One was expected. Gary's Aunt Rada Hall Kowallis passed away and her memorial was last Monday (the day before Covid struck). This is his last relative of that generation and it was even more bitter sweet to say goodbye to his cousins after the service. Over the past decades, many of other meetings have been related to passings--of grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins. Now what will cause those gatherings to happen?
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| Gary's dad's older sister |
The other was not expected. On Saturday, one of our own sweet missionaries, Sister Barbara Burwell, passed away in her apartment. She has been serving as a full-time missionary for 30 months and just switched to a service missionary two weeks ago (you can only serve as a full-time missionary for 30 months. Then you have to go through the whole process of application again.) She was still in her same apartment and she had a son and grandchildren visiting. They were all talking and she simply passed away sitting in a chair. She would have turned 80 years old next month. Such a shock for us all.
Two good women who loved the Lord and served them their entire lives! Their reunions are sweet as they entered into the next phase of their living.
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