08/06/2023
UPDATED
🌻🦋🌻💗🌻💙🌻 The time has come. Olive Marie Smeby, Lukas Rylan Springer-Akbar, and all their Angel friends hope that you have found peace and healing as you walked through their beautiful garden .
Infants Remembered In Silence (IRIS) has officially closed our beloved Sunflower Garden on Tuesday evening August 8, 2023 at 5:30 pm.
We would like to thank Dave Standford for caring for and preparing the field, and planting the beautiful flowers. A very special Thank You to Deb and Jamie Sonnek for donating the 5 acres of land for all of us to enjoy.
We would also like to thank ALL of you that have come to visit and play in this very special garden. The IRIS Sunflower Garden Committee (Sue Jandro, Stacy Chmelik, Han Aldrich, and myself Diana Kelley), the IRIS Volunteers, The IRIS Board of Directors, and staff would like to thank all of you for being incredibly kind and respectful, and for taking such wonderful care of the beautiful flowers and grounds. Because of your care we have not had to pick up anything in the field!
🌻🌻🌻 As an extra memorial surprise, we would Love to see all of your pictures and would be honored to include your favorites in an upcoming Sunflower Garden Book. Please email your favorite pictures to us. Be sure to include your name, who is in the pictures, what the picture is of, and if the pictures are in memory of someone. Email to: [email protected] with the subject Sunflower Book. We know that there were family pictures, graduation pictures, wedding picture, tea party pictures, Sunrise and Sunset pictures taken, and many more. Help us create a very special memorial.
