Mother’s memorial service was held a few weeks ago at the Presbyterian Church here in Palmer. It was a very nice service, attended by friends & family members.
My brother Reed stood up and spoke, telling stories of growing up as the youngest of her 5 children. Then I got up and read out loud a few letters that had been sent from people unable to attend themselves. Then my niece Katy got up and spoke of being the grandchild and her impressions of her grandmother. Last to speak was my niece Laurel who said a few words about her memories and then read another letter from a family member who was out of town at the time.
The reception afterwards was downstairs and had all kinds of food to nibble on. My partner had put together a slideshow of all the pictures we could find, from her childhood growing up in New Mexico all the way through her last week at the Pioneer Home. He had it on a repeating loop, so it ran the entire time we were all there, sharing stories and offering sympathies.
Those same pictures have been made into a Photo Book which was printed out (by Shutterfly) for each member of the family. If you want to take a look, I’m sure we’d be happy to share. Just come on over, anytime!
Next up on our seemingly never-ending list of tasks to attend to is the internment of her ashes. We will have a Family Only gathering at the Palmer Cemetery next month where we will place her ashes into the wall, next to Stewart. After that, I plan to have the family over a few times to help me go through her jewelry (those who knew her will remember that she always wore turquoise on her fingers, wrists, neck, ears, lapels, and pretty much anywhere else she could affix them, so she had A LOT of jewelry) and her clothing. Slowly but surely, things are getting done.
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