On Jan 23, 2011 Grandpa Falk passed away in the evening at 98 years old. We were very sad to hear this, but so happy he wasn't suffering and was now reuniting with his sweetheart. On Friday Jan 28th we all drove down the Lethbridge for the funeral. It was a remarkable service, I got to learn so much of the long life he lead, all his accomplishments and about the man he was. He was truly an example of how to lead a Christ like life, he helped so many people and showed such love towards all he met. I love you Grandpa and will miss you!
Not only was it an eventful service, but the grave site was eventful too, with my dad flinging himself into the hole once Grandpa was lowered down. He was trying to put some candies on top of the casket.. but then lost his glasses down the side and ended up kneeling on top the casket to reach down. It was honestly the funniest thing ever, and I'm positive Grandpa was laughing along with the rest of us. As if that wasn't enough drama for one day, back at the funeral home we were all having refreshments and Bryan started to choke on a drink. At first he said he was fine, but then he couldn't breath at all. It was the scariest thing ever, Uncle Alex ended up giving him the Heimlich maneuver and then he finally could breath.. along with some spit and puke. Thankfully he was okay.
That night we were all able to drive back home in safety even with the winter storm in our midst. And the rest of the weekend we were able to spend some time with Jesse & Lindsey, since they were able to come up for the funeral.
Not only was it an eventful service, but the grave site was eventful too, with my dad flinging himself into the hole once Grandpa was lowered down. He was trying to put some candies on top of the casket.. but then lost his glasses down the side and ended up kneeling on top the casket to reach down. It was honestly the funniest thing ever, and I'm positive Grandpa was laughing along with the rest of us. As if that wasn't enough drama for one day, back at the funeral home we were all having refreshments and Bryan started to choke on a drink. At first he said he was fine, but then he couldn't breath at all. It was the scariest thing ever, Uncle Alex ended up giving him the Heimlich maneuver and then he finally could breath.. along with some spit and puke. Thankfully he was okay.
That night we were all able to drive back home in safety even with the winter storm in our midst. And the rest of the weekend we were able to spend some time with Jesse & Lindsey, since they were able to come up for the funeral.
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That was a really nice funeral- Sad that we had to come up for a funeral but it was really nice to see everyone and get to hang out :)
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