Wil's new home, where our oversized rental barely fit in the driveway.	Barb in conversation w/ Wil's friend Stephanie	Wil sauteing for the feast	Wil has a huge dining table	Dad and son

Sunnyvale

On Friday we remained in Sunnyvale instead of returning to San Francisco.  We stayed at the hotel that had been chosen for the out-of-town attendees for Lara's reception.  The memorial gathering was held in a near-by mortuary at 1:00 PM on Saturday, and was attended by about 41 people.  Hank's friend Sean did a sensitive and masterful job of presiding. Siblings Wil and Nellie spoke.  Lara's mother Sigrid spoke.  I spoke.  Lara's dear friend Hank spoke.  Barb spoke.  Others spoke from their seats, including Hank's daughter Laura.  Afterwards, we retired to the hotel where there was a reception that featured videos of stills contributed by Hank and the family.  The videos were graciously assembled by Susan Tadewald, who is my niece and sister Zona's daughter. There was a buffet lunch that had been arranged by Wil and his executive assistant Zena.  The hotel was extremely accommodating, including letting us retain the use of the reception room after the reception was over.  Family members and Hank and Laura hung around into the evening, visiting and snacking on the remains of the buffet. 

As I have mentioned before, it is my intention to create for this blog a memorial page dedicated to Lara.  I will do so when I can face up to this emotional task.

Presider at the memorial: Sean	Wil and Nellie with their mother Sigrid	Nellie's daughter Jessie	Nellie's daughter Katie	Barb and son Jeff
Chuck's mother Evelyn	Chuck and Zona with mother Evelyn	Zona	Mom and Nancy Linderman Kernan	Nancy Linderman Kernan -- daughter of Mom's second cousin
Chuck and cousin Keith Schmidt	Keith and wife Linda	Keith's son Jeremy and his wife	Hank and daughter	Chuck's cousin Ken Bergh and his wife
Ron, husband of Chuck's cousin Cheryl	Sigrid's sister Sooz