On Friday as we were coming home, we passed an ambulance leaving town. Of course, we wondered where it was going. When we got home, my husband Dave, received a phone call. A friend of his said that Lynn had fallen into one of his grain bins! Everyone was trying to get him out. The caller asked Dave if he wanted to be there when the body was removed. Dave chose not to. Dave didn't want to remember his friend that way.
I'm not sure that I have the details correct but I understand that earlier in the day, a couple of friends were going to go into Lynn's woods to do some hunting. They saw Lynn's truck in the yard and called for him but he didn't answer. After hunting, they returned to the farm yard and seeing Lynn's truck, they called for him again. While looking for him, one of the guys noticed a foot sticking out of the grain bit 25 ft up. Bummer. They called 911.
Dave works with Julie, Lynn's wife. She and their daughters had spent the day shopping. When they came home, they noticed that Lynn had not been in the house to have his lunch. They also were wondering where he was.After the rescue squad arrived it took hours to remove the body. There is an article about it in the Fargo Forum. http://tinyurl.com/9tb8zl
Lynn was a nice guy. He had a lot of friends. He belonged to the Kindred Wild Life Club. Dave and the rest of the Kindred Wild Life guys have been asked to be honorary pall bears at the funeral today. The funeral was supposed to be at 11:00 but we are currently experiencing a weather storm. the funeral has been postponed until 2:00.
We went to the prayer service last night. Both the church sanctuary and the church basement were full. Lynn has a lot of friends!
Here's their Christmas card.
Here's their Christmas card.