slick dumplings, cheese cake, etc. I will miss his Tap Dancing and checking on me to see how I was feeling! As I did him… we moved to the 600 building and I got sicker as he did. During 2020-2026 I didn’t see him as much. My doctors kept me in isolation the first 4 years because of COVID and my autoimmune disease Sarcoidosis. I stayed in and we yelled back and forth as he passed by now and then. But Ellen kept up with him. She and I grew to love him like family.Every time a holiday would come I’d fix him a plate and tell Ellen run this over to Chuck! He was happy to get it and I loved cooking all these years for him. 26 years of memories are in my heart and 20 in Ellen’s! The last 2 years we gave him watches from Invicta for Christmas, Fathers Day and his Birthday. He loved them so much towards the end of his life he wore them all on both arms🥹💔. Ellen had Promised they would go fishing together this year as soon as it warmed up. Sadly we never got to go. She’s been planting flowers in his honor ever since he passed away. Ellen’s Mother who’s no longer with us passed away May 20, 2016. They used to chat away when they would call each other before she past. She’d come to visit and they would sit on my patio talking for hours about fishing! He and Ellen went a couple times. But this year was gonna be great! No COVID, Ellen and Chuck never got to go this year sadly it’s hurt her deeply! She lost her Mother and now her garden Friend and fishing buddy!💔 She planted grass out front just for him. She’s got plants coming out every pot!! We miss you Chuck! Easter wasn’t there same. No potato salad was made. I couldn’t make it knowing you wouldn’t have a big bowl with Ham, deviled eggs, Baked Pineapple, Bacon and Asparagus wrapped, and rolls. We just had ham and sweet potatoes in a casserole dish and called it a day. The Friday before you passed away you came over I was in my chair and Ellen answered the door. You brought me a frozen Pepperoni Pizza you told Ellen. You said I love you girl to me…. I said I love you and Thanks! Ellen never knew our Pizza story. I didn’t realize you were saying Goodbye Chuck! I should have stood up to hug you😢 I didn’t get it till you left us! Im finally having eye surgery the 20th. After 6 years I was scared I’d get sick you know me! If I had have known.😢 I ate the pizza Saturday it was awesome!! I know your in Heaven with Hammer and Mrs. Ruth enjoying life with no more pain!!💔💔💔🥹🙏 I bet if there’s a fishing hole you all 3 are there right now! And Mrs. Ruth planting flowers and you Tomatoes and Hammer cooking Chicken feet 🤣🤣🤣! We loved you all three and miss you dearly!!! We will all be together someday when the Lord calls us home to be with you all and our families! Ellen said hug and kiss her Mother for her! But don’t kiss to much!🤣 She knows you had a crush on her Mother.😂 We miss you everyday Chuck! We are planting a tree for you. You’ll see it and we know you’ll love it. Much love Susan Mills and Ellen Rainer (Emmalee misses you) she looks for you.😢🐶💔 ……
