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    “I hear a voice you can not hear. Which says I must not stay. I see a hand you can not see. Which beckons me away.”

    The only thing you take with you when you’re gone is what you leave behind
    — John Allston

    There is more peace somewhere.
    There is more peace somewhere.
    I’m gonna keep on ’til I find it.
    There is more peace somewhere.
    — African American Hymn

    I cannot think of them as dead who walk with me no more;
    along the path of life I tread they but are gone before.
    — Fredrick Lucian Hosmer

    In the rising of the sun and in its going down, we remember them.
    In the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter, we remember them.
    In the opening of buds and in the rebirth of spring, we remember them.
    In the blueness of the sky and in the warmth of summer, we remember them.
    In the rustling of leaves and in the beauty of autumn, we remember them.
    In the beginning of the year and when it ends, we remember them.
    When we are weary and in need of strength, we remember them.
    When we are lost and sick at heart, we remember them.
    When we have joys we yearn to share, we remember them.
    So long as we live, they too shall live, for they are now a part of us, as we remember them.
    — From Sylvan Kamens & Rabbi Jack Riemer

    “Hold on to what is good even if it is a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe even if it is a tree which stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do even if it is a long way from here. Hold on to life even when it is easier letting go. Hold on to my hand even when I have gone away from you.” ~Pueblo Blessing ~

    Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
    Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
    Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
    Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

    Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
    Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead.
    Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
    Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

    He was my North, my South, my East and West,
    My working week and my Sunday rest,
    My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
    I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

    The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
    Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
    Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods;
    For nothing now can ever come to any good.

    W.H. Auden

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Spragens, Fran Burke

October 13, 1936 – July 5, 2013

Fran Burke Spragens passed away at her home in Pflugerville on July 5th, 2013 after a long illness. She was 76 years old. A memorial gathering will be held at the Marlin Presbyterian Church assembly room Tuesday July 9th at 2 p.m.

Mrs. Spragens was born in Marlin, Texas on October 13, 1936 to Harrison D. and Mary Georgia Burke. She attended school in Reagan and Marlin, graduating from Marlin High School in 1954. She attended the University of New Mexico and Austin College, graduating from Baylor University.

After moving to California in 1962, she designed and sold jewelry for Gumps in San Francisco. Later she became a technical artist and writer, creating manuals and brochures for companies in the Silicon Valley high tech industries. She returned to Texas in 1992 to work for Adobe, Compaq, and Dell.

Mrs. Spragens is survived by her husband Henry Spragens, of Pflugerville; sister Harriet Burke, of Marlin; cousins Mr. and Mrs. John Dietz, of Waco, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Oltorf, of Austin, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Holze; and sons Matthew and Andrew, of Waco; brother and sister in law Mr. and Mrs. Alan Spragens, of Silver City, N.M., and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Norris, of Long Island, N.Y., and also by her beloved cats and dog Zoey.

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