Uncle
Ted passed away yesterday. He and Trudy were
our eldest living relatives (here). This year Uncle Ted celebrated 100 years of
life. His goal was living to 105. Now Trudy survives alone. She is a lot more frail than the last time I
saw her. Her health has declined since
we have moved to Oregon. My cousin has
scheduled different family members to rally around the clock so that someone
has been with Ted and Trudy at all times.
I wasn't there to assist. And now
Ted is gone. I cannot even get back for
the funeral.
We
overspent when we went back to Utah to attend Jeanie's funeral and show our
support to Biff. We've also had the demolition
of our house, but not a full restoration and so it probably wouldn't be wise to leave
it unattended. Even if we could afford
it, I doubt we would go. My body has
decided that it no longer wants to travel (even though my mind would like to)
Myrtle
Creek Festival starts today and Jenna and I have been assigned to man the booth
between 4 and 6. That will leave us time
to attend the pre-solar party in Riddle today.
Hey, maybe this is the year we will actually be able to view sky. Every other time we have tried to view
whatever sky event was taking place, it was always overcast and the clouds were
in the way of whatever spectacular view we were supposed to see.
Good-bye,
Uncle Ted, have a great reunion with all of those whom you outlived!
