Grandpa...

My dear grandpa, Leonard Wayne Christensen, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. He was 94 years old and lived a long and productive life. He was definately a "go-getter" clear up until these last couple of years when he was to ill to get around. This is a picture of him and my grandma when they were younger. I love this picture. Grandma passed away about 13 years ago and Grandpa sure loved and missed her so much - I am sure they had a sweet reunion. We had his funeral today and everything was really nice. I was able to type up the Life Sketch for my mom for the funeral and it was neat to do so because I got to learn even more about him and his life.



This is Halloween 2006 (I kept forgetting to take my camera these last couple of years - so this is the most recent pic I have of him with our family). The boys would love to go see Grandpa on Halloween. He would talk about how neat their costumes were and would joke around with them. They say they remember him being funny and joking. I remember one time David had dressed up (like he is in this picture) for Halloween like a truck driver and had put a pillow around his waist and then the flannel over it and was wearing the hat with the wig and had put tootsie roll over some of his teeth and grandpa didn't know what to think. He kept saying - "Boy, your hair is sure getting long." and so on and just kept looking at him. For a long time after that he kept saying things like, "I'm sure glad you cut your hair." It was funny. Grandpa loved to be around family. We love and will miss you Grandpa.