This year has been a challenging one for everyone. One of my great losses this year was the death of both my grandmother (her obituary) in May and my grandfather (his obituary) in October. We had a private memorial service for both on November 7th that I was fortunate to be able to attend. My uncle made this special video to show various pictures throughout their lives. I thought he did a great job with the music and family pictures! It was played at the beginning of the memorial service. It was good to hear stories and reminisce with family! It was very special though it was emotional.
It especially broke me when I was sharing about how I was named after my sweet Grandmom. She was very servant-hearted and hospitable. I have lots of memories of being greeted by her and told that she made rice crispy treats and "Margy Duff cookies" for us!
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| Grandmom meeting Anna for the 1st time (4 generations!) |
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| Granddaddy meeting Kate for the 1st time |
My Granddaddy was very musically-inclined with a great sense of humor. I shared about how he would try to connect to his grandchildren by coming up with funny things to say to us each time we saw him. I also shared about how I was able to see how Granddaddy depended on God for an upcoming medical procedure back in 2004 by requesting his family to come and pray with him. It clearly made an impression since I still remember it!
This was the last time that I saw Granddaddy - it was in June when we had a drive-by parade for his 90th birthday. He was able to meet Drew this way!
Every single grandchild that shared memories at the memorial talked about our fun visits in the mountains in Etowah, North Carolina. My brothers and I really looked forward to the 4-wheeler rides there!
Their ashes were sprinkled in the Garden of Hope at the Penney Farms Cemetery. Here's a close-up picture with their names (Richard & Margaret Leinecker), but they haven't updated it to reflect their deaths in 2020 yet.
Here's a zoomed out picture so you can see what it looks like. Every name has been/will be sprinkled into the same rock garden.
I will truly miss them and I am thankful for the impact they both had in my life.
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