041823 - ..
041824 - [On 170604 1933 received this picture attached to letter
041825 - from Sally; it was taken about 10 years ago. ref SDS 42
041826 - F55L
041828 - ..
041829 - Was terrific seeing a lot of the family. Met Rob and Marsha's 2
041830 - sons, Brian and Erik. They both look very healthy despite now being
041831 - over 40.
041833 - ..
041834 - Met Marsha, and gave her a hug. She was with her sister, and her
041835 - husband.
041837 - ..
041838 - Amy and Michael arrived with their daughters Simone and Mia.
041840 - ..
041841 - Patty and Pablito arrived.
041843 - ..
041844 - Julee and her mom, Lynda arrived. Julee looked great as usual. Lynda
041845 - is involved with tracing Welch ancestory, similar to Uncle Jim years
041846 - ago. Gave Julee my email address for following up.
041848 - ..
041849 - Julee said that she notified David, and also Travis.
041851 - ..
041852 - Evidently, Travis is retired from Special Forces in the military.
041853 - Julee seemed to say he works for Home Land Security in some capacity.
041854 - He is married and has 2 children (I think).
041856 - ..
041857 - A great many of mom's friends from church and other community
041858 - activities arrived. Met some of these.
041860 - ..
041861 - Sally was very busy greeting everyone.
041862 -
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0421 - 1500
0422 -
042201 - Pastor Larry called everyone to be seated.
042202 -
042203 - He praised mother and there were songs and prayers.
042205 - ..
042206 - Ben sang several songs - a terrific talent.
042208 - ..
042209 - Rob then talked extemproaneously for about 30 - 40 minutes eulogizing
042210 - mom. He was wonderfully eloquent, funny, and always interesting, as
042211 - he spoke with great passion about his love for mom. He made a number
042212 - of jokes, saying at one point, when he saw that Sally allocated him 5
042213 - minutes in the agenda, he assumbed that was a typing error, and it
042214 - intended to say 50 minutes.
042216 - ..
042217 - Took picture of Rob as he spoke from the pulpit...
042218 -
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042220 -
042221 - [On 170605 1813 letter to Sally with copy to Rob, Joyce,
042222 - Marsha, and others, notes Rob's heartfelt and splendid
042223 - eulogy for mom. ref SDS 44 IO3T
042225 - ..
042226 - After Rob memorialized mother, 2 women sang. One said that 20 years
042227 - ago mother asked her to sing at her memorial, so here goes! They
042228 - sang beautifully, like mom sang for us at home 60 years ago.
042230 - ..
042231 - Pastor Larry ended the service with the Lord's prayor.
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0425 - 1615
0426 -
042601 - After the memorial, family members went to the old church for a
042602 - buffett dinner.
042604 - ..
042605 - There were more pictures on display of mother taken with family and
042606 - friends over her epic lifetime.
042608 - ..
042609 - Additionally, Patty took this occasion of mom's memorial service to
042610 - submit pictures of me with her and Kathleen. There was also a letter
042611 - I evidently sent to Mother Dorothy, when stationed in Vietnam during
042612 - 1968. Seems like these pictures and the letter may have been sent to
042613 - Patty by Bob Welch after Mother Dorothy died 10 years ago. Not sure
042614 - why Patty submitted the packet to me.
042615 -
042616 - [On 170605 1813 letter to Patty transmitting letter to
042617 - family commemorating memorial service for mom, and thanking
042618 - Patty for submitting pictures of her and Kath, and Millie.
042619 - ref SDS 45 MS42
042621 - ..
042622 - Sat with Rob and Joyce, Patty and Pablito, Simone and Mia.
042624 - ..
042625 - Joyce said her first husband had 3 heart surgeries, the first when he
042626 - was only 28. After the 3rd, he was driving somewhere with a friend,
042627 - and just died.
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