Grandpa Wolf kisses Hoooooga goodbye. When he was buried a year later, his hands were folded over his chest. Between his fingers, this picture still rests - Grandpa faces it eternally.
Jim W. Coleman offers what would be a final toast to his beloved Grandfather, a sincere "thank you" for the elder man's huge influence on Jim. The loss of Conrad Joseph Wolf hit hard ... and continues to be top of mind today, nearly a decade later.
My sister, Janese Schauer, does my mother's hair before the funeral of Grandpa Conrad Joseph Wolf. This photo has always captured the solemn heartbreak of the occasion and demonstrates how the living must continue to care for one another in spite of grief and tragedy.
During a March, 2000 visit, Jim W. Coleman got to spend time with his beloved Grandmother Wolf. Here, they sit together with a bug-eyed, oogly-eyed HOOOOGA MONSTER right behind them!!!
