Loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend

 And THIS was Mom's JOY. 

Such a great looking group of Caspers.
 The funeral was wonderful.  Marnie and Jeni gave the eulogy (life sketch) and Jared gave a beautiful tribute to Mom.  The grand kids all sang "Army of Helaman"  and Senator Orrin Hatch spoke briefly also.  Apparently if a missionary passes away while serving on their mission, the Church sends a representative from the missionary department.  In this case, Elder Martino of the Seventy came and presided at the service.  He met with all of us before the viewing and the Stake President spoke to us as well.  It was awesome. 

All of the grandsons were pallbearers. The grand daughters were also pallbearers, but at the Church.  It was quite a sight.  It was a beautiful, warm, sunny, breezy day.  Mom's kind of weather.

A group of veterans came to the graveside service and honored Mom with a 21-gun salute.  They said they had never before done this for a civilian...a 21-gun salute is reserved for the military only.  Quite an honor.

Grandma's beautiful casket and flowers.

More awesome Caspers.

Just a few of my favorite people...Aiden, Chris and Alix Olsen.

The family was given the opportunity to write a little note to Grandma on the outside of her casket.  This was Papa's message to her. 

We were all blessed because we knew Grandma.  She was humble, kind, loving, loyal, accepting, generous, faithful, steadfast and immovable. We will miss Grandma's influence in our lives, but we are so happy that she is in a better place.  And we are comforted by the knowledge that we will see her again one day.