...mixed emotions...

...mixed emotions...

Dad

 a son's first hero - a daughter's first love3 yrs ago today - April 29, 2007

- my dad, Henry Wesley Bowman -

alias 'Grandpa Weco' - passed away...

Seems like forever ago but then again feels like yesterday...

I still miss him and yet he will always be a part of me...

he taught me, influenced me, loved me...

he left a great legacy for his 10 children

(actually 21--he treated the spouses as his own children),

47 grandchildren, and 12 (to date) great-grandchildren...

(...did I count right?)

- Mom with children & spouses -

Dad -'Grandpa Weco' is our connection to 'the colonies'...

...a place that will always be special in our hearts...

...a place that we will always refer to as 'down home'...

Here are some photos that I took at the funeral:

hat...wallet...shirt...boots - Dad's 'working entities'

- 'memory table' -

sorry this is so fuzzy...

(Does anyone have a better one??)

...some grandkids helping out...

...at the cemetery...

- Henry Wesley ('Weco') Bowman -                                                          ...loving husband, father, son & friend...

Thanks to the Dublan Ward and our extended family for their aid and support at this emotional time...much food and help with the funeral will ever be appreciated...
         Special personal thanks to Bishop 'Pancho' and Cathy Hatch for hosting my family and the many other 'things' (funeral and burial arrangements - food - soft beds - etc.)   also...thanks for being a good friend to mom over the years...good friends and family are indeed  treasures...