We got a call from Kris's mom today. Her uncle passed away this afternoon. He was diagnosed with lung cancer about a year or so ago. He went through chemo, but it didn't help much. Actually, if I recall correctly, the doctors gave him something like three or four months to live back when they diagnosed him, so just lasting as long as he had was amazing. We took Kris's mom over to see him yesterday because Kris's aunt called and said they thought this was going to be it. At least they all got to say their final farewells.
It looks like the funeral is most likely going to be on Wednesday, though we don't know for sure. They weren't members of any specific parish, even though they were devout Catholics and attended mass weekly at a church very close to where they lived. We're not sure what will happen if they don't have a funeral mass for him. We do know that he is going to be cremated and Kris's cousin is going to take his ashes back home to Spain and scatter them there on a mountain he loved.
We don't know yet if we are going to take the girls out of school to go to the funeral. I don't think they really need to go, but I don't want to be scorned by Kris's family because we didn't take the girls with. We'll have to play it by ear and see what happens later in the week.
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