Rose Lainhart

Rose Nadine Lainhart (Bridgman, Murray) went to be with her Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, November 27, 2018. Rose Nadine Murray (Nadine) was born on February 20, 1927 to Earl Murray and Rose (Turner) Murray. Nadine is survived by daughter Sandy (Bridgman) Bos; son Douglas Bridgman, wife Vonnie; daughter Kathy (Bridgman) Jacobsen, husband Paul; step daughter-in-law, Pat Valentine; granddaughters Melissa Oswalt, husband Scott; Kimberly Bos; Jennifer Black, husband Randy; Stephanie Dewey, husband James; Kristin Van Dyken, husband Harry; and Rachel Van Dyken, husband Nate; step-granddaughters Cathy Reitan, Lisa Tiffany, and Lori Barnes. Nadine has 18 great grandchildren, and several step great and great, great grandchildren. Nadine was preceded in death by both of her parents Earl and Rose Murray, her first husband Fred Elliot Bridgman and second husband Donald Charles Lainhart, and son-in-Law Jobob Arnold Bos. Nadine attended Sunnyside High School in Sunnyside and graduated in 1945. She married Fred E. Bridgman, her high school sweetheart, on December 17, 1945. Their first home was a Quonset hut on a military base in San Diego. After Fred’s military service was over Nadine and Fred came back to Sunnyside and began work in the office of Sunnyside Packing. During Fred’s time in the service his father Neil Bridgman, sold the family farm, but Fred and Nadine had other ideas. Fred worked and saved every nickel he could until he had enough money to buy the farm back, fulfilling his dream of continuing the family tradition. Fred and Nadine owned and operated that poultry and ag farm (Bridgman Farms) of Sunnyside originally purchased in 1904 by Fred’s grandfather F.H. Bridgman, until Fred’s partial retirement. Nadine volunteered regularly, taught Sunday school at her church, was a member of the Grandview Nazarene Church, the Lower Valley Elks Club, sorority Beta Sigma Phi, several bridge and novella clubs and enjoyed spending time with family and friends, traveling and golfing with Fred until his death on September 6, 1987. Nadine met Donald Charles Lainhart on a blind date in Seattle through mutual friends. Grandma Married Grandpa Don on August 21, 1988 at the farm house with friends and family present. Grandpa Lainhart was not saved when he met Grandma but soon gave his life to Christ. Sunday was always his golf day until he met grandma. She had the privilege of leading him to Jesus and he gave his life to Christ on their sofa in the living room. They had lots of fond memories golfing, traveling, spending time with friends, and most importantly, spending time with their children and 18, soon to be 19 great grandchildren. The details of her life is where the easy part ends. The hard part is trying to put into words the magnitude of the void now left by a person who impacted each and every one of her family and a multitude of friends. Grandma Nadine, mostly known as “Grandma Bridgman and later Grandma Heart” (because it was easier for the grandkids to say) was an only child and lost her mother at the young age of 10. She often reminded us that she was desperately lonely growing up and was the reason why she made her family and friendship such a priority, especially in her last 20 years. All of us family could sit and talk for hours about why we loved, appreciated and were so impacted by her life, so here is our feeble attempt: To our loving, sophisticated and classy Grandma Hart … You are leaving a legacy of faith, family, love and generosity. You modeled loving the Lord with all your soul, mind and strength. You taught us the importance of prayer and then trusting Jesus with the outcome. You taught all of us granddaughters to start praying very young for our future spouses, that they would love the Lord … otherwise, “We might marry some hippie.” Thank you for daily praying for each and everyone of us (and the list is long) by name. You taught us that after Jesus, family comes first. You laughed with us, cried with us, cheered us on and always had kind words of wisdom and encouragement…along with your infamous one-liners that often made us all look at each other in disbelief and then roar with laughter! You demonstrated how to love our spouses and children well and were the glue that kept all of our regular family gatherings a must attend by all 35 of us. You lived big with no apologies. You modeled hard work, fierce independence, kindness, boldness, courage, and that taking charge can be very useful and even necessary at times and must be executed with infamous finger-wag precision. You taught us that perfume and “bling” was an everyday occurrence and the importance of every single day taking pride in our appearance – even to the point of arguing about whether you could wear your colored shampoo in your hair on the day of your surgery … I don’t think you’ve ever owned a pair of jeans?! You started the Black Friday shopping trips which included lunch and yearly girls’ picture. We always had the best annual Christmas Eve family gatherings full of traditions that each and every one of us still look forward to each year – and while we are so grateful, your absence is one that will be felt for decades to come – from your infamous Swedish meatballs, homemade eggnog (which might include some rum), sandwich cookies, singing of Christmas carols around the piano, reading the Christmas story from the Bible and of course the beautifully wrapped Christmas presents in excess for each of us. You spoiled us all with once in a lifetime trips, memories to last a lifetime, and always remembered every one of our Birthdays and Anniversaries with beautifully handmade cards filled with words of encouragement, prayers and either cash or a shopping trip to spoil us with something we would not buy ourselves. We could go on and on about the lasting and cherished impact you left on each of us. We are so happy that you are now with Jesus and for the sweet reunion we know you had with so many of our family and friends that have gone before you and we cling to that promise of eternity. The magnitude of the hole you now leave makes our hearts ache and the tears flow as we say, “See you soon Grandma,” with a commitment to you and the legacy you built over the past 92 years to love and take care of each other well and allow God to lead us until we meet again! To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Rose Lainhart, please visit our flower store.