The End is the Beginning and Joining the Blog-wagon

So I have been gonna write a Blog for a LONG time but here we go. I am joining the Blog-Borg or Blog-A-Demic or really the Blog-Wagon.
An obituary is not a completion of life. I have never been an obit reader, either you are or are not. It is just like beets and Julia Roberts, you like them or not, you do or you don’t.
This is the beginning of my BLOG. Unfortunately it is the end of a woman’s life. Not just a woman, it was my husband’s mother. Today (well, yesterday, May 22) we had a graveside of sorts for Joe’s mother today. JP gave a prayer for our family and his Grandmother. We all had a few fun stories to tell about her. Present, the in town locals: Joe, me, my Mother, John, Jamie, Heidi, JP, Stephani, Lucille, Bobby, JoDelene, Barbara and Lucille’s daughters Karen and Chris.
We all got together after at our house too for something to “chew on” (a Louise-ism) and look through her many photo albums. See my pictures at my FlickR pics, search people for mrsjwd9.
Joe’s number ONE fan was his mother. She was always proud. Every story I have heard of her was about her support of him. I loved to hear him on the phone talking to her on the phone.
I invite you to read just a tidbit of what her grand children have written about her on the obituary guestbook on the Salt Lake City Tribune (published 5/18/08).
My daughter “Little” Jen (ok STEP-daughter) wrote in her Blog about how wonderful her Grandma Dillier was and how I am in training. Well I have a long way to go. The woman was the best Grandma ever! She was always sending birthday cards with money, Christmas cards with cash (or gift certificate and cherry cordials. But it can’t be defined just by those instances of events. Hell, her photos are all in albums and are labeled and I have just begun!
Louise was a great woman I wrote her obituary, to follow below. Don’t expect much. I kept it cheap, you know, under 500 clams. Newspapers and funeral homes are a rip. BTW - Sorry if you are offended with anything I write. I can’t be responsible for my need for true expression. I guess that is a little why my husband likes me. I am a lot like his mother. I tell it like it is. She always let you know when she didn’t like your hair style but at the same time was self critical like any woman. She was an artist in my opinion. She was damn good Mother and Grandma. Maybe she wasn’t perfect, but she was true to being herself and not budging on not being anything but.
Gaila “Louise” Dillier
Born October 18, 1923 in Osgood, Missouri – Died May 14, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Louise is preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Earl and Marie Long; her husband, Joseph Dillier, Sr.; and her daughter, Anna Marie Dillier-Davis.
She is survived by her siblings, Lucille Bianchi, Robert Long, JoDelene Nielson, and Barbara Christensen; her children, Charles (Joyce), Gary (Tonya), and Joseph, Jr. (Jennifer); 11 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.
Her collections and stuffed animal creations will be treasured and fondly remembered. We will truly miss her “tell you straight” approach to life.
Louise’s courageous struggle with Alzheimer’s has ended. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Interment at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Garden of the Roses Mausoleum.