From the Family: Fwd: letter of thanks

We, the family of Chris Staats, would like to express our heartfelt and deep appreciation to our community for all of your prayers, support, and condolences during our most difficult time of loss.  Every person that we spoke to offered to do anything at all for us, and we only wish we could have accepted every single one of your offers.  In the days following the news about Chris, we began to see an amazing amount of community support.  Some of you gave cards, prayers, hugs, and kind words.  Some tied yellow and black ribbons to poles around town, flew your flags at half mast, and even displayed flags where there had previously been none. Others simply lined the streets of the funeral procession saluting, with hands on hearts, or holding flags to show your pride and sorrow for the loss of an entire community.  We are truly blessed to be a part of such an amazing town.  We thank each and every one of you because your love and support truly made an unbearable loss a bit more bearable.