Grandpa Harold's Funeral November 2011

This has been a rough year a far as deaths in the family go. We lost Grandma-Great, Great-Uncle Steve, Grandpa Brewer, Grandpa Ballinger, and Great-Grandpa Harold. That's a lot of funerals for a 14 month period of time. I'm very proud to say that all 4 of the men we lost were buried with military honors! Grandma-Great was honored for her great work the the Deaf and Blind schools. What honorable lives all my elders made.

Grandpa Harold will be remembered not only for being ridiculously frugal but also for being incredibly kind. He was a tease, a joker, and a prankster until the very end. You will notice that most of us only have on light jackets and no hats or gloves. The grass was showing as we walked into the funeral home but by the time we left it was a blizzard. It was almost as if Grandpa were teasing us with the weather.


I love the sound of Taps music. Each time I hear it I am overwhelmed with pride and patriotism.

The pall bearers bringing Grandpa to his final resting place.





Beautiful Lauren

Jonny (13 Years Old) was a pall bearer. He is the oldest of the great-great-grandchildren. There was a pall bearer from each generation carrying his casket.

Jonny's Induction to the National Junior Honor's Society

Jonny, I am so proud of you and your friends. Thank you for being such blessing in my life. I am so proud of you joining National Junior Honor's Society. I am so glad that you maintain a 4.0 GPA and you do it on your own! You require little supervision and make good choices. You volunteer at the Elementary school and for Sub-for-Santa. You, Jonny, are a great kid! You say now that you want to be a Surgeon or a Dentist when you grow up. Keep up the good work and I know you'll have that doctorate someday. ;)