Miss Me But Let Me Go

And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room.
Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little, but not too long
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that we once shared-
Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey we all must take
And each must go alone.
It’s all a part of the Maker’s plan,
A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart
Go to the friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds-

Miss me, but let me go.

      Joseph M. Sobba, 90, of Auxvasse, died on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2003, at the Harry S Truman Veterans Hospital in Columbia.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004, at St. Brendan Catholic Church in Mexico with Fr. Henry Reichert officiating. Visitation will be on Tuesday evening from 6 until 8 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home. The rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Burial will be in St. Brendan Cemetery, Mexico.

     Mr. Sobba was born on Feb. 4, 1913, in Sacred Heart, Okla., a son of Frank and Christine Olendorff Sobba. On June 1, 1935, in New Madrid, he married Juanita Sudbury, who preceded him in death on Oct. 29, 1989.

     He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in England, Scotland, France, Germany and Belgium, was wounded and received the Purple Heart. He was a mechanic for twenty years and farmed for a number of years.

     Survivors include a son, Donald Sobba Sr. and wife Alice, Auxvasse; a daughter, Jo Ann Haley, Gamma Road Lodge in Wellsville, seven grandchildren, J. D. and Susan Galen, Denny and Sandy Lavy, Butch and Carla Haley, all of Auxvasse, Don Jr. and Sheryl Sobba, Mason, Mich., Mike and Mella Sobba, Yorktown, Va., Jason and Shelley Clark, Coffeyville, Kans., and Ryan and Robin Sobba, Florissant; 14 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren, and his long-time friend and companion, Virginia Miller.

      Four brothers and three sisters preceded him in death.

      The family suggests memorials be given to the Gamma Road Lodge, Wellsville, in care of Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico, MO 65265. 

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