FUNERAL!!!!!

Saturday we dropped the kids off at Trinity for their Chemistry Connection class. Mr. Stamoolis picked them up at 4:30 and took them home. They would keep them at their house while we went to the funeral for Kevin Sunderman (Karen's brother).

Tim & I arrived in Jasper, Indiana (six hours away) around 6:00. We had packed a picnic dinner, so we ate in our room. The motel was o.k., nothing to brag about. They did, however, have a continental breakfast.

The visitation for the funeral was from 1-3, the memorial service was at 3:00. Kevin was cremated. They had a nice picture of him in his uniform. There were several nice flower arrangements and things to take home (wind chimes, figurines, etc.). The VFW played taps and shot off their guns. We knew the guns were coming, but we all jumped anyway. It was very loud. The man who played taps was amazing and he was at least 100 years old. I couldn't believe he could hold the notes out so loud and with such a beautiful tone.

Ron & Twyla Richardson were there. Mr. & Mrs. Twilla (from 1st Baptist of Portage) were also there. We didn't know the other people. We met Karen's three sisters and her mother.

We decided to take a different route home. Do you know where we are?


If not, maybe this will give you a better idea:


Just in case you can't guess, we took 41 north home. Which took us by Rose-Hulman and all the windmills.

Please pray for Karen and her family. They have a lot of work to do yet on Kevin's house and his personal belongings. Not an easy job!