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Nov. 15th, 2005 05:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynwell, yesterday was Grandpa's funeral; the Mass was at St. Francis of Assissi church, his home parish for as long as I knew him (except when he retired to Florida). The burial itself was at Gates of Heaven Archdiocesan Cemetary in Valhalla, NY. (For those of you who're Asatru, the name was essentially chosen by a postmaster's wife in the late 1800s. She had a thing for Wagner and for Norse legends, and the area was known for its cemetaries. I only wish I was kidding.) My second cousin, a Jesuit priest, did the Mass and the graveside service. There was a colour guard there from the local military unit, and my grandmother was presented with the flag that covered Grandpa's casket from the church to the cemetary.
Aside from a few tears during one of the hymns (I think it was 'On Eagle's Wings'), the only time I cried was when the bugler played 'Taps'...
Grandpa is free now, and I'm glad of it. I'll miss him. I expect I always will. But I've spent two years praying for him to be released from an incurable illness, and now it's finally happened.
Like I said last time- godspeed, Grandpa.
Aside from a few tears during one of the hymns (I think it was 'On Eagle's Wings'), the only time I cried was when the bugler played 'Taps'...
Grandpa is free now, and I'm glad of it. I'll miss him. I expect I always will. But I've spent two years praying for him to be released from an incurable illness, and now it's finally happened.
Like I said last time- godspeed, Grandpa.
