On Friday, June 24, 2015, Crossroads Industrial Services gathered all their employees and some family members on the West Side of our building, where we have a wooden deck and urban garden. We wanted to remember employees who previously worked for us and passed away much too soon.
We remembered: Ralph Bibbs (worked at CIS almost 7 years and passed away on 7/23/10), Carol Ford (worked at CIS for almost 8 years and passed away on 8/7/10), Linda McGee (worked at CIS for almost 40 years and passed away on 6/25/12), Melissa Tempke (worked at CIS for about 10 years and passed away on 12/10/12) and Timmy Yegerlehner (worked at CIS for about 10 years and passed away on 5/12/15).
Most recently we were inspired to remember these employees after Timmy was tragically hit by a school bus while walking on the Southside of Indianapolis. He loved movies, his favorite one being When Harry Met Sally. So we decided to purchase a couple of apple trees in our employees’ memories and name the trees, “Harry MacIntosh
and Sally HoneyCrisp,” and created memorial name plates to be placed by the apple trees and in our garden area. We remembered each of them and the special characteristics they brought to Crossroads Industrial Services. Their spirits were always so uplifting, and they made our business feel more like a family, leaving behind a hole in our hearts. We each took turns placing a shovel of mulch around the apple trees and remembering them. Timmy Yegerlehner’s parents placed his name plate under the Harry MacIntosh tree, and the other remembrance name plates were placed around the garden and trees as well.
They will all be remembered fondly.
