That was my day today. Yesterday we received news that Alan's Grandpa Vance Calder passed away yesterday morning after suffering a massive, though fortunately very quick stroke. He and his wife of 65 years this August were alone on a Mexican Rivera cruise at the time. He passed within a few minutes of the first pains of the stroke, so it was as painless of a death as one could hope for.
Right now Alan's uncle Steven is flying out to meet Grandma. He will board the ship, then they will travel to the next port, which is a larger port and is more able to accommodate them. Because he passed away on the ship, they do not have to have the Mexican government release his body, which is really fortunate.
His affairs are all in order. They have the headstone, casket, and plot all purchased, so our main concern at this time is getting his body back home. We will update when we find out more.
We love you Grandpa!
At our wedding in September of 2008
Whittling in the rain while camping in 2010.
Always the fisherman!
At the Flaming Gorge Dam in 2010 with Glissy and Ginger in tow.
At the BYU-San Diego game in 2011. Thank goodness BYU won!
I married into the family, and Vance always treated me as nothing short of a Granddaughter. Some of my fondest memories are of going camping with them, and watching him skunk us all in cards. We always figured that God was cheating for him. You could always count on Grandpa finding some old stick to whittle on at every camping trip, and you could follow his trail of wood shavings all over camp. He always used pet names like sweetie, honey, little lady, and beautiful, and somehow always managed to give me a kiss on the lips goodbye, no matter how much I tried to direct him to my cheek. ^_^ I fondly remember him going river rafting with us last summer, sitting proudly at the head of the boat, with Grandma beside him and Ginger wedged in between them.
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