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Born: April 22, 1944
Death: May 28, 2010
Place of Death: Her residence
Occupation: Cashier
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My Beloved MOTHER
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Mom this will be my first Birthday in 2011 that you are not able to call me at 6:35 PM PT although you are calling me every day with your special spirit that lives within me! I am pretty sure that my phone will RING on silent mode tonight and I am very much looking forward to having this CALL with you.... Love Michael!
Mrs. Licon was born April 22, 1944 in Waterbury, Connecticut, to Montague James and Katherine Isabella (Benton) Burns. She attended school in Edgewood West Covina, California. She moved to Clyde from Ontario, California, in 2004. She had worked as a cashier at Walmart on Hwy 351 from the time she moved to Clyde.
Mrs. Licon is survived by one son, Michael Allen Paulson and wife Cindy of Corinth, Texas; one daughter, Candy Lee Scott and husband Lynn of Clyde; three grandchildren, John Scott and Jonathan and Kaitlyn Paulson; and her two cats, Sheena and Rocky, who she loved very much.
Chapel Service
Sunday May 30, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
Bailey-Howard Funeral Home Chapel
Visitation
Saturday May 29, 2010, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Bailey-Howard Funeral Home
My mother was and still is the smartest person in any room, she taught me at an early age to learn how to take care of myself and trust me I listened to her!
She had many opportunities to advance in her many careers during her working years such as upper management and higher positions although she always turned down these offers stating that she was content with her current positions and did not want any more responsibilities in which I did not understand until later in her life due to she was very content with her life, working life styles and that is rare bird in today sociality and so once again I shall learn from her.
In her early years she worked full time at night at Ball brothers Glass company so she could be at home in the morning in order to make sure that we were ready for school, cooked and she took care of us in a very efficient manor, she made sure that we had what needed to survive and to succeed even in the leanest of times and she did not complain.
She was only 15 years old when she gave birth to me February 13 1960 6:35 PM and she was years beyond her youth as well as being a dictated mother making sure that she was a good No actually a (Great) mother, she rarely let us even have much sugar in our diets as young children now what teenager would do that who has children at that age? She ruled with an iron fist in many areas although I know that as of today due to I have many of her traits and I am dam proud to say so! She never put up with any whiners, BS, etc from us and or others and I certainly follow this rule due to life being so short as demonstrated by the good lord by taking my mom at such an early age to continue her life, work in heaven.
My mom told me when I was 14 or so that if I wanted a car that I would have to work and pay for it myself in order to become responsible for it and that I would respect it more then if it was just giving to me. So I worked on weekends and after school in order to earn this responsibility. She was instilling my character at this point (planting the seed) My mother always put us before her needs and or wants and she never complained or tried to make us feel guilty and I have been following suit as well.
My mother never ran around ranting and raving and or or ever feeling sorry for herself with us on a daily basic regarding small items but when she did raise her voice you would listen and respect what she had to say. In 1975 my mother became a single mother due to divorce and she became even more determined to insure that we were raised properly! My Mom never complained about others having more and or better things then we did, she always made the best of what we had and I truly admired her for this trait as well. She made sure that we had stability case in point living on 2324 Pacific Ave, West Covina, CA in order to attend grade school (Monte Vista) middle ( Del Notre) and high school (Edgewood) I was proud to follow my Mom's footprints in attending Edgewood HS and graduating in 1978.
I looked up to her in so many ways such as her take no prisoners attitude and never putting with any BS.
My mother was a very giving person in so many ways, when she turned 60 she had her first bout with cancer so I shaved my head to honor her and she beat it, then few years later she had anther bout with cancer and she beat that one to. Although in April 2010 she was diagnosed with secondary bone cancer, she told me the pain was to much and she told me to let her die, I told her I would only honor her wish if she would put up a fight and she said yes, so we went to work, she worked so hard and still rarely complained much about the pain she was enduring in fact she would make fun of herself and I am just like that as well.
I had many churches praying for her such as her first Church Saint Johns in Baldwin Park, CA, Fellowship church in Grapevine, TX, I went and spent time with a pastor from fellowship named Owen and we prayed for her and I felt that it was working for her early on.
I got to spend the weekend with my mother for Mothers day May 2010. We talked almost every day, I last spoke to her on May 26 2010 and she sounded to be in good spirits even though she was losing weight rapidly and was not eating this week, unknown to me this must have been the beginning of the end for her, due to my sister told me not to call her Thursday due to she just wanted to sleep.
Then my worst night mare on May 28 7:30 AM HIT my sister called me and said she thought that Mom was dying and she called 911, my sister called me back before 8 and said that mom had just passed away I was NUM and this just did not seem real at all. My wife and I were grieving due to the loss of my mother, we drove to Clyde and arrived around 7 PM and we were in shock it just didn't seem real that my mother had actually passed away.
We attended the viewing the next day Saturday 29 and it was like this was not happening but it was. My mother looked so beautiful and so peaceful she had a black stuffed cat between her hands and her favorite cat shirt on and her last words were that she felt like a weak kitten...
I do believe that she got to go out the way she wanted to and not many can do that unfortunately....I kissed her several times and spoke to her, their was a moment that I thought she actually moved although it was just my mind due to I wanted her to move.
May 29, her funeral was so surreal and beautiful, and many of her friends from Wal mart took time off work to attend due to the way she touched their lives.
I was trying to stay focused during the pastor's sermon so I could say the urology, so I just focused in on the pastor and not the coffin were my mother was resting. As I was speaking I would see the people sitting in the church crying and I just thought to my self that my mom would say stay focused, so I did and just spoke about my mom's life from early on to the end and their was one time that I almost broke down so I looked up to see her in the heavens for a moment and continued on and it wasn't because I didn't want to cry, I wanted to make sure that the people would get to know about her life and how much she was loved and admired.
I love you Mom and miss you every day!
LOVE YOU! MICHAEL
Went to visit my Mom on December 19 2010 with my wife, we cleaned up her site, removed weeds, reformed the dirt around her grave, placed Christmas flowers, and a can with a picture of her and I on Mothers Day 2010, along with some other personal items for her to have. I had been wanting to go and visit her sooner although on December 16 I decided either to come on Friday or Saturday to visit her for sure then my cell phone voice mail command went off on its own and it came up with my Moms phone number? I figuIMG_8152.JPG
2.0 MBred it was her calling me to make sure that I would came to visit with her in which I did and of course I felt better seeing her.
2.0 MBred it was her calling me to make sure that I would came to visit with her in which I did and of course I felt better seeing her.
Mom, Candy moved to Hawaii in August 2012 Now in 2016 she moved to Tennessee
Your 1st Great Grandson from Jonathan Liam Xander Paulson Born 10-13-2015 6:13PM
Your 2nd Grandson from Kaitlyn Hunter Lee Allen Jester Born 04-21-2017 11:01 AM Day before your birthday
