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source: James Baur collection

This is from Aunt Marvels funeral remembrance card. It was a nice funeral. Her kids made a special effort of placing flowers on their parent's tomb stone and cleaning up Grandma Hannah Jaus' marker, placing a single rose on it. That was neat. We did a cemetary walk and visited the graves of those relatives who have met Jesus before us.

Margaret and John also did something special for us cousins. Many remember walking to her home on a hot day to get a cold drink. The drinks were served in Aunt Marvel's "special" aluminum glasses. Each cousin was given a special gift of an aluminum drinking glass. I couldn't believe how many memories those glasses prompted! Very neat!

Claire sent flowers from us Baur kids. She made it special by having the bouquet arranged around a large red rose in memory of Mom and seven red flowers representing us kids. Very nicely done, Claire Doelger.

There is a lot of family history in St. Peter's church. It has been the center of Jaus and related family members since it's beginnings in 1879. Numerous family baptism's, confirmations, weddings, and funerals have taken place there.

Great-grandpa Baur preached the day they laid the cornerstone of their new building. It was a humbling experience to stand where so many have gone before. St. Peter's is certainly a large part of the Great Heritage our ancestors left us.

There is so much which could be written about Aunt Marvel. She was the last of the "Greatest Generation" in my family line to die. Her death caused me to reflect on Mom's death. Mom's death was turning the page to a new chapter. Aunt Marvel's death was closing the book.

Much has been said over the years about the strong resemblance Mom shared with Aunt Marvel. Even Facebook was fooled. When I loaded the picture, Facebook "tagged" Aunt Marvel's picture as "Lyla Baur."