Quito, Ecuador
Temple #175.
I got up around 3 am this morning and found an advertisement for a company called Stansberry Research. It is a financial investment company. I listened to someone named Whitney Tilson talk about investing and how the United States is split in half in their views. He also said that the next six months are critical for investors and the country at large. He feels we are going to see a lot of changes, most of them, not good. I signed up for the program for $149.
We are getting the money for the land sometime this week and we need to invest a big chunk of it. Neither one of us know anything about investing, so this is a way for me to learn.
James and I had scriptures and prayer together as we normally do in the morning. As part of "Come Follow Me" we listened to a talk by Elder Bednar, "Clean Hands and a Pure Heart" from the October 2007 General Conference. I loved this talk and want to go back and study it again.
We arrived at Kim & Brian's in the valley somewhere around 10 a.m. Everyone was at home. I am always amazed at how beautiful their cat Bella is. She has the most beautiful big brown eyes and I have never seen a cat the color that she is. Brian notarized the warranty deed for the sale of the 23 acres to Dave & Wendy Elkins. Brian's signature is very "brief" and unique. He says it's because sometimes he has to sign as many as 218 pages. For example he just did that for a man in the hospital who wanted to do a reverse mortgage on his house.
I gave Joe a hug, and admired the flowers he got for Kim when she came home and I also admired his kitty Bella. I never see Louie when I come. I guess he sleeps in Kim & Brian's bedroom.
Look how the vase matches the flowers.
I think that was luck more than planning.
On to Polly's funeral in San Tan Valley. We arrived early. I was impressed with how many family and individual photos were displayed. There were no programs but there was a huge poster instead.
As we were sitting and waiting for the program to start we turned around and saw Rita sitting a few rows behind us. She said she didn't recognize me because my hair looked shorter. James did give me a haircut last night. Anyway, she came up and sat with us. Her son Chris is married to one of Polly's nieces, Jimmy's daughter, but he came in with his wife and they sat with the family.
The program was one of the best funeral's I have ever been too, because it was all about Polly and the things she loved and the things that she accomplished in her life, and her testimony of the Savior and Heavenly Father's Plan of Salvation.
Her daughter, Suzette Tenney gave her life story. I did not know that Polly had 7 children. One of her boys, Tyler, weighed over 11 lbs. and he said his mother reminded him of it every year on his birthday.
Here are some more highlights from Suzette's talk:
She mentioned the trip that Polly and I took with the other girls from our ward to Salt Lake City one summer for a youth conference. It was one of the highlights of my life and I guess it was for Polly too. She mentioned Judy Nikolaus, our advisor, and how much we loved her.
Suzette said Polly had three good high school friends. Lynette (Bryant), Rita, and Karen. (Rita and I were proud to be called her friends.)
Polly loved to sing and was a fun Primary chorister in her ward. When she married Ron Cluff she told me that his family had a singing group called The Cluff Family Singers. They sang all over the valley at different events.
Another thing about Suzette's talk was she had so many pictures to go along with what she was saying. She even had a video of Ron giving Polly her engagement ring and asking her to marry him!
When microwaves first came on the market Ron bought one for Polly. She didn't know how to use it, so she took a class. She did this with everything. She wanted to learn how to make fancy birthday cakes, so she took a class. She wanted to learn how to sew, so she took a class. She made lots of prom dresses and even made her daughters wedding dresses. She loved to laugh, she loved life, and she loved learning. During Covid she made surgical masks.
Everyone was Polly's best friend. She was a survivor of breast cancer which she was diagnosed with in 1994. Ron & Polly lived in Gilbert for 24 years. In 2021 Ron was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Polly took care of him until his death. They have lived in San Tan Valley for the past several years. the Bishop said Ron was always one of the first ones to volunteer for service projects when they were announced in elders quorum.
Polly belonged to an Empty Nesters Group. She loved people! I think she learned that from her mom, Skeets. Polly had 7 children, 24 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. She was a temple worker.
The talk that her son Tyler gave was one that Polly gave at Ron's funeral with her testimony of the Plan of Salvation. There were lots of sentences beginning with "I believe . . .
Polly passed away on July 22nd, 2026 of terminal colon cancer, two days before our 60th high school reunion. It was a privilege to know her and I look forward to seeing her again!
From the funeral we met Sheri & Ian at the restaurant where Jared Ammon works in Mesa. It's called The Guadalupe on Main. Sheri invited us and insisted on paying for us. Thank you Sheri.
Jared made each of us mocktails. Mine had cucumber in it and was so refreshing. James ordered the fish tacos, I had the mole enchiladas, Ian had pulled pork, can't remember the name of the dish, and I can't remember the name of Sheri's either. It had two fried eggs on top and was a little too spicy for her taste. I think everyone's favorite was the fish tacos. That's what I'm getting next time.
After lunch we said our goodbyes and went home through Globe. At home James and I watched a movie together before going to bed. It was a wonderful day until I got in bed and since James was not in bed yet, I asked him to turn on the ceiling fan. We got into a tiff and I went to bed thinking I wasn't prepared to teach my lesson tomorrow because when we began to argue the Spirit left. I was able to fall asleep and vowed to resolve the issue before going to church tomorrow. It was such a wonderful day up until this tragic moment.
The Guadalupe on Main
I think Sheri's trying to tell me something.
fish tacos.
dish. They are made with homemade
corn tortillas and are very good.
Sheri & Ian.
in 2017. She brought me a bouquet of flowers. I loved it!
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