Grandpa Schlensker

It was a very bittersweet day when we said bye to Grandpa Schlensker.  It's always sad to see a grandparent pass away, let alone your last one.  Grandpa was ready to move on which made it a happy day of remembering him and being with family.  There were many sweet moments during the day with seeing family, hearing beautiful songs, and touching words.  There were also moments of questions and answers from our kids and the "bye Grandpa Schlensker" calls from the back of our van as we drove away from the cemetery.  We went to Grandma and Grandpa Schlensker's house afterwards since Lindsey and the girls have never been there and they were treated to a drive down my Memory Lane as well as Papa D and Uncle Dale's. 

The great grandkids in attendance

A couple songs sung by the kids

Families Can Be Together Forever

At the gravesite

Brothers

Together again - you could almost hear Grandma barking his name

Our sweet girls each after getting a flower from the casket

One last goodbye to Papa Scahta (how Mae used to say Grandpa Schlensker)

This picture has hung here for forever

It's a little surreal to see your own kids walking through the rooms of such fond memories

So many happy memories in this room

And this room

Saying Goodbye to the Last of Blue Ash Road

On a bittersweet day, we laid Uncle Pete to rest.  It's always sad to see someone you care about pass on, especially when it meant so much to me growing up back in the private confines of Grandma and Grandpa's house across the street from Uncle Pete and Aunt Connie's on Blue Ash Rd.  Now they are all gone or as what I once said when I was little that made Grandma Fish laugh so hard (and quote many years after), "They are outta here!"  It was a special and good day - and the four of them are finally together again. -T



Say hi to Grandma and Grandpa Fish for us

Without losing the reverence of this post - to answer your question, yes, Mae is wearing warm-up pants under her dress (but she didn't during the funeral)

R.I.P. Uncle Pete!

A tender moment

And then they fought each other with sticks