Bye Mom
As I said in the last post my mom who has been my guidance for the last 73 years passed on April 4th at 99 years. Dad had left us a couple of years ago, also at 99, and between them they produced 4 pretty neat boys.
She started with a degree in guidance with a teaching certificate and taught middle school while raising the four of us. All that while Dad spent a 100,000 miles a year on the road with MSU extension, so she was left with this bunch to educate, be a moral example, feed and groom, and make sure we got what was needed to go off into the world. Later while Dad was at Texas A&M she also got her masters while two boys were still at home and she was teaching full time.
Fantastic lady; gourmet cook, event planner, teacher, unbeatable bridge whiz and any other game that came up, and absolute solid rock of patience, intelligence, and moral support.
The burial took place in Bryan Texas on Sunday afternoon the 15th of April. Brother Richard managed everything because the other three of us were all far from Bryan and in the next post I will lay out my grueling trip from Canada to Bryan and back. Prior to the funeral on Sunday we met at Rich's house and had a sip of wine and toasted our guiding lady.
Then off to the Restever Cemetery in Bryan for the funeral. We got a last look at the lady that had been so much a part of our lives. Here's Rich and Kerry paying final respects to the matriarch on a pleasant yet windy day. In the background is Patti Wade with the Trevino Funeral Home who has made this process so easy for us with respect and dignity for both Mom and Dad.
And the four of us (Bill, Rich, Bruce, Tom) who are not the "children" any more with the passing of our parents; odd feeling.
After the ceremony we again went back to Richard's house where he and Kerry hosted the remaining friends and relatives with food good remembrances. Brother Bill supplied the wine from his vineyard (Jodar) in California.
All in all a really neat day both filled with remembrance and humor and I'm glad we could all come from the four winds to spend this final day with her.
