Memorial and funeral

Today we had my dad’s memorial and funeral. A day of sadness, grief but also joy as we celebrated his life at the memorial and then had a very emotional last goodbye at the crematory.

Lots of people showed up at the memorial, mostly because my dad was involved with the local football club for over forty years. The table of life was appreciated by many and lots of people referred to some of the stories.

The words spoken at the crematory, based on interviews that took place last week with my dad’s grandchildren also being involved, were eloquent and very moving.

Afterwards, we went to my brother Erwin’s place to look back on the day. I’m so pleased with how this day went. I think we did great as a family and we have done a great job honouring my dad and the life he had.

The undertaker took some of the flowers to our house and I made this image when we returned home.