Where the Past and the Present Collide . . .

Where do the Past and Present Collide?

At a funeral for an 89-year-old man.

A brother-in-law.

An enigmatic soul.
That's where.

It's a little disorienting.

Dizzying, really.

Meshing time;

personas;

change.

Keenan, Shirley, Jeanette, Jolene (DeMoin's oldest daughter), Verla, Carol, Amy J.

Shirley, Carol Lee, Jeanette, Lucy 1942

Verla 1947
Shirley made her bonnet.

Jeanette, Shirley, Lucy. Front, Verla, Mama, Carol 1960 

  A $10,000 (unless they were jesting) Cedar Casket,
built by our cousin, Osa Figgins's son.

Carol was talking to DeMoin's cousin, Scott, telling him
she remembered when he fixed DeMoin and Lucy's furnace while we were there.
"I didn't fix it," Scott replied, and pointing to me, said,
"her husband did."

 Effie, another daughter.

Jolene and Effie were with their dad 24-7 for the last five weeks of his life.

Lucy and Mama; Effie and Brent West Layton 1965

 Shirley & Keenan

 Jolene with Effie's daughter, Krista, and her son, Hudson.

Jolene 1951

Jeanette, Verla, Carol, Juanita, and Lynn 

Jeanette, Lynn James, Shirley, Verla, Carol Lee Cedar Mountain 1951

 . . .with Amy Jayne

Amy Jayne, Brent, and Keenan at the cabin. 1966

 Dale Sorensen at his brother's casket.
An older sister, Earlene, and older brother LaDru
were also there.
The three boys were never called LaDru, DeMoin or Dale.
They were "Duke", "Deak", and "Doc".
Earl, a twin to Earlene, was just Earl, named after their dad.

 Dale and Margaret with their daughter, Jeanette 1959

 Lynn, Juanita, Donna Chamberlain Graf and Jeanette

Juanita and Donna were classmates at Valley.

Donna is my Forever Friend (and cousin).

Donna in high school 1954

DeRay, Jeanette, Juanita coming in from visiting Lynn at the herd. 1957

Lynn playing football in high school.  1948

Lynn, Jerry, DeLoy Orderville 1940

DeLoy, Jerry, Lynn with Mama 1960

 Verla, Roma, Carol, and Art Tait.

Verla, Roma, Carol and Lana Gale. 1960

YEA VALLEY; YEA HIGH; YEA YEA VALLEY HIGH.

Junior Varsity Cheerleaders. Counterclockwise: Roma, Verla, Verda, Lenise 1961
High School Cheerleaders: Verla, Cashe, Lenise 1964

 The mortician, Dennis Mosdell talking to Donna, Lynn and Juanita.

Dennis married our cousin.
Did I mention that the bishop is our double-first cousin's grandson?
Robert Cox, son of Bill and Myrna Cox.
Bill is the son of Amy Esplin and Charlie Cox.

 Grandchildren and great grandchildren singing

Families can be together forever

Lucy and DeMoin have 91 posterity.
"Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them;. ."
By contrast, we have 13.

We each had five children.

Jeanette Sorensen Esplin and Jeanette Esplin Hugh 
This is the first time I've seen her,
since I held her as a baby.

Jeanette holding Jeanette 1960

Jeanette Sorensen married our cousin Tim Esplin;

so there has been a Jeanette Esplin in Orderville 

with only a few years break for at least 80 years.

Yes, she was named after me

but they never told her

so what good did it do?

In loving memory of DeMoin Sorensen

born April 24, 1928 in Mt. Carmel, Utah; 
died May 12, 2017, in Cedar City, Utah.

The Cedar City Equestrian Pointe Ward Relief Society

prepared a meal for 180 people after the service
before the burial in Orderville.