Today we had to head up to Port Orchard after picking mom up. The funeral was at 1 pm and the truck "parade" was at 12:15. We wanted to get there around the time of the parade.
When we got to moms, we figured we had about 10 mins or so to kill. We sat and chatted for a little bit. Then we headed out. On the way we were notified there was an accident on the bridge and a disabled car on the road. Thank goodness it was cleared by the time we went across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It was a nice ride.
We arrived about 10 mins before the parade. We sat in the church and then was told the parade was coming. They brought Bert's truck and parked it. Then the other trucks drove passed the church. They all worked with Bert.
"Bert was a man of faith, and always tried to live out his life in a manner pleasing to the Lord. He was a member of Manchester Community Church while raising his family. He attended Bruley Bible Church for the last 41 years. He started up Bert Connell Trucking and a few years later, Burley Creek Trucking. He had a first self-loader logging truck on the Kitsap Peninsula. He continued to work in this industry, driving one of his log trucks until retiring on his 88th birthday in June of this year. Bert was always working, usually on his farm and restoring old cars. He was an excellent cook. In more recent years he enjoyed hunting with his brother Jerry at their sister Kathleen's ranch."
He lived all his life in Port Orchard WA. He and dad were close in age. They seemed to always get together and remember growing up. The Taylor family (of Albertus Taylor) were all very close. I don't think they ever didn't get together for some reason or another. I only knew some of them. A couple of them passed by the time I met the others. Milton was the oldest and lived the longest. Bert was the son of Alberta Taylor. She was my grandfather, Myron, Sr.'s, sister. They were close in age and spend a lot of time together. They even passed away 2 weeks apart with granddad passing last. That was March 17th, 1970.
We came back home by way of stopping at Red Lobster in Olympia. We all had a good time, if you can say that. After dropping mom off, we went to Safeway for a couple things and then came home. By that time,
I was tired and just played games. It wasn't time to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!
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