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one last ride ,, sad and touching story
Ditch-Runner
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from the local news (OHIO )
SPRINGFIELD - The love of hot rods, and especially their Chevy Belair Nomad, was something that Springfield's Paul and Susan Packer shared during their nearly 50-year marriage.So Paul Packer and his family thought it only fitting that they use the hot rod to transport Susan Packer to her final resting place at Vernon Asbury Cemetery after her funeral Friday at Richards, Raff and Dunbar Memorial Home in Springfield. Susan Lyane Packer, 65, died Monday at Springfield Regional Medical Center.The hot rod was purchased in White Sands, N.M., in 1972 while Paul Packer was stationed in the Army. When he left the Army, he drove the family and the car home to Springfield."We use to drive it around town," Paul said Friday.Paul and Susan Packer were both born and raised in Springfield."I went to high school at the old South High School and Susan went to Shawnee," he said.They would take family vacations in the Nomad."It's been to Florida and Kentucky for a Nomad convention," Paul Packer said.The car sat in their garage for the past 12 years. It didn't run. The Packers talked about fixing it up and taking one last ride."I tried to get it fixed, but she got sick too quick and then she went into the hospital," he said.But Paul Packer wanted to keep his promise of a last ride."We drove the car over last week to the funeral home to measure the car; I was hoping it (the casket) would fit all the way in," he said. The casket mostly fit, but the tailgate was left down to accommodate a small part sticking out.As the casket was being placed in the hot rod, a sprinkle of rain started falling."Today is the first rain it has seen," Paul Packer said about the hot rod.He then took his place in driver's seat of the car and gave his beloved wife her last ride.
http://www.whio.com/news/news/local/springfield-family-gives-loved-one-last-ride-to-ce/nmw4R/
I know it plays out many times over around the country but always touches me as the love of cars and family
a friend of mines dad passed away who loved and owned several old cars they took him to his resting place in a old model a truck .
but here is another example of a family memory
SPRINGFIELD - The love of hot rods, and especially their Chevy Belair Nomad, was something that Springfield's Paul and Susan Packer shared during their nearly 50-year marriage.So Paul Packer and his family thought it only fitting that they use the hot rod to transport Susan Packer to her final resting place at Vernon Asbury Cemetery after her funeral Friday at Richards, Raff and Dunbar Memorial Home in Springfield. Susan Lyane Packer, 65, died Monday at Springfield Regional Medical Center.The hot rod was purchased in White Sands, N.M., in 1972 while Paul Packer was stationed in the Army. When he left the Army, he drove the family and the car home to Springfield."We use to drive it around town," Paul said Friday.Paul and Susan Packer were both born and raised in Springfield."I went to high school at the old South High School and Susan went to Shawnee," he said.They would take family vacations in the Nomad."It's been to Florida and Kentucky for a Nomad convention," Paul Packer said.The car sat in their garage for the past 12 years. It didn't run. The Packers talked about fixing it up and taking one last ride."I tried to get it fixed, but she got sick too quick and then she went into the hospital," he said.But Paul Packer wanted to keep his promise of a last ride."We drove the car over last week to the funeral home to measure the car; I was hoping it (the casket) would fit all the way in," he said. The casket mostly fit, but the tailgate was left down to accommodate a small part sticking out.As the casket was being placed in the hot rod, a sprinkle of rain started falling."Today is the first rain it has seen," Paul Packer said about the hot rod.He then took his place in driver's seat of the car and gave his beloved wife her last ride.
http://www.whio.com/news/news/local/springfield-family-gives-loved-one-last-ride-to-ce/nmw4R/
I know it plays out many times over around the country but always touches me as the love of cars and family
a friend of mines dad passed away who loved and owned several old cars they took him to his resting place in a old model a truck .
but here is another example of a family memory
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That is a very beautiful Nomad.