Magree Schaerr found out in January of 2005 that she had stage four secondary lung cancer and only had a few months to live. She had a sore throat and cough for about a month so she decided to see her family doctor to see what was going on. They took ex-rays and the nurse came in and told her it looked like she had lung cancer and said, "I guess you know how you are going to die now." I couldn't believe it, and was upset at the nurse for the way she said it. Magree went to the Hunstman Cancer Center in Salt Lake City to get a second opinion, and sure enough she had cancer.
Since she was at a stage 4, she decided not to have chemotherapy. We knew she didn't have much time, so I asked her if she would tell me her history. I gave her a book that had questions for her to answer about her life. On February 24th, March 7th and 10th, she tape recorded answers to these questions. Mom passed away May 31, 2005. The following blog posts will be about her life. Many of the words are quotes directly from the tapes. I will add historical pictures and records to fill in the gaps.
The reason I titled her life as "An Angels Life of Service" is because she always wanted to help people whether it was serving a mission, serving valiantly in her church callings, taking care of Dad who had epilepsy, taking care of her mother, Bessie for 10 years, and Dad;s mother, Hulda, for over 13 years, or just helping out her neighbors. In my eyes, she must have received extra halos for all those she helped.
If you have any stories, pictures, or thoughts please don't hesitate to add a post.
Carol Hill
