Grandpa Law's Funeral

Trevor, Dayton and Cado walking to the church. (Trevor is still getting ready.)

The Bowler's and Dagupan's drove from Arizona to be here. They are pretty much adopted into the family!

All the grandson's wore grandpa's ties. Then they all took them home. That pretty much wiped out his supply.

Grandpa's ties.

Grandpa Law wanted the grandkids to sing "Love At Home" in Spanish. Here they are practicing. They actually sounded pretty authentic :)

The boys waiting to carry Grandpa's casket.

Grandma and Dani.

The girls.

Dave, Amy and Steve.

Steve, Wendi and Bob.

The girl cousins got to ride in the limo with Grandma.

Grandpa Law's Viewing

Dave and Bob came down for Grandpa's viewing. That was very sweet.

The grandkids with Grandpa's picture of him waving goodbye on the porch. It was one of his last pictures and it was perfect.

Dayton, Evan and Packie.

Cado.

Kelly and his girlfriend Amy. She is sweet.

Grandpa's wreath.

The sign in book.

Flowers from Utah State University.

Maddie, Mariah and Abbie got bored so they became the greeters at the door. As people entered and exited they happily greeted them and said, "We hope you had a great time!" Some people reacted kind of funny to that statement :)

Here is the tribute to our missionaries who are currently serving missions and were not able to be here.

They decided to brand Grandpa's casket with the flying V brand. It has been in the family for a very long time.

Hum, it smelled authentic.

After the branding was done, smoke started coming out of the casket. There was silence, and then a quick opening of the top and a big pillar of smoke came puffing out. Fortunately, nothing was burning and Grandpa was o.k. In fact, he probably was laughing in heaven at his silly family!

Steve is showing the dirt that Grandpa had requested be buried with him.

Grandpa Law's Obituary

Wesley Ruane Law

Condolences

Wesley Ruane Law, age 82, passed away peacefully in his home in Orangeville, Utah surrounded by family members on 5 June 2011, after a valiant battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was born 27 April 1929 in MacLean, Carbon, Utah to Guy Wesley Law and Vada Worthen. He was the oldest of four children. His sister was Ruby Mae and his brothers are Sherald of Price and Lamont of Orangeville. Wes graduated from South Emery High School. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Northern California. Following his missionary service he served his country in the army during the Korean War. He attended Brigham Young University and graduated from there with a Bachelors and Masters Degree. While at BYU he met and married Joyce Johnson from Harlem, Montana. They were sealed in the Idaho Falls Temple on 6 August 1956. They have six children: Lorie (Gary) Lemmons of South Jordan, UT; Dallin (Janice) of Gilbert, AZ; Sandra (Doug) Huntington of Orangeville, UT; David (Shirlene) of Roosevelt, UT; Wendi (Bob) Berger of Grand Blanc, MI and Steven of Salt Lake City, UT. He loved and was so proud of their 24 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Wes taught seminary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 33 years. His first four years he taught in Ogden, UT – one year at Ben Lomond High School and three years at the State Industrial School. He taught 29 years at Emery County High School, San Rafael Jr. High School and Canyon View Jr. High School. He loved teaching the gospel and loved the kids he taught. He served in a bishopric at BYU and in Ogden. He was a counselor in the Emery Stake Presidency, then was stake president of Castle Dale Utah Stake. He served as a patriarch in Castle Dale Utah Stake. He has touched many lives in Emery County teaching people in seminary for 29 years, then being their stake president, then giving their children patriarchal blessings. Wes will be remembered for his genuine love and concern for people and for his sense of humor. After retirement he served with his wife, Joyce, on three missions for the LDS Church – one in Argentina, Buenos Aires South; the second in India, Bangalore; and the third in Philippines, San Pablo. Wes’ greatest enjoyment after the Church, family and teach was farming. At age 82 he was still feeding a few cows. A viewing will be held Wednesday, June 8 at 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home at 620 North Main Street, Huntington, Utah. The funeral will be Thursday, June 9 at 11:00 a.m. at the Orangeville 2nd Ward Chapel at 45 West 100 South in Orangeville, Utah. A viewing prior to the funeral will be held from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers the family would encourage donations to the LDS Missionary Fund or Perpetual Education Fund.

