October 29, 1906 — February 17, 2009

Yesterday was a sad day for the Hemmert family. Brad's Grandma, Bess Johns, passed away. She was an amazing woman who lived her life to the fullest. In her 102+ years, she had a family, traveled, read from her Bible everyday, gardened, made pastel drawings and other had crafts, and lots more. Everyone loved her. There are two things I will always remember about her. Her rings, and her sense of humor. She wore three rings. Her wedding band and wedding ring, which for most of her life she never took off. Her wedding band was very thin and sharp for all of the years worn next to her wedding ring. Her wedding ring had orange blossoms on it and was very beautiful. The other ring was a family ring. It consisted of two thin bands one representing the mother, the other represented the father, and sandwiched between those bands were three stones. One for each of her children. I would love to have a ring like that some day. As for her sense of humor, even in her old age she would make jokes. One day she was reading the paper on the back porch (obituaries) and said, "everyday I look to see if my name is in there (smile)" Well yesterday she must have seen it. We will miss her dearly. We love you.