ON MAY 10TH 2009 WE HONOURED A SON, BROTHER, UNCLE, COUSIN, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, AND MOST OF ALL A FRIEND, GLENN URSEL.
AS THE
ORIGINAL MEMORIAL WAS FOR KATHY, I FELT IT NECESSARY TO ALSO ORGANIZE A DAY WITH ALL HIS ULTRALIGHT COMRADES &
FRIENDS
AS THEY TOO NEEDED A CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE. A MEMORIAL
WHERE WE COULD ALL GET TOGETHER AT A PLACE WHERE HE FELT AT
HOME, WHERE HE TOOK
US ALL AT SOME POINT, AND WHERE HE LIVED OUT ONE OF HIS MANY DREAMS...FLYING.
A TRUE CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF GLENN URSEL'S, 20 YEARS PLUS IN A GO-KART WITH
WINGS (INSERT JOLLY LAUGH)
THE ATTENDANCE WAS INCREDIBLE. HE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN THERETO
SEE YOU ALL, BUT KNEW YOU WERE THERE TO CELEBRATE
HIM. THANK YOU FOR THE STORIES YOU TOLD US, FOR THE SMILES AND HUGS, AND
MOST OF ALL FOR KNOWING HOW MUCH IT MEANT TO
GLENN AND HIS FAMILY. IT WAS A HARD DAY FOR MANY, BUT IT MEANT SO MUCH TO
ME, MY AUNTS AND UNCLES, MY HUSBAND, AND
TO HIS BEASTIES - TAYLOR AND RYLEE.
WE INVITED EVERYONE
(INCLUDING KATHY AND HER FAMILY - WHOM CHOSE NOT TO COME), AND WE WERE
HOPING ALL WOULD ATTEND,
AND AS FRED SAID, THE RIGHT ONES CAME (THOSE UNABLE TO MAKE IT, YOU WERE MISSED
AND YOUR PRESENCE FELT) AND FOR THOSE WHO
DID COME, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES AND GIVING US NEW MEMORIES.
PLEASE ALWAYS
KNOW A PART OF HIM WILL ALWAYS BE THERE WITH YOU, AT THE CLUBHOUSE AND IN THE
CANAL. WE PLANTED A TREE IN
FRONT
OF THE CLUBHOUSE
IN HIS MEMORY. AND WE PLACED MOST OF MY DADS ASHES IN THE CANAL,
SPREAD BY HIS BROTHER BOB FROM AN ULTRALIGHT
AS IT TAXIED DOWN THE CANAL. I ASKED MY UNCLE TO DO THIS AS THEY STARTED
FLYING TOGETHER, I THOUGHT IT APPROPRIATE THE LAST FLIGHT FOR
BOTH BE TOGETHER. LEAVING BEHIND A PIECE OF WHO HE
WAS FOR THOSE HE LOVED AND RESPECTED AND ENTERTAINED FOR YEARS, AND IN SPIRIT,
THERE HE WON'T MISS A STEP.
WE LOVE HIM,
MISS HIM, AND HOPE THAT EVERYONE THAT SHARED IN THIS DAY WITH US KNOWS THAT
YOU WERE ALL SO VERY IMPORTANT TO HIM, WHO HE WAS, THE PILOT & THE MAN.
WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU
ALL SOMETHING THAT WAS YOURS, THE CELEBRATION, THE TREE, AND BY PLACING HIS ASHES
IN THE CANAL, HE
WILL ALWAYS BE THERE - FOR EVERY FUNCTION, EVERY MISHAP, AND EVERY LAUGH.
WE THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING APART OF HIS JOURNEY.
LOVE CARMEN
(Taylor, Ryan, Rylee, Bob, Bert, Wendy & Glen)
If you would
like to contact myself or any family member at any time, with memories, pictures
from the past, or just to ask how we are
please send an email to
family@glennursel.com