funeral sermon for bill saben
Bill was a dedicated guy. He knew an honest day’s labor. Bill grew up on a farm, putting in the hard manual work. Even running the two miles from the farm to the school and then back home to do the chores; only to turn around run back to the school again to go to practice for football, basketball or some other sport. Amidst all that, Bill even managed to be a straight-A student, dedicated as he was. And when his father died, he even raised his younger brother; Bob. That’s just how Bill was, though. He wasn’t afraid of hard-work. It was a skill that served him and his loved ones well. After so many years of hard-work, Bill retired. Even then, though, he was always finding something to do. He was always willing to lend a hand with whatever project Debbie and Dwight were working on, or to cultivate whatever was interesting to his grandchildren, Ben and Chase. As Bill got older, though, his willingness to put in the work began to turn on him...