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Skriven 2009-06-27 14:17:08 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 25366 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
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Hi Hap,

->  hn> Sorry for such a brief reply, I'm in Brownsville Tn
->  hn> for today's funeral. The funeral will be in Nutbush

-> OK, hope all went smoothly.  Was there a big meal at he church after?
-> I've contributed to several of those over the years.

 hn> All went very smoothly, a wonderful service
 hn> followed by a masonic rite of burial performed
 hn> by a group of very good old freinds. Lots of
 hn> relatives were present including his sister
 hn> Ruth who came up from Florida. At the end

Good, I presume there was was a military component (flag presentation to
your mom, etc) as well.  And now I see why you remember my name so well.
(G)


 hn> of the funeral ceremony a flock of white doves
 hn> was released, then an additional lone dove was
 hn> released. It joined the circling flock above and
 hn> the entire flock circled the cemetary and then
 hn> flew off together, it was very touching and

Pretty; they must have had hours of training to do that.


 hn> beautiful. Afterwards we went to a local restaurant
 hn> for a buffet brunch. A small "shrine" had been
 hn> set up with pictures and articles written about
 hn> Pop. After that concluded we all went back

Nice way of remembering; I've seen that in the foyer of churches some
times.  It's fun when there are baby and very young childhood pictures,
especially when you've only known the person as an adult.


 hn> to our respective homes/hotels/motels for
 hn> a bit of rest before going back to one of
 hn> my aunt's home for dinner and "visiting".

Catching up on the years.  We got to see one of our nieces we'd not seen
in 9 years.  She now has 4 children; the youngest is 5 days younger than
Sarah.


 hn> My mom has been very strong and composed.
 hn> We all have had our "moments" but all in all
 hn> it was much more of a celebration of his life
 hn> than a mourning his death.


Good.  Is there a military widows group in the area where your mom
lives?  I knew of one at Fort Huachuca; from what I read, they were
really good helping the newly widowed, no matter how old/young. It might
help your mom to look into a group like that.

-> When do you head back to the north wet?  We're leaving here on Monday
-> but won't get home until Friday.

 hn> Many are leaving tomorrow (saturday) morning
 hn> I'll be staying until Sunday, then on Sunday I
 hn> will be going to Memphis where I'll spend the night

Going to the bbq place?  We've reverted back to our original plan of
leaving Tuesday, still planning to get back on Friday.


 hn> at a cousin's home and fly west on Monday
 hn> morning.
 hn> It will be good to be home but it has
 hn> been a great experience seeing relatives

I know, even seeing some (of Steve's side) that I'd not seen in a while.
Rachel and Deborah saw some of their cousins & Robert got to know some
that were close to his age.  Most everybody thinks that he looks just
like his grandpa (Steve).


 hn> that I have not seen (in some cases)
 hn> in more than 20 years.

I know what you mean; we've not seen some of ours in that long or
longer.  My brothers are starting to try to set up a family reunion
picnic for next summer to celebrate my parents 60th anniversary.  Labor
Day week end was suggested but that one woouldn't fit school schedules
easily; Steve has suggested July 4th week end.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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