07 May 08 

I lost my Mom on the morning of 15 April. I still am not able to write about it here.  Her Service and Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, May 10th - the day before Mother's Day.
 

 

I hope to have pictures to post soon... and perhaps some of her services and scattering her ashes.  I poured my soul into writing her obituary, and I've been numb ever since. It doesn't seem "real".  Her Services will make it so and I don't know how I'm going to get through them.  I'll be strong for Mom and Zack... I wish I had someone strong for me...

 

Here are the photos I was able to take at Mom's memorial.
I would have liked to have taken photos of those who attended,
but I wasn't up to it.

 

Church Service
Vashon Island Church of the Holy Spirit
10 a.m.  10 May 2008 


Mom's ashes are under the piece of linen.

Celebration of Life Memorial
10:30 a.m.

Kim and Dad at the Memorial display my sister and I made.
Julia's photos are on the poster board.  Everything else is from me. 
The photo collage in the center in back is of the whole Page family and the individual families from our 1976 Reunion

I bought the silk flowers in memory of the awful plastic ones
we used to beg Mom to buy for us as kids. I thought she'd laugh at that.
I put out several of her Gourmet magazines, a stack of murder mysteries (that she loved to read) with her reading glasses.

In memory to how she treated her canine commuters and visitors I put out a bowl of Milkbone snacks.
I shared the pictures taken on HEALY on the Dedpendent's Cruise and in Hawaii.  The two recipe boxes with plant hanger kitties (cute!) were for folks to write down their memories.  The box behind is filled with balls of yarn and knitting needles - I remembered to open it later.

Release of Mom's ashes into Puget Sound
from WSF M/V Klahowya

10 May 2008
 


We rode KLAHOWYA (which means "Greetings" in Native American) from Vashon to Seattle.
On the return trip the vessel veered off course and made a pipe that they were doing so in order
to perform a burial at sea for a well loved Ferry Service employee, Barbara Nethercot, of 27 years.


Dad brought 31 white carnations as he had on her 31st
Birthday. the first they had celebrated together after they married


Jacob and his new puppy "Zeus"


I was told to put her over... and I wasn't ready.  I had to wear the gloves because the urn would begin
to biodegrade with any moisture - even from your hands.  There were spots on it from my tears.


Zack finished his Doritos just in time and joined me at the rail. 
Letting her urn go was so very hard...


Everyone tossed flowers into the water after Mom's urn.  This photo was so much nicer
than the ones I took below with my phone.  Poor Zack fell apart after this and watched
Mom's urn until he couldn't see it anymore... then watched longer than that.


Balloons carry Mom's obituary & Memorial Service leaflet


Flowers in water follow Mom's urn

In the photos below the red heart is placed above the bright blue urn
You can see the trail of flowers.

   

Memories of Mom

 

 

Left to Right:  High School Graduation 1948.   Working for United Airlines (?) in Chicago in the 50's

Mom and Dad's Wedding Day, 27 April 1962

On their Honeymoon

 

Left to Right:  First Born, Elizabeth (Elsa), July 1963;  plus baby Julia in late 1964

There are hundreds of photos between those above and those below, I just haven't
scanned them yet.

In Hawaii 2003

  Underway on the USCGC HEALY from Hawaii to Seattle 2003
(This was the photo I chose for her Memorial Service)

aboard HEALY coming home to Seattle

Left to Right:  A rare moment alone with Mom 2006
Mom at work (taken by Julia) in 2007

Zack, Grandma (Mom) and Spongebob in Vegas 2007

Mom and Zack
02 April 2008
13 days before she departed this life

 

I miss my Mom!