Three conventions, four funerals and unexpected guests have kept me away from my blog, and others blogs. In the past four weeks, for those of you who are far away and may be interested, four of our elderly friends have finished this life. Harold Brockhouse, Olga Draheim, Otto Jeske and John Van. We were not able to attend all the funerals but our thoughts were at each one. We had 1 day and two conventions and four days at Menomonee. Grandma died in between, so by the time we got to Menomonee we were physically exhausted. Dales sister Deb Magsam and family flew in from California, and Autumn and Phil returned from Colorado for the funeral so we tried to fit as much into the 4 short days that they were all home that we could. We had a huge shipping day at one of the stores, so I had to work one of the days that they were all here. It was good to see relatives, including my niece Jennifer from Montana, who was home with her family for convention. This week I was resting up and catching up on all that got neglected in the office the last 3 weeks. I will post a few pictures. The large group picture in the Thompsons at Marion conv. There will be one of Deb & Gary and family, bonding in 2008,:), Cousin Kyle with his little cousin who he met for the first time, and the pall barrers at Grandma Draheim's funeral. It was the tallest group of them that I have ever seen. Dale is 6'5" so check out for yourself how the others compare. They are all cousins of Dale.
4 comments:
Nice update, we heard that Harold had died and not Maydelle Brockhouse so now we are set straight. Nice blog.
Darwin
You were right. That was one of the funerals I didn't get too. It reminds me of Dale at Grandma's visitation. When Meta Anderson walked in Dale about freaked out because he thought she had died. I was happy to set him straight, so thanks for setting me straight.
I don't know why it has taken me so long to put things together, but is Denny Thompson (Illinois) related to your husband? There is quite a resemblance...
Diane - thanks for stopping in and commenting! Avis was a dear friend - dearly missed! I'm no longer in IA, but OR for 20 years now - leaves me feeling pretty out of the loop! So Otto Jeske is gone - sure do think of Adele. and John Van - wow - our kids have sure enjoyed him over the years - they met with my inlaws in AZ during the winters and now this past year with my mom and dad and for 3 mos our daughter. We will surely miss him when we're down there this winter. Karen
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