Our family is heading down to Charles City, Iowa, today for visitation for Rosalie's Uncle Elmer, who was also her godfather. He passed away on Friday after a long struggle with cancer. We'll be driving there and back all in one day as we don't want the boys to miss school tomorrow, so we'll miss the funeral Monday, but at least we will be able to be there today for Rosalie's aunt, her mom, and the rest of Elmer's family.
I didn't know Elmer that well, having only seen him sporadically over the past 14 years that I've known her family. He always struck me as a wonderful, soft-spoken gentleman with a twinkle of humor and mischievousness in his eyes. He and Rosalie's dad were great friends and he loved Rosalie as the daughter he never had. He was like a second father to her and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
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