Funeral

 

 Mom died Sunday, March 17, 2013 at home.  We traveled to her funeral which was the following Saturday.  My sisters and I did her hair, makeup and jewelry the day before.  It was a sweet and sad experience.

 We had a good time seeing my entire family and most of both Mom and Dad's families, as well as the community of Oakley.  We all knew Mom and loved her.  The only one missing was Mom!  I'm sure she was there in spirit.

 

Jer, Karli and Shane

 

Lu and Em

 Caitlin and Ser

 

Carlos, Jon and Kay.  Three brothers.  Elna (sister) was also at the funeral, but in a wheelchair, so she was not able to come to the cemetery.

 Jer, Lu, Cass, Em (holding Alicia), Chris and Dad in the background, and Bowie in front.  Mom is buried in the Oakley cemetery.  We woke up to snow that morning, and the kids had a snowball fight at the cemetery!  After all, a FUNeral is fun, right?

 Here is the kitchen help from two of the Oakley wards.  The food was delicious.  It was so nice to be so well taken care of.  Rosemary, Jacque, Karla, Camille, Tina, Lynne, Rosemary, and (I don't know the person on the right).  Thank you all!

It really touched me to see people that had heard about Mom's death and made a quick decision to travel to Oakley from far distances.  In the center here is my Best Friend growing up (and my mom was a second mom to her) Sharon Nelson.  She came from San Francisco with her boyfriend Wyatt.  On the right is her mom who traveled from Montana.  I was also so grateful and touched that Michael's parents came up from Logan, Ryan from Montana, and Kristy from Salt Lake.  Cousins from southern Utah.  That kind of support shows so much love.