Born March 4, 1943 to the late Jerome and Ann Wemitt of Chatham, NY, Ann Veronica Wemitt

Overly, 81 was the oldest of 10. On November 2, 2024 at 8:38pm she was surrounded by her

forever friend, the love of her life and former husband Robert "Bob" Overly, her children, her

jelly beans and chickadees Ann Margaret "Margie" Muse (husband, Steve Muse), Patrick

Robert Overly (wife, Agnes Overly) and Heather Rebekah Molina (late husband as of 7/12/24,

Raymond Molina Jr. watching and then greeting her in heaven as Jesus took her hand). What a

privilege to sing worship songs over her, hearing what she loved and thanking her for all she

was to us with final I love you's as she was taken into the presence of Jesus as sepsis ended

her life. She will be dearly missed by her very large family, her church family, community, the

staff and residents of Riverside but especially her grandbabies as she called them, Emma, Elise,

Lylah, Abigail and fur-grands, Rosie Posie, Roxy and Jemmibear.

After graduating Chatham High School she was accepted into the Columbia Memorial School

of Nursing. Her love of people and caring for people didn't just span for 50 years as a

Registered Nurse, but a lifetime of reaching out to people. Even in the later years to make

someone's day would leave Hershey Kisses on chairs, beds, desks or wherever to reach out to

another life. She wanted to make a person's day but also open the way to talk about Jesus and

hope to others.

Ann was a homemaker, extreme canner and knew how to stretch the finances. Pots of coffee

brewed daily. You could hear the hum of the sewing machine making clothes for her children

or triangle slings for the American Red Cross and matching Christmas jammies before it was

popular. She was way ahead of the times. Everything was homemade. Oh, the sound of her

whistle made one stop and listen to the mesmerizing sound. Taking piano lessons as music

always filled the home with classical, Christian gospel but especially Big Band. She was a

voracious reader and commanded the English language in her letter writing. Oh, to receive one

of her cards of encouragement or on the other hand, when she made her point abundantly

clear. She gleaned from reading her Bible, devotionals, concordances, how to pray, magazines,

cookbooks, medical journals, keeping up on the latest drug knowledge to help her patients. If

you need prayer, she was a prayer warrior that would storm heaven. The telephone was made

especially for her as she had a gift to gab and if you needed news to spread, she had already

signed up for the job. Her favorite thing to do was wish you a singing Happy Birthday and

Merry Christmas, then laugh afterwards as she knew she got you up.

For years, she took tap and jazz dance and loved performing on stage. Bob and Ann square

danced, could clear a floor dancing and they even got on Pete Williams Television Show. She

made holidays into traditions that are still carried out today. From Christmas wrapping paper

to match bows to a single detail of the ordinary to make it extraordinary to impact her family's

life. A table scape at holidays set the tone for the meal to come. Emily Post should have given

an award to Ann for doing things properly and in their place. She was fashionable and always

had her smellies – fragrance on. Her life was a fragrance of a delicate soft pink tea rose and

like life, had some thorns.

But the thorns, the prickly and difficulties of Ann's life came in the forms of Meneer's disease,

mental illness and 9 personalities. She tried so hard to navigate all the challenges to seem

normal. The balancing of being the best wife and mother she could until the seasons and meds

changed. At times tormented with no hope in sight. Her relationship with Jesus brought peace

and hope that maybe tomorrow would be better but was mixed with the reality of her

personalities. She struggled to keep friends and relationships. As her family watched the highs

and lows, many things challenged those words, I love you. Many years later, God allowed what

happened to bring about forgiveness toward Ann. See, the road of hurt, not great choices or

stopping relationships needed to be healed. See, for us to be healed by what mental illness did

to Ann and us, took a loving Jesus and His unconditional love entering us with forgiveness

toward Ann so each one of us could love her. Her years of regret and knowledge of what she

had done had been forgiven and covered by love. It was more than an olive branch but the

true loving mercy of God to heal our family. The restoration of family was the true intention of

God's purpose for Ann's life and what an incredible picture and the tangible true love of God

can look like on earth.

Private burial. Ann's family invite all to come to Remembering and Celebrating the Life of Ann

at Steve and Margie Muse's Home at 728 Canaan Road, Canaan, NY on November 17, 2024 at

1pm. Join us for food, laughter, tears, hugs and just a time of being. The house is small but lots

of love to be had.

In lieu of flowers or donations, please use that money to purchase flowers, a coffee, a meal

out for someone you need to spend time with and have no regrets. Get bags of Hershey Kisses

to offer Jesus and reach into someone else's world to make a difference. Ask your local

Nursing Center what new cloths they're residents would be grateful to receive. So many are

forgotten. Remember, no one can enjoy anything when they are dead. Reach into the lives of

others. Please do this in memory of Ann.