Grandpa Furse

Two years since you've left us Grandpa Furse. We miss you. I miss your laugh and your love and I know Grandma misses you most. Thinking of you.

With all of you, I wanted to share one of the most touching things I read about Grandpa Furse around the time of his passing. His son Bryan wrote this on the online memorial page:

"My earliest memories are of the family getting on our Sunday best to go to church
in Portland, Oregon. Grant brought me into this world and though I only shared
my first 5 years with him the Furse influence continues its legacy. I am blessed with
my father's quirky sense of humor and good looks. (he would laugh at me if he
heard me say this.) I remember Grant picking me up on his return from work in the
afternoon and rubbing his five o' clock shadow against my tender boy face
exclaiming "you want some whisker pie?" After he and mom split up he drove from
Portland to Tucson just to see his kids again. He stormed into the house at great
peril to himself and grabbed me and my siblings and carted us off to a local ice
cream parlor. He held me and Jolynn and cried like a baby. It was the first time I
ever saw a grown man cry. And this man was my Dad. I know he wanted to take us
back to his life and I am left wondering how my life would be different if he had. I
have grown to admire the mormon culture that is my roots, especially in these
uncertain times we face. I am glad to have spoken with him several times in these
last few months to share a few laughs and to tell him how grateful I am that he gave
life to me and that I love him."

1936

"Grant in his first suit, May 27, 1943"

"9th grade basketball team 1947, won 1 lost 6"

1947

"Junior Prom 1949"

"Grant Furse showing Dr. Killpack the new tooth he got that day. Kathy's wedding 1974"

Halloween 1989

His terms of endearments for us including "retard" and "spaz" still ring in my mind and I don't want to forget :) What are your favorite "Grandpa Furse-isms" or memories of our Grandpa?