Grandma's Funeral

 My sweet Grandma "O" passed away recently.

I'm not great with words so this will be mostly pictures but I will copy what I posted on Instagram about her...
"She was rock solid and a valiant servant of Christ.  Grandma was Canadian, a candy maker, a farmer's wife, a seamstress and a musician.  I will remember her yellow Canadian roses, making owl cookies with her in the fall, her devotion to her family, driving up the canyon with her and Grandpa to look at the autumn leaves, her bright, sunny kitchen with a blooming Hoya plant and her quiet way of going about in the service of others."

My aunt Valerie had found 5 necklaces among Grandma's things and had us 5 granddaughters each choose one before the funeral.

The granddaughters and a grandson's wife and my brother Jo's girlfriend sang "I am a Child of God" for the service.  Here we are practicing beforehand. 

I accompanied my dad and two brothers on the piano while they sang an arrangement of I Know that My Redeemer Lives.  About 5 minutes before they sang I realized I had the beginnings of a migraine.

I don't get them often, maybe once a year or so.  When I had migraines in my younger days I would have the bad vision and then end up with an awful headache.  For the last several years though I just get the funny vision.  I won't complain about that but this was awful timing!  How was I going to accompany without being able to see the music well?  I prayed really hard and was somehow able to play.  I had to try and look at the music indirectly as the spotty vision was right in the center.  I was just so grateful it didn't end up causing any problems.

Two of my honorary pallbearers...

The Relief Society prepared a wonderful meal for the family afterward...

***Sidenote...

I grew up calling her Grandma "O."... short for Olsen.

When Ben was younger and beginning to form his own little language he picked up on that and began calling all of his grandmas simply, "O".