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Eulogy for Angela Maria Volan
Given by Debbie Brzoska
at the Wake, Wednesday, June 28, 2006
For the last 20 years I've had the honor of calling Angela my best
friend. And for just as long, Dr. and Mrs. Volan have referred to me as
their "adopted daughter." I'm as grateful for my friendship with Angela
as I am for my place in the Volans' hearts.
Angela and I met in high school and formed a bond. We saw one another
through the normal teenage trials and tribulations, and bore witness to
one another's highs and lows. I watched her become a seasoned world
traveler and a scholar. She watched me become a wife and a mother. We
envied one another's lives a little, but knew we were exactly where we
needed to be. Angela lived the life she wanted, in spite of her
illness, and she lived it to the fullest. I was very proud of her
independence and self-sufficiency.
Our lives are not a series of monumental turning points and great
revelations. Instead, our lives are a series of everyday moments—kisses
when you come and go, an inside joke, a shared look that tells you the
other person knows exactly what you're thinking. These quiet moments
are then punctuated by bigger occasions—graduations, weddings, birth,
death. I want to remember Angela for those everyday moments—for
boosting my self-confidence by telling me I was smart and pretty, for
telling me I'm a great mom, for loving my children, and for calling out
of the blue to tell me she's thinking of me. I want to remember the way
she made me feel—valuable, competent, and empowered. I know she made
many people feel that way, and we are better friends and better people
for having known her.
Special Note: Debbie's father, Casey Brzoska, 84, died within days
of Angela, on Thursday, July 6, 2006.
Pruzin Funeral Home has an obituary for him
here,
with an attached
guestbook.
The Post-Tribune has an obituary for him
here,
with an attached
guestbook.
The entire Volan family wishes to express its heartfelt condolences to Debbie and her family
for their loss of her father.
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