Gus' Memorial Service

One of Gus' lifetime highlights was singing with this group of men. They blessed everyone with 45 minutes of praise music before the memorial service began.

Kelly, our Pastor’s wife, asked us for three of Gus’ golf clubs, preferably his drivers. She created this beautiful arrangement. Gus would have loved this expensive flower arrangement.



Gus’ memorial was such a blessing. I knew no local church could seat the people who would come to honor Gus and to honor his family. I never dreamed we would see so many. The entire service was anointed.

One of the areas I am able to go in and view on this blog is the statistics. I was not even aware of this page until a few months ago. As of today, there have been 14,464 pageviews of this blog. There are people all over the world being touched by Gus' story. The Netherlands, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Russia, Taiwan, Malta and even Latvia. In April alone, there were 4,908 pageviews. As Gus would say, "Only God could do this".

Scott and I are going to finish Gus' manure spreader as soon as possible. I have the writing on the sides and Scott has the seat and the tongue to attach. Those pictures of our finish will be the final posting of this blog.

I was reading a booklet on grief. One of their recommendations was to finish a project your loved one had started. I hope when Gus' project is finished and moved to its permanent spot at the old homestead, it will be a healing moment for the family.

To the People who Blessed Us

I had a request last night for my mailing address to be put on the blog. Kathleen Wuelfing, 170 Duncan District Road, Sheridan, Montana 59749

To the people who followed Gus' Walk, who prayed for us, who left comments for Gus to enjoy . . . you so blessed our lives. Gus would spend time regularly reading what his wife had written and loving the comments from you. When he was lying in a hospital bed knowing his fight was over, I would read him the comments. You continued to bless him to the very end.

When I decided to honor T.J.'s wishes and keep a blog on his dad, T.J. and I never dreamed it would span over a 33 month time frame. We never dreamed people all over the world would be following it. We never dreamed how Gus' story would bless so many lives.

I have plans on this blog being put into a book so Gus' children and grandchildren have a permanent record of Gus' story. His strength under adversity was amazing.

Memoirs

Last evening we were blessed to have our Pastor and his wife cook us an amazing steak dinner at Gus and Kathleen’s. It gave the family the time to sit and reflect on Gus’ walk and more importantly, the man he was. Amidst laughs and stories shared, Kathleen mentioned it was too bad we had not written down a few of Gus’ favorite stories. Those who knew Gus know how captivating of a narrator he was.

Then a call from family in Washington came today with an answer to Kathleen’s wish. The idea was to have family and friends share their memoirs of Gus, the family, the ranch, hunting, etcetera with us so that each could be shared at the service.

We are asking that those who have an antidote to either email or mail it to be shared and on display Saturday the 23rd at Gus’ memorial. Later the collection will be placed into a binder as a keepsake for Kathleen and the family.

Please send your favorite reminisces to:
Scott and April Wuelfing
PO BOX 512
Sheridan, MT. 59749
Or Email: Gus.swalk@gmail.com

Memorial Service

The memorial service for Gus will be April 23 in the new gym at the Sheridan Grade School. This is the only local facility large enough for our needs and the 23rd was the soonest available date. The service will start at 11:00 a.m.

I was opposed to the Easter week-end until I realized how appropriate. Gus truly believed that Heaven was not the consolation, but the great Prize.

Memorials may be made to the Ruby Valley Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 564, Sheridan, MT 59749 or to a charity of your choice.

The Battle is Over

Gus just stepped into the presence of Jesus about 45 minutes ago.

4-7-2011 a.m. update

This morning, Gus is no longer responding to our voices. Dr. Madany was not even successful in getting Gus to wake up. Since our "Warrior" has been so unique throughout this walk and this hospital stay, we cannot even guess how long before he takes that final step.

Our prayer as a family is that Gus goes to his new home. Our warrior has fought long enough.

4-6-2011 p.m. update

I did not end up taking L.T. to Dillon tonight. By the time I left Dillon at 3:15 this afternoon, came home and walked, it was too late for this tired lady to drive back to Dillon safely. I plan on Lindsey taking over this project tomorrow night. We will let you know the outcome. The Hospice lady said I could bring her right in the front door, but I prefer to bring her in a door that is right beside Gus' new room.

Scott and April spent the evening with Gus. He was no different than when I left him this afternoon. You can wake him up to acknowledge you, but then he slips back into sleep.

The room Gus was moved into is a suite. Very nice, but most important right near the nurses. They constantly are monitoring him. I was very pleased with the way they had him set up.

I will go back to Dillon first thing in the morning. April and I left the laptop there in Gus' room so that we can update the blog when we are there.