Unexpected Trip Home

This is Ray with his son, grandson, and great-grandson.

We recieved a call on Friday night of last week that M's Grandpa Ray was not doing well. He was recently admitted into a nursing home with cancer and he really went down hill fast. We of course knew we needed to head back to Iowa to see him in case it was the last time. We went home last Saturday morning, spent some time with Ray-although he never opened his eyes while we were there. I know M was really glad to see him one last time. He passed away the next day on Sunday morning. We decided rather than traveling back to Illinois only to turn around the next day back to Iowa, we stayed and spent some extra time with family. The visitation was on Tuesday night and the funeral was on Wednesday. Both were very nice and although it was sad, we knew Ray was in a place where he had no more pain. It was really nice to see family that we had not seen in awhile. It sort of felt like a holiday! I know M will always have great memories of his grandpa.