In Memoriam

Yesterday, in honor of Memorial Day, my sister and nephew went to the Urbank cemetery to place crab apple blossoms on the graves of our ancestors. Mass was going on at the Sacred Heart Church so we had to be quiet as we searched for the grave site of Frank and Gertrude Suchy. I thought the grave would be in the far quadrant but no, it was closer. We had to walk to the far side of the cemetery to search because almost all the names face that way. We laid one sprig for Frank and another one for Gertrude. We laid one on Aunt Marie's grave and another on Aunt Lorraine's grave. All these graves already were adorned with flowers so someone is watching over them. The last sprig was for Uncle Leo who died just this year. Uncle Leo had a big stone with room for Aunt Helen (still alive) and Cousin Tommy. There was a wreath over Tommy's portion of the stone but I am sure that was for Uncle Leo's benefit. Attached to the circle of flowers was a tin of Copenhagen.