Word came while we were in Ottawa that Emi’s husband Alan F. Flynn Jr. passed away on August 30, 2017. Mom and Dad wanted to go to the funeral service for Al, so Carolyn and I drove them down via John and Reiko’s in Reston, VA (outside Washington, DC). Mo flew in from Vancouver to Reiko’s only to realize later from his daughter that it was another 8 hour drive to Asheville, NC.

We left Saturday morning and drove to Reiko’s and then left from there Sunday morning for Asheville. That night Emi took us out for dinner at Travina Italian Kitchen.

Kathy Lester, Emi, Dad and Mom.

The waiter took a picture for us.

The service was Labour Day Monday. It was held at St Giles Chapel which is on the grounds of the Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community. Before the service Mo, Alan, Reiko and John.

After the service, Emi took us out for lunch to 131 Main. Here are Dad, Sarah, her son Koji and Mom. They had to leave early, Sarah to get back to San Jose and Koji to George Washington University in DC.

Alan, Jill, Jessica, Lyndsay (back row), John, Reiko, Mom, Mo, and Dad.

John, Jessica, Alan, Matthew and Mo.

Mo and John testing their oxygen levels with Dad’s oxygen meter.

On Tuesday morning we started the drive back to John and Reiko’s in Reston, VA. We stopped at the scenic outlook in Tennessee just across the North Carolina border.

Dad was keeping watch for John and Reiko to pass.

My selfie with Dad.