There are more notes on Betty's service but I'm taking a break to tell you about Raymond's day.
Raymond decided he would pay for the funeral today and was told it was the largest funeral they had ever had. Raymond estimates about 800 attended over the two days. Then he decided to have coffee with his Buddies today. I think this is a good sign. He visited his sister, Ida, and shopped for his favorite cookies at Save a Lot. He likes the oatmeal cookies with icing.
Raymond started calling to cancel catalogs this afternoon. The first call was to Blair Catalog Company. Raymond talked to several individuals before he got someone who could cancel the catalog. He will only continue to get the catalog for 5 or 6 more months until they get it stopped. Apparently nothing is instant.
So then he called J C Penny. After speaking to several individuals again I heard his rising voice saying, “I can’t understand you. What? I’m sorry I can’t understand you.” I reached for the phone but he wouldn’t pass it my way. He continued, “No. I don’t have a death certificate…………. Listen, I don’t want your address. I don’t want you to send me anything. I don’t want to deal with this baloney. Just cancel it. They did.
Then Raymond decided to eat tonight at KFC because “He needed something green to eat.” We gave Mom and Dad gift cards to restaurants at Christmas. Since Betty couldn’t eat, they weren’t used. The Scottsburg KFC has a lovely home style county buffet with greens, hominy, and dried beans, etc. Raymond presented the KFC gift card. Scottsburg wouldn’t take it. He wasn’t pleased. He expressed his opinion but didn’t use the baloney line so........... I paid for dinner.
Meanwhile, Great Grandson, Karson, has had a equally trying week adjusting to his loss. His mother, Karoline, writes, “Oh, and Karson has informed me that he does not want to celebrate his birthday, Easter, Christmas or do any trick or treating because it will not be the same without his Grandma Boley. We have had many tear filled nights at our house!”
The Boley Family
Sounds like Raymond is living the real life now. Trying to get a magazine or anything like that stopped takes an act of congress but oh well, I guess in time things will work out. We understand the deal with the gift cards also. Isn't it strange that they love to sell the cards but they don't tell you that you can only use them at certain locations? We have the same thing going on with some of the ones that our kids gave us for Christmas. Sounds like Raymond is getting some of his spunk back and maybe these stumbling blocks will help him to have something different to think about. Love and prayers to all.
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