A Sad Trip

Last week we made a sad trip, driving to Liberal, Kansas, for a funeral.  The young 40-year-old woman, Kelly, who was our goddaughter, had died suddenly.  Kelly was the daughter of Charlie and Connie Bowman.  Charlie was a friend of John's since he was growing up in Castle Rock.  At that time, he had helped out at John's family's funeral home.  After college, John became a policeman in Boulder.  When Charlie finished school, he was a policeman for a while in a Denver suburb.  Later, he went to mortuary school and became a funeral director.  Kelly married Mike Hornung and they bought a funeral home in Liberal, and Charlie and Connie moved there, supporting the purchase and working in the business.  It is located in the town where Connie grew up.

After the funeral mass, Kelly was buried in the Restlawn Cemetery. 

                                       

After final comments from the priest, the family members each sprinkled some dirt on the casket.

 Funerals can be very difficult to attend.  They help us to be in touch with our grief and give us time with others in grief to express it and share memories.