Mar 4 – 12.... Pastor Steve came over in the afternoon and discussed Mom's service arrangements. Rod & Patty Morris and Russ and Cheryl Klette came by Dad's. Doug and Fran arrived the evening of the 4th. Dad, Doug, and I drove to Chinook on the 5th and met Denita and Steve at Edwards Funeral Home to make the arrangements. Mom was cremated as her request We also ordered flowers at Shore's Floral. From there we decided to go out to the farm. We spent the weekend going through pictures – we put together a slide show and a picture board for Mom's service. There was bunches of snow piled everywhere. We came back on Monday morning. Marge and Don arrived that evening. Danny flew in Tue afternoon. Mike was to have been with him but the flights were full. He ended up flying to LAS and then DEN and finally arrived at 1130p Tue. Russ, Cheryl, Marge, Don, Shirley, Doug and Fran were over for dinner at Dad's. Cheryl and Russ provided a wonderful spaghetti dinner. I took a fall on the ice when going to pick up Mike!
We left for the farm on Wed., the 9th. We got most everything set up at the church. Shelly and Jay arrived late in the day.
The Memorial Service on March 13th for Mom turned out really nice. We had 3 pastors – Steve, Cheryl and Rowlie as per Mom's request. All had lovely words to say. Ken Overcast sang and played his guitar...Granny's Mansion (his song) and Mansion on the Hillside. It was very special. The congregation sang I Was There to Hear You Bourning Cry and How Great Thou Art as were her request. I wrote a short Eulogy that was read by Pastor Cheryl. Approximately 200 people attended the service and 140 were served at the meal following. Due to the snow we will have the burial of the ashes this summer. Following the dinner we went to Wally and Loretta Becks to visit with relatives. We drove back to Great Falls on Friday the 11th. Marge and Don left for home on Sat. Dixie made phone calls to Insurance companies, etc to help Dad. Danny flys back on Sunday.
