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Goodbye, Grandma

On Wednesday, June 23rd, my grandma Darlene passed away. She was 88 years old. We all already miss her so much.

The Thursday after she passed, we had planned our Dead Lake vacation that we usually do every year when Holly and Kevin go on their motorcycle trip. However, I headed for home to be with the rest of my family and Dana took the girls to the lake for one night and then came to Fessenden for the family visitation. 

I'm glad she was at peace with everything and that she is reunited with Grandpa and her parents, sister and other loved ones, but you can't help but wish you still had more time with them here on Earth. It would never be enough time for the rest of us. 

I love old photos and we all had a good time going through pictures of Grandma and reminiscing at her house. 



I always thought she looked like a movie star in her senior picture.

This newspaper clipping really cracked us all up. My grandma is at the end of the line closest to the camera, with little auntie Shelly next to Grandma and the very end and Grandpa Don on the other side of Grandma, looking at the camera.

I should have left my Grandpa in this photo, but this was one of my favorites of me with Grandma (and Grandpa).

I guess the cat's out of the bag now as when Clara was looking through the photos I had printed for the funeral something must have seemed fishy that I was putting together all these pictures of Grandma...and all these of the Easter Bunny. "Was Grandma Darlene the Easter Bunny!?" 💜 Yes, she was.

I thought she looked so beautiful in this recent pic, just taken at her 88th birthday party in March.

Sharing stories at the family service.


The girls and I stayed through the weekend while Dana went back home for the weekend and then returned Monday morning for the funeral.

The girls had a good time with the cousins, of course.

Silly Marsha!

Brynn even got put to work helping Reagan and Elise mow lawn. Reagan was showing her the ropes. She took to it pretty well and is now trying to get Dana to hire her for mowing at our house. :-)

Amanda happened to be home for the weekend as well so we met up at Cornerstone Coffee for a visit.

Shelly and Lester came over to Tessa's on Saturday and we made chimichangas and tried our hand at fried ice cream.






It was a hit! It turned out really good.


Auntie is so fun!






Later that night the fishes were out swimming.




Grandma's funeral was very nice and it was good to see so many of her friends (many my old school teachers) and family. We will love you forever and miss you always, Grandma. 

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theweckerlys said…
Love all the photos (including Marsha and the chimis :)). Glad you could be here with us.
July 5, 2021 at 11:24 PM
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