Lloyd Jesse Neil,

i know you when i used to work at the retirement home that you lived at and you would alway smile when i saw you and you highlighted my day when it was gonig badly for me and you always told me to buck up and deal with it and then you smiled at me well i will miss you very much and i wish the best dfor you and your family##imported-begin##autumn suepke##imported-end##

I know Lloyd's passing will touch the hearts of many of us in the class of '67. We took refuge from the storms, recieved hope for the future, honed our pool games, and most times hung out for no particular reason at all at "Bibsy" and Lloyd's. We were friends who were always treated as family. Lloyd exerted a signficant effect on my life; I join with you all in celebration of his own, and offer my sincerest condolences to his family, my friends. Ronald K. McHaney, 27 January 2007##imported-begin##Ronald K. McHaney##imported-end##

What a wonderful recollection I have of visiting with Deed and her family in the early 60's. It was such a nurturing household where we were treated with respect and importance. Lloyd was always a happy spirit, teasing and making jokes. More than 40 years have passed and I am still struck with the model of family that you were and how that helped influence me in the future.
Peace and love be with you.
Maudy/ Marsha##imported-begin##marsha wood lichorowic##imported-end##

I never had the privilege of meeting you Mr. Neil but I can say, in some way I did meet and know you, that being through your son Mike.
If you were anything like your son, you sir were a fine and upstanding friend, husband, father and man.
I hold great comfort in knowing that even though you have left this earth, great parts of you remain and go on through the life that you deposited in those around you.
May you forever enjoy the joy of your Creator.
Until we meet in person one day,
Rev. Dean Johnson##imported-begin##Rev Dean Johnson##imported-end##

Mr. Neil was a man of uncommon grace and perception. When my daughter, P.J. was only 2 1/2 years old, she needed glasses to help with a crossed eye. He was so kind and made certain she chose just the frame SHE wanted without help from mom or anyone else. She would emerge from his establishment "walking on air" because he would always compliment her "wise selection". Thanks, Mr. Meil, for your kindness and grace.##imported-begin##Patricia Jolley-Reierson##imported-end##

I wanted to send my condolences to the family. I previously worked for American Optical and Northwest Northern Optical and we did jobs for Lloyd and Pam. Bill Dale was the manager of both facilities. Praying for you all in your loss.
Sincerely,
Nancy Lougheed##imported-begin##Nancy Lougheed##imported-end##

Pam,
You and your family have been in my prayers. When my dad left this world in October, I found this poem really comforting..... I hope you do too!
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 my old familiar name,
Speak to me in the old familiar way which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone;
Wear no forced air solemnity of sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes 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 effort,
Without the ghost of a shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant;
It is the same as it ever was,
There is absolutely 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 waiting for you for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner.
All is well.
By Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918)##imported-begin##Jean Foss##imported-end##