Morfar

On the morning of June 8th, Morfar, Rune Persson, left this earth and stepped into eternity.  He was a faithful believer and we know he is now with Jesus.  Morfar lived an amazing life.  Andreas has said if he can think of a great life here on earth it would have been the life Morfar lived.  He came from humble beginnings, was generous and kind and faithful, built the American dream here in Sweden, traveled the world, had an incredible wife whom he loved deeply, had two wonderful children, 4 grandchild, and 8 great grandchildren.  

In recent years Morfar had been experiencing dementia, and although could be quite stubborn at times, was still kind and funny.  I love that even when he couldn't remember most things he could still sing the hymns (word for word) that meant so much to him when he was younger.  

I have been blessed to be a part of this family for 15 years now and have many fond memories of Morfar.  He loved to fish, so did we (before we had kids), so that made us instant friends.  Andreas and I spend many weekends with Mormor and Morfar at their house in Grebbestad (fishing on the ocean) or at their house in the woods (fishing where ever we could find water).  No matter what, he always caught a bigger fish than I did!  We considered him a friend and he would come knocking on our door at the house in the woods if we overslept... he wanted to go out and play! Morfar dropped an eel in my lap one time while picking up a long fishing line we had left overnight...that was quite an experience!  We went fishing in a marshland one time and we came out with nothing, but he came out with two huge (I mean tell stories about them huge) pike.  One of them left him with several scares on his hand because it really didn't want to be caught.  Morfar loved to have conversations with me even thought he didn't speak any English and I didn't understand or speak any Swedish.  He loved to build things, fix things, and always made sure to measure properly (which is funny because Andreas and I just wing things without measuring most of the time). In his eighties he was helping us put a metal roof on our shed out in woods... even though we were quite scared he would fall.  

Morfar is sitting on the sofa to the left...the third in from the left.  This is mom's dad.

Morfar was always there, always kind, always generous.  He was the patriarch of this family and will be missed dearly!  Thank you for all the memories and love.  We will see you on the other side of eternity in Heaven.  We love you.

Laurie