Today we said our final goodbyes to Sharen. The funeral was lovely and it was good reconnecting with many people. We only had a few mis-steps, which are kind of amusing:
Glenn and I first wrote the Eulogy with Sharen and Milt's wedding date August 8, 1965, We later found a copy of the newspaper announcement showing us that it was August 13, 1966. We corrected the Obituary, but forgot to tell Becky who was reading the Obituary at the funeral. So she had the 5th in '65, and Gordon Smart had the 13th in '66. Ooops!
I really should have spoken more with the member of the bishopric who was officiating. I should have prepared him on how to say Cawood. As it was, it brought back lots of memories of my last name being massacred before I became a Case!
And the last was at the Cemetery. Glenn and I forgot to tell everyone that we were meeting in the funeral home parking lot, and following the body down to the grave site. Now, if her grave was not just a small walk down from the funeral home, this instruction would not have been needed. As it was, everyone saw the tent, and just went on down. Glenn and I waited to follow the body, but we ended up delaying the service when Emma fell off the curb and scrapped her knee. She howled, and sobbed, and no one was in doubt that she hurt her knee. She also decided that she could not walk with her bandage on, so for the next few hours, Glenn and I shared the duty of carrying her around.
Even with all of this, it really was a lovely day. And these little things just added some good stories!
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