Sunday August 22nd, 2010

Dinner was fabulous! Ross had pork stuffed with something and I had liver and onions, wow, I didn’t know they made liver and onions down here, they were great!
We got a phone call today from Larry’s daughter in Arizona letting us know that Larry had a heart attack while driving, which is what caused the roll over. She was at the passport office getting her passport when she called; they opened the office just for her!

Part 1 of a Mexican funeral
We were supposed to be at the funeral home in Puerto Vallarta at 7 so we left around 5:30 to stop off at McDonalds before going over there. We found the home and parked across the street, we were 15 minutes early so we thought we could help Lorena with something. There were some people sitting at the side of the home and there was an open casket where people were viewing a body, thinking it would be Larry Ross walked over there, oops not Larry! We walked to the front of the home and walked inside, there were 3 men in there, of course non spoke English, so in halted Spanish we asked about Larry, they said it was tomorrow. Thinking we had a seniors moment and read the email wrong, we walked out and called Dick. He said oh no, it was tonight but it won’t start until Larry gets there (he was transported by truck from the hospital to PV) he was going to leave his house (he is a couple of blocks away from us) until after 8! Here it is 7, what do we do, we decided we would drive back home and get a ride with Dick and Mary Carmen. On the way Christie called asking where we were, I told her, she said they were almost at Church’s chicken do we want to meet up with them, then go together in one car, so off we went to meet up with them.

After an hour or so we took off in their truck to the home, chairs were set up outside on the sidewalk, Larry still hadn’t arrived, we hugged Lorena then sat and talked among ourselves. Lorena kept looking down the street waiting for Larry to come home. It’s kinda funny; Larry was from the US but 90% of the people that were there was Mexican!!! Larry got there around 9ish, Lorena went in with her family and when our friend popped her head in, they were saying the rosary. Some went in to see Larry (Ross included, I don’t do that, I would rather remember them as they were), you see they don’t embalm down here, that is why they are cremated so quickly.

Part 2 of the process is tomorrow which is the mass and the cremation and Part 3 is the next day where the ashes are presented to Lorena and people go to her house to pay their respects.

We are numb right now, still not believing this is happening. Larry’s daughter Michelle will be here tomorrow for the mass and the cremation.

A very sad Ross Kim and Critters in Paradise