Many thoughts and prayers. I just lost a family member 3 weeks ago due to a massive stroke and a heart attack a day later. Keep your head up and stay strong for your family.
+ I miss my grandparents! If you still have yours...enjoy them. Make sure to tell them how much they mean to you!!!
You account reminds me of my own experience years ago dealing with the death of my grandmother. She was a couple of weeks past her 89th birthday when she suffered a stoke, which eventually led to heart failure. Kids nowadays are less closer to their grandparents than previous generations were. I was partially raised by my grandma who had lived in my home for 15 years since I was 8. So I was very close to her. The icecream part is especially touching. I still sadly remember the moment when she was telling me not to come home too later after evening class while I was having my dinner, the stroke struck her. It took a long time for me to get over her death. I really feel for you, buddy. My prayers to you and your family.
Thanks to all of you. I don't know if anyone would be interested, but I have her obit on my PC so I thought I would share, to give people an idea of who she was. Lillian Beatrice Trapp August 11, 1916 – July 9, 2005 Lillian Trapp entered into the Kingdom of Heaven on July 9, 2005. She passed away peacefully in her own beautiful home in Brookside, the community she loved. She is now reunited for eternity with her husband Alfred Trapp. They were married for fifty-four years at the time of Al’s death in 1991. Lillian was born in Kansas City, Missouri on August 11, 1916. During World War II she was secretary to the Naval Commander in Norfolk, Virginia, where Al was stationed. In 1951 Al and Lillian moved to Stockton where Al was chief electrician for the American Can Company. They built their home on Benjamin Holt Drive and lived there for forty years, raising their twin daughters, Sherry and Sandy. Lillian retired from Lincoln Unified School District after thirty-three years of service. She was the office manager and secretary to the principal at Lincoln Senior Elementary School. Generations of students, parents, and teachers loved her beautiful smile and her patient and caring ways. She was a wonderful mother and was active in all of her daughters’ activities. She was a Camp Fire Girls leader, a mother counselor at Camp Minkalo, Secretary of Job’s Daughters Bethel #277, and was an enthusiastic member of the cheering section at Sacramento State College where her daughters were songleaders for two years. Lillian was an active and loving grandmother to her four grandsons, Ty, Chance, Shane, and Heath. She gave them the love of the ocean and spent many wonderful years with them at the family beach house in Seacliff. Lillian loved her travels to Europe and Hawaii with Al and enjoyed taking her grandsons on many cruises. Lillian donated many hours of service to St. Joseph’s Hospital as a Pink Lady. She made many friends exercising at the St. Joseph’s Fitness Center and the Sherwood Mall Walkers. She was a past member of the Brookside Country Club, the California Educator’s Association, and Lincoln Presbyterian Church. Lillian is survived by her twin daughters Sandy Wilding and Sherry McCurry, her son-in-law, Richard McCurry, her four grandsons Ty and Heath Wilding, Chance and Shane McCurry, and her two sister-in-laws Hazel Mann and Thelma Keck. Memorial contributions may be made in her behalf to: Shriner’s Hospital for Children 2425 Stockton Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95817 Thanks again everyone.
I hope that I go out after eating my favorite ice cream brought to me by my grandson. That "little" errand made her last moments last her through out eternity. My prayers to you and yours.
