Let not mercy and truth forsake thee...
Write them upon the table of thine heart.
Proverbs 3:3


Uncle Wally passed away on February 24, 2000 at 85 years old.. 
He left behind a legacy of wonderful memories..Previously I had
 posted many pictures on this page..but have updated it to show only
  the  images that best expressed Uncle Wally and Aunt Olga's
   hospitality to their guests and family.

Update: Aunt Olga has now joined uncle Wally in death.
She passed away on May 8, 2004 . My memorial page
of her can be found at this link: Scarlet Tanager


Words are difficult to describe these two wonderful people who I was blessed to
know and who made such a profound influence on my life... I think of them often
and I can still see them in my  mind....We loved them both. 


table


The table now sits empty and bare
With it's chairs neatly lined in place
For guests of yore who dined there
To repeat Norwegian Prayer of grace.

The pleasant conversations we had here
And the laughter will not be forgotten
With family and friends we loved so dear
These treasures cannot be boughten

The best memories linger e'er 
Shown to guests seated with care
For the table with chairs
That were so full of love
Now live in our hearts for-ever.
                                       
                                                 

© Andrea Jeanne Petersen

(Here is the Norwegian Prayer that we repeated at the farm
and a picture I took of Uncle Wally and Aunt Olga..


Wally and Olga
Jesu navn gar vi til bords,

IN JESUS NAME WE GO TO TABLE,

at spise og drikke pa dit ord,

TO EAT AND DRINK AT THY WORD,

dig Gud til aere os til gavn;

THOU GOD TO HONOR, US TO BE GIFTED;

sa far vi mat i Jesu navn.

SO RECEIVE WE FOOD IN JESUS NAME.

Amen

Author Unknown
Photo I took of my Aunt and Uncle in 1996.
Wally and Olga, for-e'er soul mates
Embraced each other at the gates,
Arm in arm they walked together, 
Laughing joyfully thru' the heather,
And rosy skies celestrial's dawn
To greet kin and friends passed on.

They gathered at Heaven's banquet 
Where Wally placed an extra chair;
 At the table in tender love and care,
He'd baked a big cake to celebrate,
Like he made on their first date.
anniversary cake
© Andrea Jeanne Petersen
Written May 21, 2004


 
In the words from a tribute, of her parents one of their daughters quoted these words:
" In 1937 Olga met the love of her life, Wally Carlson, at a party. He was adorable
and fun and totally captured her heart when he baked her a birthday cake on their 
first date.  He made her cakes from then on. On June 18, 1939, they were married
at Calvary Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.  Home movies of that day showed this
happy couple emerging from the church, laughing their way out, as they laughed
their way through a long beautiful marriage."




 

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