Dear Friends, It is with deep sadness that we share the loss of our newest daughter, Madelyn Olivia Hanke. I went in for a routine ultrasound on Monday and we discovered that Maddy's heart had stopped beating. It was surreal as I had felt her squirming all around the night before. Maddy was delivered yesterday. She was surrounded by grandparents, uncles, and aunts who love her so very much. She is absolutely perfect in every way, and looks very much like her brothers and sister. Unfortunately, she had her umblilical cord wrapped twice very tightly around her neck. We are very broken as we had anticipated meeting her under very different circumstances in just two short weeks. We love her more than words can express, but we take great faith in knowing she is in the arms of Jesus, who loves her, and us, more than we can even understand. Thank you to those of you who have reached out to us, and are holding us in prayer. This journey will be a difficult one for our family, but the comfort given to us so far has been humbling. We thank God for each of you. Maddy's funeral will be at 11:00 this Friday at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Brentwood. We will have an open casket visitation beginning at 10:30 a.m. We will then be having a private family burial. Will, Mindy, Jacob, Gavin, and Abby Madelyn Olivia Hanke December 30, 2014 Dearest daughter of Melinda Hanke (nee Truesdell) and Rev. Will Hanke; Cherished sister of Jacob, Gavin and Abby Hanke; Loved granddaughter of GiGi and Papa Truesdell and Grandma and Pa Lindemann; Our dear great granddaughter, niece, cousin, loved and supported by countless friends; Visitation Fri. January 2, 2015, 10:30am to 11:00am at the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church 9321 Litzinger Rd. Brentwood, Mo 63144 with a Funeral Service at 11:00am Private family interment to follow at Lakewood Park Cem.; Tributes at jaybsmith.com