End of a family era

Today was my Uncle Pete's funeral, he was 86 and had several medical issues though a recent diagnosis of acute leukemia brought him to the end. He was one of my father' brothers and the last of the siblings to pass away. There were 13 total, 7 girls and 6 boys. Those were the days of large families, working farm and holding down a variety of jobs to support their family. One of his sons is an ordained priest who performed the service and another son did a reading and the oldest delivered a the eulogy. It was a wonderful remembrance of his life. I think my generation of cousins have been fortunate to have had terrific Uncles and Aunts and Uncle Pete was one of them.