The Thursday before Christmas my sweet Grandma Lemley passed away rather suddenly. We were devastated and frankly still are. Her funeral was the Saturday after Christmas, so Friday we headed down to California. My parents were able to rent a 15 passenger van and we all loaded up together for the trip down. 6 parents, 3 babies, 2 young adults, 3 teenagers and an eleven year old in one big car!! It was actually a lot of fun and the kids did amazingly well!! Weather on the way down was bad, so what should have been a 3 1/2 hour drive to St George took us 5 1/2 hours. We got to CA late that evening, had the service on Saturday and headed home Sunday!!
The service was nice... I think Grandma would have been pleased. Danny and Kevin gave beautiful prayers, my uncle Brian spoke, my Mom spoke, my Dad conducted and offered some remarks and I sang with my brother David and sister Katy. We sang "Barrowd Angels" which is on the playlist right now....listen to the song. It describes my Grandma perfectly!!
I miss my Grandma so much! I was going down the end of the month to visit and show Tessa off. I am sad that she will never get to see her....but Tessa now has a guardian Angel. I was the oldest grandkid on my dad's side, so my Grandma and I have always been close. I will always remember her positive outlook on life, her desire to learn and her giggle! My Grandma had a not so ideal life from start to finish, but she never complained and she was one of the most selfless people I know. She was a wonderful Grandma!! She taught me so much about how to appreciate life and I feel so blessed to have had her as my Grandma.
Rose Marie Velker Lemley
Four generations: My Grandpa Lemley, my Daddy, me and Tessa-we luckily got a four generation picture with Adam and both my granparents a while back.
Grandpa Lemley, Dad, my brother Danny and his son Ares
My cute Grandpa Lemley
My cousin Kate
The service was nice... I think Grandma would have been pleased. Danny and Kevin gave beautiful prayers, my uncle Brian spoke, my Mom spoke, my Dad conducted and offered some remarks and I sang with my brother David and sister Katy. We sang "Barrowd Angels" which is on the playlist right now....listen to the song. It describes my Grandma perfectly!!
I miss my Grandma so much! I was going down the end of the month to visit and show Tessa off. I am sad that she will never get to see her....but Tessa now has a guardian Angel. I was the oldest grandkid on my dad's side, so my Grandma and I have always been close. I will always remember her positive outlook on life, her desire to learn and her giggle! My Grandma had a not so ideal life from start to finish, but she never complained and she was one of the most selfless people I know. She was a wonderful Grandma!! She taught me so much about how to appreciate life and I feel so blessed to have had her as my Grandma.
Rose Marie Velker Lemley
Four generations: My Grandpa Lemley, my Daddy, me and Tessa-we luckily got a four generation picture with Adam and both my granparents a while back.
Grandpa Lemley, Dad, my brother Danny and his son Ares
My cute Grandpa Lemley
My cousin Kate 
