Mom passed away the middle of last November. The family cemetery is more than five hours away, in the "little finger" of Michigan and with the wuhan virus impact, there was not much we could do, so we decided to wait until things hopefully improved, at least with the weather.

Spent since February working on the arrangements. A wonderful pastor who had helped the family before agreed to do the service and we found a wonderful florist with whom to work. We had little difficulty making the headstone and grave opening arrangements with the monument company, through response from the local sexton, made possible by the efforts of the funeral home here, whose family i have known since childhood.

My 80 year old aunt drove up and over from Wisconsin and our two dear friends who are closer than family and live about an hour away from the area also made the effort to attend. So, with my wife, there were five of us.

We drove up on Friday and everyone stayed in a very nice, old lodge in the town where my father grew up. The staff were very accommodating with making the rooms available for us. They have a nice terrace now and a very good kitchen and a great bar.

This was a celebration of her life and not a sad event. She made it to 89 years and she did not linger at the end. Finally, she is now at rest next to my father.

The service went very well and the pastor did an absolutely wonderful job. The flowers were so beautiful and we arranged for them to be taken to the lodge after the service, so that everyone could enjoy them.

It was a lot of work, but it went well and my aunt was very pleased. Have never arranged anything like this before.

If anyone here is ever in this situation, please let me know and i will try to help.

I'm sorry for your loss. You have my deepest sympathies.

Tony.

Condolences, my friend. Our family just said goodbye to my Dad, and I know Mom probably only has a few years left. Thank you for your touching offer.

Thank you, Tony.

Thank you, my friend.

So sorry about the loss of your father.

It would be my honor to help in any way, when that time should come.

Frank, I am so sorry, but grateful you could celebrate her life as she deserved. God bless you and your family.

Please accept my condolences. May memories of her live on in decent folk like you.

Thank you, my friends

My Condolences.

Thank you

Condolences.
My wife passed away in February and we will have a Celebration of Life for her in July.

PC

The loss of a parent is challenging enough without additional difficulties beyond your control. Despite those challenges, it sounds like you had a wonderful celebration of your mother's life. I'm sorry for your loss.

^^^^^^ This exactly.

Glad you had a special gathering to lay her to rest with the closest of family there.

Very sorry for your loss. I am glad you, your family, and friends were able to celebrate her life together.

Sounds like you all made the very best of this seemingly impossible situation. A terrible day drawn out. I hope you were able to enjoy that bar with your family and had some laughs at the celebration of life.

Thank you all for your kind words.

She had a wicked sense of humor and we recounted many stories and had a toast or two in her honor.

As my aunt is getting on in years, and we're not able to visit as often as we would like, we're going to make an extra effort to go see her again more often.

She brought along some family tree information which confirmed my discovery that in addition to some very old French blood, there's Scottish blood on both sides of this English name... (my mother's and now also my father's) LOL! Talk about a mess of internal conflict

Also, she brought along a few things of my great grandfather's that she wanted me to have: a small and very interesting pocket knife that he used for whittling things and a couple of pistols. A little (.22 short?) derringer revolver that might have ivory grips and his service revolver that he carried as deputy sheriff, after he built the town jail, which still stands. Neither are functional, due age and neglect, but they are very memorable keepsakes.

Very sorry for your loss.

First off, my condolences again on your loss.
Am very glad for you that you had a nice celebration of life event.

May her memory be a blessing.

I'm glad you have had the opportunity to put her to rest. Remember a life well lived. God bless.