Patricia Billups

We have had a week full of family so far.....but not under the best of circumstances. Nate's grandma Pat passed away in her sleep last Friday night/Saturday morning. If you have to go I guess in your sleep would be my choice too, but her passing was definitely unexpected and sudden. Everyone met at their farm to help rally around Jim (Nate's grandpa) and make decisions about the next few days. EVERYONE was there from Nate's family and we spent a lot of time together looking through pictures, cleaning, talking and sharing stories. Unfortunately Nate's aunt and 2 uncles were up in Door County on their last day of vacation when they got the news. Needless to say that was probably the longest drive ever. We are also heading up north tomorrow (Friday) so we had a lot to get done at work and home before we left! The visitation was Tuesday and the funeral was yesterday. Pat left a lot of great memories behind and we will miss her immensely. The service was beautiful and completely packed-a true testimony of what a great person/friend/mom/grandma/great grandma/wife she was! Nate along with his sister Meghan and their cousins were all paul bearers and myself, Nate's cousin's wife Emily and his other cousin's girlfriend Erin were the gift bearers (we presented Father with the communion bread and wine-I'm not catholic so I had no clue what that entailed until we were basically doing it). Anyway, it has been a very emotionally draining week. It just makes you remember to never take anything for granted. We were so thankful we had Nate's mustache birthday party the weekend before, which Pat attended and rocked an awesome mustache to boot! It was the last time most of us was with her and it made it so so special for everyone. Below is a pic of all the cousins/paul bearers and a link to her obit.

http://www.weertsfh.com/obituary.html?id=2278