***SIGH***

Work let me off to go to Dan's funeral. It was a nice service. I knew a lot of people there because they are (or were) also part of the King Soopers Family. Many people fulfilled the families wishes and wore Broncos or CSU apparel(me included). Dan's wife Regi and daughter Becki looked rather well all things considered. After the service I went to talk to Regi and was crying so hard and she seemed fine... but she told be it didn't seem real to her yet... and I understood that.

Dan's brother-in-law Jim (who was also my neighbor for a few years) gave a nice eulogy that included funny stories about Dan that I could picture so vividly in my mind. They played four songs: "Tears in Heaven" "The Dance" "When you Think of Me" "Amazing Grace" and "Go Rest High on That Mountain"

And a poem in the information hand out:

I'm Free

Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free
I'm following the path God laid for me,
I took His hand when I heard Him call
I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day
To laugh, to love, to work or play
Tasks left undone must stay that way
I found that place at the close of day

If my parting has left a void
Then fill it with remembered joy
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss
Ah, yes, these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow.
I wish you the sunshine od tomorrow.
My life's been full. I've savored much:
Good friends, good times,
A love one's touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all to brief:
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your heart and share with me.
God wanted me now
He set me free.

~Author Unknown