LYNN DIED

 Well it is hard to imagine Mary Ann without Lynn.  It is Saturday and my brother Lynn died at 4am on May 22nd from many things but it was congestive heart failure that took him in the end.
Mary Ann of course is Lynn's wife and it all started with Pneumonia.  Maybe it started long ago with how we take care of ourselves.  He didn't and his rheumatoid arthritis was so debilitating.
I wish Mary Ann all the best but she doesn't take care of herself either.  Heavy smokers they are and were.  She is as thin as a rail.  She can't weigh 100#.

I went home this time on Monday, I try to be low key and helpful to Mary Ann but what a pain I must be.  At least to her.  We did meet and pick out some music other than "There is a Tear in My Beer".
Lynn is in a giant Budweiser Beer bottle and that is appropriate because he was a fixture at "Bubba's".
In fact we left the funeral home and we went two doors down to "Bubba's" to toast Lynn and even the Pastor went and toasted Lynn with a coke.  It really was the thing to do.
 We invited family out to Mark's for sandwiches after.  It went well, I had an opportunity to visit with cousins that I don't see often.

Heidi and I also went to see Uncle Don, Stanley's brother and he is it.  Everyone else of his generation is gone and he will be 90 on July 27th.  A big celebration coming.
Everyone gone on Mom's side.  It was wonderful to see my cousin Pam and her friend Jim.  Her daughter is getting married at end of June.  She will make a beautiful bride.  It was fun to see classmates.  I saw Darrel and Patty Muhl, I hadn't see Darrel since his stroke.  Wonderful Nancy and Lynn drove all the way up from Minneapolis.  I talked to Alma and her husband.  I called him John.  Silly girl, that was Alma's late husband.  Apologized.
So good to see cousins Bruce & Friend Connie, Sheila and her husband and of course Glen and Wife Patty.  My Dad's sister Myrtle's kids were there.  Talked to Marquita and Perry and Kay and his
friend and can't for the life of me remember her name.  It was too wonderful to see sister in law Ruth with her husband Ken and of course Roger's son Jimmy.

I am sure I missed people but we have a small family  and I missed mentioning sister Sonja who flew in from Arizona.  She and I shared a room at Brother Marks and sister Heidi and Pat stayed at a hotel in Marshall.  Mark has the perfect place for gathering and we got to spend time with Mark's son Jason and his wife Tara and the 4 kids.  Mark's girlfriend Jean had to work a lot but what a wonderful person.  Fun to get to know her better and I wish I would have got her together with Lynn from Biwabik.  Lynn knew the Gislason's so well because of her late husband Lyle.

Lynn Rekkedahl, 74, passed away on Thursday, May 22, 2014, at his residence in Minneota, under the care of Prairie Home Hospice.
A memorial service was to be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at Rehkamp-Horvath Funeral Home in Minneota.
A private burial will be held at a later date.  read entire story. . . .