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spacebuggy

Dad's wake and funeral

Mar 19, 2007 08:43

Dad's wake and funeral were very moving. I was very afraid I was going to freak or badly break down when i saw dad in the coffin, but I held it together through most everything. I think something like five hundred people showed up to the wake. there was a line literally out the door of the funeral home, which is on the same block as my parent's ( Read more... )

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theoldroadhog March 19 2007, 17:36:09 UTC

Will comment when I see you in person but for now, sorry for your loss..
--Dave Rhoden

spacebuggy March 20 2007, 14:12:37 UTC

thanks dave. see you soon!

honkytonkdolly March 19 2007, 18:03:30 UTC

I'm sorry I wasn't around this weekend to see your earlier posts. My heartfelt condolences to you and your family dear Matty. xoxo

whybark honkytonkdolly March 20 2007, 06:09:46 UTC

didn't know yr pop was a firefighter. my brother-in-law is and I had the good fotune to do some logo work for the iaff years and years ago.

Don't hit me but I want to see that pic you took of yr pop holding his head in front of an empty field -- you told me you made him stop and pose and somehow that makes it HILARIOUS to me. Still thinking of you and yours every day.

Re: whybark spacebuggy March 20 2007, 14:10:09 UTC

mike, how is your mom? about that picture of my dad in the field,
haha. I'll post that pic someday. they used another picture for the funeral that I took, a totally ridiculous and staged photo I took of my mom grabbing my dad by his hair in one hand and a big pair of scissors in the other. my dad looks scared and my mom looks mean. for some reason all my brothers and sisters thought it was appropriate. yeah my dad was a fireman the whole time I was growing up till I was out of college. (and for a bout ten years before I was even born!).
thanks for keeping me in your thoughts. we've been through a think or two like this together, if memory serves me right. I still think about that all the time.

Re: whybark honkytonkdolly March 22 2007, 05:03:45 UTC

Yeah, me too. I think it has made some of this easier over time, really.

Mom got word that her kidneys aren't as bad as they'd feared. No surgery at the present time. so they are a lot less scared. Me too.

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