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The End of an Era (Read 3217 times)
purpleydog
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Re: The End of an Era
Reply #25 - Dec 17th, 2008 at 8:05pm
 
Thank you all for your well wishes. I just got back from the funeral service, and the luncheon afterwards.

There were several frames of pictures of my grandpa, with my grandma, their kids, grandkids and friends. Pictures of him in his uniform, and his discharge document from the army, along with some mementos from Europe.

This is one of those times you get to see all of those relatives you know you have, but haven't seen in a long long time. The service was beautiful. There was an honor guard at the graveside service, and they folded the American flag that covered his casket, and presented it to his youngest son, who was very touched, to say the least. We all were.

We went to a restaurant for lunch after. When my grandpa used to come home from work, the first thing he would do was to get a shot of whiskey from this half gallon sized whiskey bottle, with a squeeze top, you'd push down on it, and it would dispense a shot. We'd always joke about the size of that bottle. Well, my uncle Gary got a bottle of the same brand of whiskey, and some plastic shot glasses, and we all had a toast to my grandpa.  Cheesy  It was a nice lunch, with lot's of good memories.  Smiley  My mom sent me home with a few mementos.

Thanks again everyone. Your kind words really mean a lot.

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