"God be with you till we meet again.."

Jan. 30th was the one month mark of Pap's funeral. Pap Pap passed away a few days before Christmas and had the funeral services on December 30, 2009. Pap was the second great grandparent I had lost since his wife, grandma, passed away in 1999. After grandma died he had a really hard time "getting on with life." He started to get more grumpy and grumpy as the days went on. Partially because he was in a lot of pain. After being in the hospital for almost a month he decided it was time to go. Pap passed away on December 23, 2009. 


It was such a bitter sweet Christmas. It was on of the first in many that we didn't have Pap's in the Christmas picture. But.. some of my favorite things about Pap were: 

• Birthday Cards -- every single year we got a birthday card. He always remembered each and every one of our birthday's -- even mom and dad's! 
• Silver Dollar Pancakes -- (i get all teared up just thinking about them) Pap used to LOVE to make us grandkids (great grandkids) silver dollar pancakes! They were soo yummy!
• "Ladies Scream.." -- For a while Pap only had great grand daughters. Boy, oh boy, did he LOVE us! He used to love showing us off to all his friends or anyone we passed in the casinos. He used to love to take us to the Show Boat. While we were in the bowling ally he would say "LADIES SCREAM!" following those two simple words came the wails for 4/5 screaming girls! Pap would laugh so hard. It used to make us all smile. 
• War Stories -- As I got older one of the more tender things Pap shared with me were his memories of Pearl Harbor and being in the service. I could listen to him for hours upon hours. It was the best kind of history! 

On a deeper note ... Pap passed away only 6 months before my wedding. One of the things I wanted the most was to have Pap at my wedding. I would have been the first and only great grandchild that Pap would have been to their wedding... Although Pap is gone.. he'll still be in our hearts forever. 


Save a dance for me in Heaven. I love you Pap. 

William H. Berger

Missy - Pap - Emily - Sam 

1996

Sam & Pap

2008