The Sadness Continues...

It's been a pretty hectic few days. My father, Lou, as you know died Friday. Sunday all my brothers, wives, and kids flew to Winnipeg. Monday was the funeral and then everyone flew home to Edmonton, Calgary and Toronto and I came back to Moose Jaw.
I could tell you so much but it's hard to express. Doing my dad's eulogy was brutal. The worst.
Coming home to his empty house was also tough. On a nice note hearing all his friends and their nice words about him has been great. The funeral home has a website where some of his Moose Jaw pals have left some nice comments. Click on Obituaries and then Lou Glassman.

My brothers and I put his Obit in the Moose Jaw Times Herald and Winnipeg Free Press.
I'll save you the click and print it here.

Glassman Lewis Samuel Glassman died October 27th after a short illness.Born December 5, 1923, he grew up in Dubuc Saskatchewan the son of Lydia and Jack Glassman and the brother of Ruby. In Dubuc, as a young boy, Lou was an outstanding athlete, excelling in track and field and hockey.He volunteered for the war in the early forties he became part of the ground crew for the RCAF, maintaining reconnaissance cameras for the air force, first in England, and then in Europe.After the war he studied acting in New York for a couple of years at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic arts; graduating with the likes of Lee J. Cobb, Jason Robards, and Don Rickles. Lou came back to Canada in the late forties and started working for his uncle Charley Glassman, running a mens¹ wear store in Regina, and then at Idea Mens Wear in Moose Jaw. Not long after he married Luba Perlman, a Winnipeg girl who just happened to be the best friend of his sister Ruby. Together Lou and Luba settled down and became a big part of Jewish community as well as the community at large.He was the inspiration and one of the founding members of Theatre 67 and starred in, or directed, numerous plays. Over the years in Moose Jaw, he became a first rate golfer, earning the nick name Sweet Lou because he found the sweet spot on the golf club more often than not. But he was called Sweet Lou for more than just golf. He was everyone's favorite guy. Moose Jaw calls itself the friendly city, and Lou was known as one of the nicest guy in town. Everyone knew him and everyone liked him. His wife, Luba died in 1994 after a decade long battle with Alzheimer¹s. Throughout this time Lou was a loving and devoted caregiver. His is survived by his sons David, Steven, and Howard. He was grandfather to Sara, Simon, Zoe, Elly and Aimee and Charlie and Spencer. Also his daughter-in-laws, Jane, Randee and Deborah. Lou¹s family would like to sincerely thank his many friends and neighbors for their support. In lieu of flowers, his family would appreciate donations to the Moose Jaw Union hospital.

Also thank you very much to all of you who left their comments here for me and my family. Your thoughts are very much appreciated. I hope to be back to uploading something other than "Death" stuff next week!