Saturday, October 27

This is my step-sister, Carolyn, showing flowers and pictures to a few of her granddaughters.

I obviously could not take many pictures – nor did I want to – but I wanted a few for my memory.

Jere and Kristen’s family looking at the memory table with a few other family and friends in the background.

Mother’s children and step-children assembled in this room for the visitation. This photo is of my brother Dale and sister, Nancy. Dale’s wife, Dot, is in the background – also a Miller great-granddaughter and grandson. This was before the visitation.

The grandchildren and great-grandchildren gathered in this section of the sanctuary until it was time for the funeral. As I took this photo, Ted (funeral director) was leading.  the Hershey grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren to the Narthex to view grandma. After that it was the Hershey children, then the Miller grandchildren and great-grandchildren, then the Miller children.

It was a cold, rainy day.

The graveside service

Her youngest son and five grandsons were pallbearers.

Carl Groff conducted the short service as the other minister, Sam Cassel, looked on.

Seated: Joyce and Meredith (son), Roland and Carolyn (daughter), Mabel and Vernon (son)

She was buried next to her first husband, Ivan, and sons Marlin and Lamar who all died in a boating accident on January 1, 1971.

A funeral director moved all the flowers and photos to the church fellowship hall where our church family served us a delicious lunch.

There was a large group of family and friends who stayed for lunch.

A highlight for us was that Josiah was given a four-hour pass from rehab to be at the funeral meal. It was a one-hour drive each way. so he had two hours to be with his family.

By the end of the day there were lots of flowers on our kitchen table: on the left were flowers that Diane and I pulled from some of the large funeral bouquets. Center front – get-well flowers from DHIA for Cerwin (hernia surgery). Center back – get-well flowers from my brother Dale and his wife, Dot. Right: Sympathy flowers from Kayla and her family in Tennessee (she is dating our grandson Hezekiah).

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Special thanks to everyone for Cerwin”s get-well wishes, cards, and visits and also the many ways our friends shared their love to us during Mother’s stroke and death.