We will miss you Grandpa (4-20-1940 - 6-4-09)

This morning at 4:25 a.m. a very important man in my life passed away, my amazing Grandpa Daw. My grandpa was one of the most loving caring people I ever knew, and will very much be missed. Grandpa had been sick for quite awhile now with Parkinsons disease and some liver problems he had recently been battling with for the past few months. Last Friday he was taken to the hospital where we were told there was nothing else they can they could do for him and that we should let him pass away peacefully from home. The nurse gave him 4-6 hours on Monday but Grandpa was a fighter and hung on until this morning. He was in a comma for a couple of days but before passing woke up to squeeze my Grandma's hand one last time and allow her to tell him that it was ok to go, that we loved him and that it was ok...and then he passed a few short minutes later. My Grandpa loved my Grandma Kaye very much along with all 7 of his other kids, grand kids, and great-grandkids. Him living here in Sandy Utah I was able to spend some much needed time with him these past few months and I feel very lucky to have had such an amazing Grandfather in my life. We love you Grandpa. We will miss your laugh, your smile, and your jokes... but we also know you are in a much better place and we are so happy for you. We love you, we love you, we love you.

Things I love and will miss about Grandpa Daw:

-His laugh

-His Smile

-His weekly (sometimes daily) phone call

-The way he always called me Rose from a joke he told that we can't even remember half the time

-The way he would come watch all of my basketball games and tournaments when I was in high school and even came and watched some college track meets.

-The way he loved his root beer

-He loved playing cards and always looked forward to the family getting together so we could play together.

-His movie collection, and the way he always had a new movie he wanted you to watch whenever we came over.

-When he would take us to Lagoon every summer and he would do that baskeball shooting game to win me a basketball pillow, even if he spent all his money trying to do that he would.

-Whenever I would go to his house when i was in high school and we would play horse or around the world in his driveway

-I remember when he got baptized

-Him falling asleep two minutes into any movie or TV show we watched together

-I will miss meeting him for lunch and seeing his name on my caller ID

-The little Mexican restaurant he used to take me to all of the time

-He would always send us money for our birthday and christmas

-His jokes...he always had a new one and how excited he was to share them with everyone

-The stories he would tell me about my mom and how fast she was in high school

-The way he loved my kids and was always talking them up to anyone that came over to visit. He would always tell me how smart they were and how much he loved them.

-The way that he always told me what a neat guy Ben was and how much he loved him

-How much he loved the JAZZ

-The way he would call Ben up and tease him whenever the Jazz beat the Lakers

-I will miss his hugs

-I will miss the way he called me sis

-I will even miss his 6:30 a.m. phone calls that would sometimes wake me and my kids up just to tell me good morning and he hopes we have a good day.

-I will miss seeing the way he looked at my Grandma, he loved her sooooo much.

*I could go on for days and days about how much I love my Grandpa and how heartbroken I am that he is gone. But I also want him and everyone else to know that I am so so happy that he is in peace now and in a better place with our Father in Heaven. Grandpa had a rough road these past few months and it was hard to see him go through that. We all know he is happy now even though if I could still one more hug and one more joke I would in a hearbeat. We love you Grandpa....we miss you, and we know you are always with us.

* I also wanted to add that my middle name comes from this wonderful man (Daw) and I couldn't be more proud