Patricia 'Tricia' Bear

Tricia passed away unexpectedly in the Dominican Republic on June 11, 2012. She is survived by her husband of 31 years, Joseph; sons Brian (Kathy) Mess and Shawn Mess, daughters Helen (Mike) Adams and Elizabeth (Glen) Fuller; and granddaughters Katie Mess, Alyssa Mess, Natalie Mess, Katherine Adams, Ava Fuller, and Isabella Fuller. Joe and Tricia owned and operated Bear Insurance Agency in Indiana. Upon retirement, they moved to Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Tricia loved all things beautiful - gardening, interior design, and travel. She was loved and will be greatly missed. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, June 21, 2012 at Rockland Community Church, 17 South Mt. Vernon Club Road in Golden, Colorado 80401. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Tricia's name to Rockland Community Church c/o Cross Restoration Fund, 17 South Mt. Vernon Country Club Road in Golden, Colorado 80401. Burial will take place at Zionsville Cemetery in Indiana in July. Please share your memories of Tricia and condolences with her family by signing the guestbook. Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Everything remains as it was. The old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged. Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by the old familiar name. Speak of me in the easy way which you always used. Put no sorrow in your tone. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without effort. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is unbroken continuity. Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner. All is well. Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost. One brief moment and all will be as it was before. How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting, when we meet again. ~ Henry Scott Holland St. Paul's Cathedral, London ~ 15 May 1910