My mom called me yesterday morning and told me that my Grandmother had passed around 3:30AM. She seems to have passed peacefully with several of her children present. Thank you to everyone who has been praying for her during this final period of her life. Prayers were certainly answered.

So this evening I write this from Youngstown, OH, our half-way point back to Illinois. We’ve stayed in this same hotel three times now I think.

It sounds like Grandma’s children are putting together a wonderful meaningful visitation and funeral mass. I’ll find out more details tomorrow when we arrive. The funeral home asked that they put together a collection of items from Grandma’s life that were meaningful to her. I’ve never heard of doing that before, but it sounds like they are putting together a great selection of items from her home.

Well, thank you again for the prayers. I’ll write more later this week after the visitation and funeral.