Family gather's in Maryland

All of our 7children, 2 spouses,
three great grand-daughters, and
Duane's two sons were able
to come to Maryland for their
grandpa's funeral, November 8th.











Duane walks with Joe, Dave, John,
Matt, Chris, and Jeremy.











Andy and Ben lead the boys to the graveside











Chelsea and Annika just could
not understand why Poopsie
[great grandpa]
would not wake up.

This was a bitter-sweet experience.
Bitter-to say good bye and sweet to
have the family together and share
memories of my dad.















Each evening we gathered at Duane and
Ilene's home. Chelsea and Annika loved
playing dress up in Aunt Ilene's play clothes.