Thursday, January 15, 2009

Pawpaw


It is a sad time for Cole family right now, as Avonlea Jane's great-grandfather, Pawpaw, passed away this week from terminal cancer. While we are grieving the loss of such a humorous, outspoken, and high-spirited grandfather, we are comforted by our wonderful memories. In this last year alone, Pawpaw celebrated his fiftieth wedding anniversary, the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of one of his sons, and the births of two great-granddaughters. Our family has been remarkably blessed, and we are so fortunate that we were able to travel to Indiana so that he could meet Avonlea Jane.
(above photo, Pawpaw with grandson Brandon)
How we will always remember Pawpaw, smiling and dancing:

(Pawpaw with his daughter Tori, mother, and grandson Justin and his wife Liz)

(Pawpaw and Mawmaw with us on our wedding day after they danced a solo anniversary dance for having been married the longest out of all of our guests)

He will be missed.

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