Back from Ontario…again

We are back from our trip to Ontario, as of last night!  For those of you who haven’t been keeping up, this was another trip to Ontario.  We went down to be with the family for the funeral of Shari’s Grandmother, Ethel Winger.  The funeral went very well.  Shari and I were two of six pallbearers.  (By the way, ever wondered where that term came from?  I found this at takeourword.com:  By the 15th century, pall was being used to describe a cloth that covered a coffin, hearse, or tomb. Then, by the mid-18th century, we find the term pallbearer, which originally referred to those who held the corners of the pall cloth at a funeral. Eventually, those who carried the coffin itself came to be known as the pallbearers, by association.)

Shari read a poem called,”Thoughts on Moving Day”, comparing going to Heaven with moving day.  The poem was found among Grandma’s belongings.  Shari’s sister Amy gave the eulogy, and Shari’s parents sang,”Face to Face” (you can see and hear the song at the CyberHymnal).  I won’t tell you about the whole service, but it was well done, with a great Gospel message.  The service ended with “He the Pearly Gates will Open” (I don’t hear that one much anymore…here it is in the CyberHymnal).

We were able to spend some good times with family, and even got to see a few people that we missed last time we were in Ontario.  So it was a good trip.  We’ll miss Grandma Ethel, but we’ll see her again before you know it.

I’m adding a few select photos from our trip to our photo album, so check out our Recent Shots to see them.