Sept. 1: The details of the funeral and visitation are as follows:
A visitation will take place on Thursday, September 6, 2007 at Bethel Lutheran Church, 312 Wisconsin Ave. from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. with a prayer service at 6:00 p.m. Mom has been a long-time member of Bethel. It’s the beautiful church where I was married.
Mom’s funeral will take place on Friday, September 7, 2007 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 5001 N. Sherman Ave., at 10:00 a.m. A time for visiting with family will take place prior to the funeral from 9-10 am. Although she was not Catholic, Mom has attended mass at St. Peter’s with Dad weekly for decades. Father Roger will be officiating the celebration, and there will be a time to share memories about Mom during the service.
Details about burial location and and luncheon plans are still being determined. We’re also hoping to create an opportunity for people to get together on Thursday evening after the visitation/prayer service. Stay tuned for details.
We’ve just completed what I can only summarize as a dreadful meeting with the funeral home to determine all the arrangements for Mom’s funeral and visitation. Ryan Funeral Homes was a great help, and the conversations we had were all collaborative and productive, but I think all of us felt slightly destroyed inside by having to make these kinds of decisions about our mommy.