~Remembering Omie~

Today we honor the birth of a very dear and special woman, who made a huge impact on our Daddy's life as a young boy. This woman was his grandma, whom he affectionately called "Omie" (a name derived from the dutch word Oma, which means grandma).

"Omie" and Hank (her son and our "Opa")

Marie "Omie" Sebo

Nov 11, 1898 - May 24, 1980

(Daddy's Memory)

"She loved Roses. She had rose bushes at her apartment, and then when she moved in with us in Whittier, she cared for the roses in our front yard. She also used to sit in her room watching John Wayne movies (her favorite) and reading her Bible. She would talk to me about Jesus while I rubbed her feet (and she kept a jar of Jolly Rancher Fire Sticks * cinnamon* in her room, her favorite and mine!). She told me that I should always go to Jesus in prayer daily and ask for his guidance. I knew her not only as a loving grandmother, but a Godly woman as well... For that, I am truly thankful! (I still miss her dearly)"

"Omie" and her youngest son, Hank, or as we grandchildren call him: "Opa"

Standing in the backyard of her apartment in La Habra

Holding a baby. The lady beside her is Corrie, my Opa's Aunt, who he called "Tante Corrie" ( "Tante", dutch for "Aunt").

Holding another baby, in Holland

13 years later, though she would never be there to meet her, a great-grand daughter was born (me), and she was named, Ashley "Marie" (like my Aunt Diane), in honor of this dear woman... and I am honored to carry on her name!

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The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness... teachers of good things; (KJV)