Greg and I spent last weekend in Prescott, Arizona with his parents, unfortunately because his Aunt Sis (Ruthann Lee) passed away and her memorial service was on Saturday. All things considered it was a good weekend. The memorial service was at the church she joined when she moved there about 10 years ago. It was really heartwarming to see the turnout. There were 9 of us in the front row that were family and the rest of the church was filled with friends she had made and they all had wonderful things to say about her and how they would miss her. Two people came up and told us the thing they would always remember about her were the rings that she always wore and, pretty consistently, one on each finger - yes - at least 8 at all times. I think if you asked my girls, that is what they would remember too along with her bell bottom jeans and red hair and her beautiful smile. When we got to Arizona, Bonnie asked me to put together a collage board of pictures of Aunt Sis for the memorial. I really enjoyed doing this and it really brought back memories of when the kids were small and loved to be around her and help her open gifts at birthdays and Christmas. It was a great task to be given and really helped me reconnect with my memories especially since we hadn't seen her for so long.
After the service we went over to her home to help organize things and because there were a few things Bonnie knew Aunt Sis specifically wanted certain family members to have. That is always kind of an awkward thing to do but it went well and it was AMAZING to see all of the things she had collected. She was a diligent collector of the things she loved - Elvis Presley, Christmas Musical figurines, Cut glass items, jewlery, etc. She was meticulous about it and kept all of the packaging for everything. There was a set of crystal apperitif glasses that she wanted Greg and I to have and I have been entrusted with all of the photo albums. Now I just have to get my scrapbooking room done so that I can do something special with all of the photos.
We all had dinner together at everyone's favorite -Murphy's- on Saturday night and them made the long drive home through the desert on Sunday. It is always good to be home, but I'm really glad we were able to be there and I know it meant a lot to Lee and Bonnie to have us there.
We'll miss you Aunt Sis!
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We will definitely miss her. I was telling Greg (too) about her and how she never failed to send us birthday cards and I thought that was really special. I will definitely remember the rings and bell bottom jeans - thats for sure!!
By the way... did you have to go to THE mexican restaurant? haha.
Can't wait to see you on Friday and thanks for getting me through my traumatic experience at Rite Aid. Love you!
I am so sorry! But she sounds like a fun lady! I am sure you did an amazing job on the pictures...you should have taken a pic!
I was up early today and decided to do a little blog surfing. Look who I found!! Hope you don't mind my browsing through. Sounds like she was a lot of fun. How could she not be if she's related to you. Hang on to those precious memories, and have fun looking through your new treasured photos. They were placed in the right hands!
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