Amy and Lachlan holding Jim's ashes in front of his favorite tree which he planted.
Amy and Lachlan
Amy, Bill and Lachlan
Sue, Bill, Amy and Lachlan Frost
Bill with his Dad's ashes
The memorial service was held in Adelaide on Saturday 8th March 2014. All Jim's children, partners and grandchildren where there to celebrate the wonderful life he had lead. I said to the kids as we traveled home that it was one of the happiest funerals I have been to. There were moments of sadness but it really was about celebrating his life and that is what we did. It was fairly informal, in a funeral home and we just gathered around together, some standing, some sitting. Bill was the MC, there were several pieces of live music performed by Mary and Hilary ( his daughters) and Josephine and Tom- his grandchildren. Marian, Bill and Thela spoke briefly, someone from the Richard Wagner Society, Geological Society and his work spoke, all briefly, it was lovely. There was a lovely afternoon tea and we had a nice time sharing some wonderful memories. Amy and Lachlan were lucky to have had childhood, teenage and young adult memories of their grandfather. Afterwards we went back to the family home and sat around and reminisced and told various stories about Jim and other members of the family.
Sunday morning we all gathered again for a lovely breakfast, some family photos and more story telling before everyone had to depart in various directions.
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