At Home with the Lord
Funeral Address (excerpts)

What do you feel when you think of “going home”? ...   I think that in most of us it conjures up feelings of acceptance, warmth, security... I think mothers play a very special role in making a house a home...

Many in Sig’s family have travelled a considerable distance to be home for the funeral. To those in the family whom Siggie leaves behind there will be a big gap in what they thought of as home...

Siggie’s earthly tent was destroyed by cancer but she has an eternal, heavenly one, that will never wear out... earthly homes are never perfect but the one Sig has gone to is.  There was no place that Sig wanted to be more than at home, and we can be assured that she is really at home now. She is at the home that she had been waiting to go to for her whole life.

Siggie lived by faith and not by sight. She lived for a God whom she had never seen but knew to exist by faith. She lived for a God whom she could not see but believed would be there for her by faith.

When I talked to Sig before her operation she mentioned that she now had to face up to death. She was somewhat apprehensive about facing what she hadn’t seen but at the same time I could sense her faith. Something associated with faith is peace. Siggie was at peace with herself, others, and God. I think this was demonstrated by her lack of concern for herself. She knew she was alright even though her earthly home was being destroyed...

When I and others were talking to Siggie last Monday she said she wanted to come home to Dryden but not because she was concerned about herself. She was concerned about the distance that people from here would have to drive to see her in Winnipeg. Siggie was always concerned about others even while she herself was dying and in pain...

Each time a person dies it reminds us of the brevity of life. It seems like just yesterday that Siggie was still working...

Death is a separation... It’s a comfort to know that God understands our pain...

Siggie, whom we love, has gone home to be with the one whom she loves. She is where she wants to be. Her passing leaves a big gap in her home and in all of our hearts. Siggie is gone but nothing will be able to take away the memory of her life and example.

If we have her faith we will believe that we will see her again...

- Pastor Bill Dyck