Honoring our Loved Ones

Decorating graves has always been a tradition in my life for as long as I can remember. As a child we visited my grandparents graves in Morgan, Utah. We made a whole day of it by decorating the graves and taking a picnic to Como. Kind of a resort in Morgan. We swam with our cousins and just had a nice day. This is a picture of me at my parents grave in the East Lawn Memorial. I miss them so much and I'm glad I can carry on the tradition with my children and now my grandchildren. We pay our respects to those that we love and miss.

The Orem City Cemetery had a beautiful service in the morning of Memorial Day. The weather was rainy but it didn't stop people from coming. In the next picture they had a Black Hawk helicopter fly in that had an Orem City Paramedic that is in the Service. They were there to honor all the veterans. The kids got a big kick out of that watching the helicopter fly in and blow us away. What a hair raising experience and an honor it was to see all of this in honor of our service men and women who have sacraficed their lives for our country.

Here's a picture of Rog and Brayden and Daxton decorating their father and mother and great grandfather and great grandmas graves on Memorial Day 2008. The cemetery looked so beautiful. I'm so happy that the boys enjoyed going with us.

It was so crazy. One day when I was looking for my good friend, Margaret Clays headstone in the Provo Cemetery I came across my Grandpa and Grandma Lee's grave. They are my fathers parents. I maybe visited their grave a few times when I was a small child so I was so happy to have found these. My grandfather passed away when I was just a small child so I never really knew him. They are just a few steps away from my friends grave so now I can visit theirs at the same time.

Russell E. Lee was my fathers brother. He passed away in 1945. I wasn't born when he was alive but I remember my father talking about him. He is burried close to my friend Margaret Clay in the Provo Cemetery.

Dan Carly's headstone is right next to my parents at the East Lawn Memorial. Danny was my brotherinlaw. Married to my sister Geri. He died of cancer in 2000.

My Aunt Mildred passed away in 2004. She was my moms sister and she's burried just a few yards away from my parents. My Uncle Milt will be burried by her side when he passes away. I have such fond memories of the Johnson family. We were always together on holidays etc. Aunt Mildred was a very elegant and beautiful woman.

My very special friend Margaret(Peggy) Clay passed away in 2005. I worked with Peggy for about 17 years at the hospital. She was like a second mother to me and I loved her very much. She was such an icon at our hospital. Each year I take flowers to her grave which is at the Provo City Cemetery.