Earl passed away at approximately 1:00 a.m. this morning, February 3, We haven't had time to make funeral arrangements or anything. I will post them when I know.
I am so sorry to hear about Earl. He will be greatly missed. Can you just imagine him meeting Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and the pioneers! I'm sure he has a huge grin on his face. He will be a great missionary in the spirit world.
You've lost your spouse and partner but you are never alone in this life. Karen, we love you and your family and we are here for you. May God be with you and sustain you durring this time of grief.
Oh Karen, I'm so sorry. Earl is finally out of pain but now Mary and you must chart a whole new course. Time flies by so quickly and in the blink of an eye, from an eternal perspective, you will be re-united. We're still praying for you.
Karen and Mary, 10th Warders have been keeping us posted on how Earl had been doing. We are so sorry for his passing- he will definitely be missed. We wish you two the very best!
Earl and I met December 1997. He had moved to Salt Lake City during the summer that year. He participated in the wagon train that re-enacted the Mormon Pioneers coming to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847.
We met at Deseret Village. I was a volunteer in the village and we were re-enacting Christmas 1857. We were doing first person interpretation. My job was to be living in a small cabin (Gardiner)baking gingerbread cookies on a wood board in front of a fire. I had one problem. I can’t bake without measuring my ingredients. I couldn’t make the dough!
Anyway, the coordinator for the program was trying to play match-maker. Earl is a baker by trade and knew just how to make the dough by eye-balling the quantities of the ingredients. So she sent him over to my cabin. Now we just needed a story. We were living in a cabin in 1857. Co-habiting in Mormon country was just not done so we had to come up with a story. The easiest: We were a married couple! So I guess you could say that we were married before we had even dated.
We had our first official date on New Year's Eve. We dated for a year before we got engaged. We finally got married 9/9/99. Our family began.
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I am so sorry to hear about Earl. He will be greatly missed. Can you just imagine him meeting Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and the pioneers! I'm sure he has a huge grin on his face. He will be a great missionary in the spirit world.
You've lost your spouse and partner but you are never alone in this life. Karen, we love you and your family and we are here for you. May God be with you and sustain you durring this time of grief.
Oh Karen, I'm so sorry. Earl is finally out of pain but now Mary and you must chart a whole new course. Time flies by so quickly and in the blink of an eye, from an eternal perspective, you will be re-united. We're still praying for you.
Paris
Karen,
Know that you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers. And please let us know what we can do to help you through this difficult time.
Karen and Mary, 10th Warders have been keeping us posted on how Earl had been doing. We are so sorry for his passing- he will definitely be missed. We wish you two the very best!
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