2409 S. Vine Urbana, Illinois 61801 - Richard R. Grayson, MD

She died December 21, 1995, and was buried in Dayton, Iowa, December 28, 1995, next to her brother
Alwin. The morning of the funeral we all received a message of grace from God that Emilie would have
appreciated - the countryside outside Dayton was covered with frost, and the bright sun reflected beautifully
on the frost and ice. This was her beloved Iowa winter.
Address, August 14, 1978 to November, 1992: P.O.Box 1, Iowa Falls, Iowa 50126; phone: 515-648-5511,
room 245.
Address in 1993: Highland Park Care Center, 2714 Morrison, Houston, Texas 77009; phone 713-862-1616.
The Trinity Lutheran Church in Dayton, Iowa, has some vital records.
Father: Heinrich Christian Kinne [81]
Mother: Emilie Henrietta Seelemann [206]
Husband: Gustav Theodore Emmanuel Lind
Child 1: Gertrude June Lind 11291
Child 2: Pauline Alma Lind [I371
Child 3: Karin Marilyn Lind [I421
Child 4: Janice Emilie Lind [143]
Generation 7 Gertrude June Lind ~291
Born June 1, 1925, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Died November 9, 1991. Buried in Garfield Cemetry, Campton
Township, Kane County, Illinois, site 169-3.
She was an excellent pianist, and before marriage was encouraged to become a professional performer
by her piano teacher, Professor Stoy, at Drake University. But she stayed in nursing school, and became a
registered nurse. Eventually she became the full-time office manager for her husband's medical practice in
St. Charles, often getting up at 6 AM to work on the books and bills in her study. Her children all told her
to take it easy and not to work so hard, but she seemed not to know the meaning of the word "rest". She was
an active member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, St. Charles, to which she often contributed her ability as
organist and where she directed efforts to help those in need. When Dick managed to put all of that office
work onto the computer, she chose photojournalism as a second career that would allow her to travel and
L to meet people; she specialized in antiques/collectibles, business/entrepreneurs, gardening, general interest,
life styles, healthlmedicine, and home/decorating. She was an expert on brochures, corporate histories, and
photography. She was a member of the Author's Guild, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Her articles appeared in the following publications: The Antique Trader, Antiqueweek, Best Report, Chicago
Sun-Times, Country Accents, Country Living, Draperies & Window Coverings, Glass Collector's Digest,
Good News American, Hispanic Business, Homestyles, Left-Hander, Lutheran Brotherhood, Fox Valley
Living, Mountain States Collector, Off Hours, Successful American Entrepreneur, Sunday Woman, Victorian
Sampler, Viking, and Vista the Hispanic Magazine.
She planned her funeral years ahead of the event. Here is the homily she chose for Pastor Baerwald's
sermon there, from Isaiah 30:29.
But for you there shall be songs, as on a night of sacred pilgrimage, your hearts glad, as the hearts
of men who walk to the sound of the flute on their way to the Lord's hill, to the rock of Israel.
She gave the following instructions about the funeral service.
Mood shall be joyous, full of praise and triumphant, about the beautiful world God made and how
it is all in harmony, beginning when even the morning stars sang for joy. (I have the feeling that the
most important thing in the universe is the audible and inaudible harmonics.)
Pilgrims take with them only what is necessary. They make special provision for their trip. They
have a certain goal in mind, and a true pilgrim will allow nothing to deter him from making steady
progress toward his goal.
A pilgrim is always a stranger, passing through one land after another, living by values different
from those of the people he passes; and yet, in a sense, he possesses the world. A pilgrim is driven by
something he believes to be greater than himself, something that draws him like a magnet.
Throughout history, people have made pilgrimages to places they considered holy: Jerusalem, Rome,
Mecca, Lourdes, Canterbury, Santiago de Compostela. And when they arrived, they did the things
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customary for pilgrims to do, and they returned home.
The Bible speaks of us as pilgrims. The one great difference between pilgrims of history and believers
is that when we reach our destination, we will be home.