Wilder Cahill Mead Obituary

September 13, 2017

Jim Stettner wrote a sympathy message

“Cody and Mead family - my heart goes out to you all in this difficult time. Prayers for comfort and healing are offered. Our family has found the following poem to be a comfort in times of loss like this. I hope it may offer something for you all as well. ======================================= Death is Nothing at All   I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I, and you are you, 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 difference into your tone. Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. 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 an effort, Without a ghost of a shadow upon it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is absolute and unbroken continuity.   What is this death but a negligible accident? 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.”

September 12, 2017

Tara Gnolfo wrote a sympathy message

“My prayers and thoughts are with you, Cody, and your family during this difficult time. May your reflections on the happy times you've shared and the love of your family and friends help you heal.”