My last living great-grandparent has passed away. Lawrence Heinrichs was my great-grandpa - my dad's mom's dad. :) I didnt know him all that well. When I was younger, we used to see him fairly often (at least a couple times a year). However, for the last 15 years, I've seen him a total of I think 3 times. I went to his 90th birthday party a few years ago and we went to see him about a month ago when we heard his health was deteriorating. It was so neat to see him last month because I got to take my kids to meet him. Some other family members were there visiting, so we actually had 5 generations of my family there together at once. We got some pictures of all 5 generations (my kids, me, my dad, my grandma and Grandpa Heinrichs). I'll post one as soon as I get them from my lovely husband. :) Even though I didnt know him all that well, I feel a sense of loss and I know that a lot of people will be missing him dearly. He touched a lot of people in his 95 years of life and always showed a lot of love to everyone he knew.
Grandpa's bio:
Born: June 8, 1912 in Paris, Arkansas
Died: November 24, 2007 in Texarkana, Texas
Survived by his wife Grandma Hazel Heinrichs, daughter Grandma Charline Thompson, son Larry Heinrichs and other children that I did not personally know, lots of grandchildren, even more great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren!
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I am Larry Heinrich's wife and just read this entry. It was like a gift to come across it. I appreciate your sharing of the experience. If you have the pictures, please do post, we would like to see them. Lawrence died just last Thanksgiving so as we plan for this year's holiday, his passing is on our mind. Say hi to Charline for us, please.
Kristin
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