Arriving back in Mesa, we were shocked to see how much Grandmother had failed during our week in Texas. Our plan was to stay until the weekend before going north to Peoria to spend some time with Maren and family. Just a couple of days after arriving at the Youngs', Mark called to say that Grandmother had passed away. We did a partial pack and returned to Mesa to help with planning and details. We stayed at her home with Rod and Vic and had some nice family time in spite of circumstance. Meeting with the Bunkers, we planned a somewhat unusual funeral for the 5th of May. I was charged with the obituary and life sketch, and Kris was to be a speaker, so we were busy writing for a few days. We began to sort through everything and discovered some great photos.
PHX approach: ASU: Grady Gammage (center top)
Maren came with us to Emerald Groves to say goodbye
Mark's family visiting Grandmother
The Youngs' new outdoor lighting in Peoria
Gavin cookin' up some shawarma
Back to Mesa and Tacos Chiwa with Rod and Vic
Clearing out Grandmother's rooms at Emerald Groves
Food trucks with the Marlpit-Hill Boyntons
Cornish Pasty Co. with Rod and Vic
Banoffee pie and sticky toffee pudding
Back to Peoria to pick up Kris's funeral dress that was
delivered there
Huevos rancheros at Adrian's: drool!
With Matthew
Delicious Italian dinner with the Boynton siblings
Going through treasures; Rod treated us
to pain au chocolat from AJ's
Grandmother's grapefruit spoons
A photo of Granddad Boynton from Guadacanal
Carol Beck at BYU
Grandmother's funeral was on Cinco de Mayo, and that will be the next post.
OXO
D.
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