THE WORLD'S GONE MAD: In Memory of Richard Mackey Rothfritz~3 years

Gone from earth but not forgotton !

Richard Rothfritz
1946-2006

On MARCH 15th, 2006, My lifetime best friend lost her husband of 38 years. They were high school sweethearts. He died suddenely without a warning. No health problems or nothing to expect that he would leave us so quickly. Apparently it was a heart attack. He went out and got in his vehicle at 7:30 in the morning to go to work as usual and he never made it out of the driveway,if he did he did not go far before he returned. His son found him at 10:30 when he walked outside to get the mail. It was a very tramatic for his son to find him there behind the wheel sitting in the driveway. I cannot imagine how he must have felt and how he still feels. It has been hard for him to deal with. His wife, my best girlfriend was in Texas visiting their daughter when this happened. I cannot even begin to also imagine how tramatic this must have been for her on that plane ride back home. This was so very sad. I am myself still having a hard time coming to grips that this was reala nd not just a dream.
Richard was like a brother to me. God bless him and keep him til they meet again. Bless this family ! See articles below and a beautiful poem.

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there.
I do not sleep

I am a thousand winds that swiftly blow.
I am the diamond glint
on newly fallen snow.
I am the sunlight
on ripened grain.
I am the soft and gentle autumn rain

When you wake from sleep in the early morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft, starlight at night.

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there.
I do not sleep.

http://www.legacy.com/Atlanta/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=17100712

http://www.legacy.com/Atlanta/Guestbook.asp?Page=Guestbook&PersonId=17100712&MailType=Guestbook

http://tcbc.homestead.com/tri_county.html

Richard Rothfritz

Family-Placed Death Notice

Richard Mackey Rothfritz, age 59, of Marietta passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2006. Mr. Rothfritz was a Data Base Administrator for the Atlanta Journal Constitution for the past eight years. He was an avid Bass Angler fisherman and Treasurer of the Tri-County Bass Club in Douglasville. Mr. Rothfritz was previously employed by Electro-Luks Corporation in Atlanta and Coats and Clark in Clarksdale. Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Linda Green Rothfritz: daughter, Ellen Rothfritz Lachney and husband Eric of Houston, Texas: son, Richard Jason Rothfritz of Marietta: brother, Bob Rothfritz of Marietta: grandson, Tyler Ross Lachney: granddaughters, Jacqueline Leah Lachney and Shelby Marie Lachney. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Saturday at White Columns Chapel in Mableton, with Rev. Terry Braswell officiating. Burial will be in Georgia Memorial Park. The family will receive friends 2-4 and 6-8 today at the funeral home. Donations may be made to the American Heart Association.
Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on 3/17/2006.

Linda, when I think of you this song came to mind. I know that life without Richard will be hard.
He was so young and this was so unexpected. I know how much you will miss him and how hard its going to be for you as days go by. My love, my heart, my thoughts and prayers are with you always. YOUR OTHER SISTER, MA

BROKEN LADY
by Larry Gatlin

She's a broken lady, waiting to be mended
Like a potter would mend a broken vase
A broken lady waiting to be mended
And have what's left of the pieces put back in place

Her love was like a fortress around a man she would have died for
Takin' care to take care of all he needed
But the lady's fortress slowly turned into a prison
And the warnin' signs he gave she never heeded
She vowed every morning that what God joined together
No one else in the world could put apart
Then the walls came tumbling to the ground
And her world came crashing down around her heart

She's a broken lady waiting to be mended
Like a potter would mend a broken vase
A broken lady waiting to be mended
And have what's left of the pieces put back in place.