June 5, 2011 Grandpa Law Passes Away

Grandpa Law passed away at 11:10 on June 5, 2011. It was a beautiful fast Sunday morning. We knew that he was very close to leaving the night before. We were blessed to witness special miracles before he left ! We were not there a week ago, but many family members were able to be a part of Grandpa's last teaching moment. He had been incoherent for a few days prior, but Saturday he had an hour and a half of teaching while his loved ones listened. He described roads and engineers and entrances and exits. In that description he told the family that engineers prepare the roads and the signs so that we will be safe as we travel. If we follow the signs we will get to our destination safely. Then, he compared that to the gospel and said that we have all of the signs and guides that we need to get to our heavenly destination safely. In his conclusion he said, "The gospel is easy; you just do what is right!" What a great lesson.

When we arrived on June 4th, Grandpa was in a hospital bed in the living room. He hadn't been eating that day and he could not talk. When we came in though and Grandma told him that we were there, he raised his hands and made some noise. That was his way of telling us hello and that he knew we were there. What a blessing. We stayed around him, rubbed his hands, Dave put lotion on his feet and we talked to him. As the night progressed we could see his decline continuing. He could no longer take his medicine, but he didn't seem to be in a lot of pain as he had been before. Dave stayed up with him until 2 a.m. and then grandma stayed up the rest of the night. She called Wendi, Steve and Dallin and told them that they better come because she didn't know if Grandpa would make it til Monday. S

Steve had just gotten off of the river and he came immediately. He and Dallin drove through the night and arrived at 7:30 in the morning. Grandpa was very out of it by then, but another miracle happened as Steve walked in. Grandma told him that Steve was here and Grandpa moved his arms and mouth AGAIN! It was amazing! We cried and cried.

WE had decided to stay around Grandpa and have church there. We decided that we would sing "Love At Home" in Spanish because Grandpa wanted the grandkids to sing this at his funeral. Some of them had been practicing it. So, Grandma, Dave, Dallin, Steve, Me, Dayton, Cado and Roo sang it and I'm sure it was not pretty. However, we looked over and saw Grandpa's mouth moving as we sang. That was another miracle. We know he was with us.

After our little meeting, we went ahead and worked on making lunch. After a while, I looked over to see Steve sitting by Grandpa and I noticed that Grandpa's head was looking right at Steven and his eyes had opened. I told Grandma and we both looked at that special moment. Then Grandma noticed that Grandpa's color had turned very ashen. We went over to him and could tell that something was very different. A quiet came to the room and I motioned for the kids to come around and Dave ran downstairs and got Dallin. We all stood very still around Grandpa and watched as his breathing quietly ceased. Then we cried. Grandpa's spirit had just left his body, but I know he was very close. There was a peace and a great sorrow all together as we felt the impact of the moment.

I don't know that I ever expected to see someone die, nor did I expect that my children would experience this at such a young age. But what I think this experience actually brought was peace. Grandpa went gently and very quietly at the end. His poor body had given everything it could give in this mortal life.

His funeral will be on Thursday. Dave stayed in Orangeville and the kids and I came home. Dave and his siblings will spend this part of the week together and the families will join them on Wednesday for the evening viewing.

We got to talk to Bo on Sunday night and our prayers go out to the missionaries who are doing the work that grandpa would most love them to be doing, but we know that they will miss being here very much during this time. This makes teaching about the Plan of Salvation so much more real and personal now. They will be better missionaries for that and for the fact that they now have a special angel to help them. I know that Grandpa will be very near to each of us when we need him. We love the legacy of Grandpa Law. He left very big shoes to fill.