A sad day

On Saturday, July 3rd, the phone rang very early in the morning. It was my sister, Diane, letting me know that my mother had passed away in the night. My mother had recently moved to assisted living in Texas, near my sister. I had spoken to my sister a couple of days before, and she had indicated that our mother seemed to be suffering some, and going downhill. I purchased plane tickets to fly out to Texas in a few days, but of course too
late......

The funeral is expected to be held on Friday. I do know that any services and the burial will take place in Louisville Kentucky. My mother had made prearrangements with Hadley Funeral Home on Westport Road.

Coincidentally, Marianne and I were already in Louisville as part of our grand tour of the midwest, to continue clearing out my mom's house from 50 years of accumulation of stuff. I was cutting limbs on one of my mom's trees the day before, and neighbors were reminding me that my mom would have "whipped my britches" if I had trimmed her trees........ We will of course stay in Louisville until after the funeral.


I would request your thoughts and prayers for myself and Marianne, for Diane and her sons Ryan and Patrick, and of course for my mother, Lavone.