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Kaelan Wall posted a condolence
Thursday, March 7, 2024
It's hard to think of one memory to share about Papa because they are all good ones. Whether it was sitting at the table sharing hockey stories or sitting out by the watering bowls just watching the cows come in, I always enjoyed my tine with him very much. One memory stands out in my head from a couple of years ago when we were moving some cows around in the pens at the abattoir. Now to put context to the story, in my twenty some years of knowing papa I had never seen him, for lack of a better term "loose his cool". However this one cow had made up her mind and she wasn't moving and unfortunately for her, papa was coming in hot cane in hand and his mind was made up that he she was moving. Without even a question about it, he fly's in there, twists her tail up, and throws his shoulder into her like he was trying to make a highlight reel hit for TSN. I remember thinking after that 'Man I sure hope I can still put and effort like that in when I am his age'.
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Lana Wall posted a condolence
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Papa was always so gentle and kind towards me over the years. I especially got to know him over the last few years when we would bring our three daughters out to visit him and Nana in the summer. Papa was often caught just sitting and watching the girls run and play on the farm that he was so proud of. Last summer I took a picture of Papa sitting on the steps with out youngest Kaycie. Papa had given her a long piece of grass to chew on and the two of them were watching Millie learn how to ride her bike. You could tell in that picture that Papa was so happy to be sharing his special place, his farm, with another generation. He loved the simple things in life and that is something that I will never forget.
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Tim & Neysa Wall posted a condolence
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
These are some of Neysa's memories of Philip that Tim shared at the funeral...
Neysa (Daughter-in-law)
My earliest memory was from before Tim and I were even married. Papa was going in for some kind of intestinal surgery and so I went with Tim to the old Swift Current hospital so he could visit his dad before his surgery. A lot of the family was there, and I wasn’t sure how comfortable Philip would be with someone he barely knew seeing him in a hospital gown. I wasn’t sure how comfortable I was either, so I just stood at the doorway at a safe distance. When it was time to go Philip said “love you Tim” and then he glanced over at me and said “love you too Neysa”. Papa was pretty quick to openly accept people into his family.
One of the things Papa and I shared was a sweet tooth so I would often take baking over to the farm to share. The one time I took over a pan of squares without realizing something had gone wrong with the recipe. It was so hard we had to chisel it out of the pan, but papa couldn’t resist trying to take a bite. He actually ended up breaking a tooth which I kind of felt bad about, but we all had a good laugh. It didn’t stop papa from eating my baking in the future, but before the first bite he always asked “hey Neysa, am I going to break another tooth today?
Another memory is when Kaelan was a toddler, Papa let us tag along to a cattle auction in Swift Current with him. It’s probably the only memory I have of just me and Papa hanging out.
My favorite Papa story of all time, though, took place one summer evening around a campfire. Most, if not all, of the family was there and it was either Craig or Tyler that started telling a story. Like many of the stories Tyler and Craig tell, there is often a healthy dose of passion and expression that leaves those listening wondering if the details are exaggerated …… or even entirely invented. Also, 9 times out of 10, the stories ended up being at Nana’s expense which seems to delight both them and their audience.
So, anyway one of them starts telling a story about how when they were young sometimes there was nothing in the house to eat. They would look in the fridge and the cupboards but they couldn’t find anything to eat, anywhere. (So far this is a pretty believable story - with 4 growing boys and both parents working full time it is feasible that they could be due for a grocery run.)
But then the story takes a turn. After searching high and low, they finally found a box of milk bones, and being famished, they decided to partake…of the dog treats. Everyone around the fire is laughing now, except for Nana who is mortified at this story and interjects in protest, ”Oh you did not! Why would you even say such a thing!”
Then the other brothers start chiming in “No mom, we actually did!”, which made all of us laugh even harder and forced Esther to counter these false tales with even more intense effort. She pleads with the rest of us “Don’t listen to them. They are making this up”.
The more the boys insisted that they indeed ate milk bones, the more it made us all laugh.
The more that Esther got frustrated with the boys, the more we laughed even harder.
Finally, Nana was so fed up trying to win the “battle of the milk bones” all by herself. She made a hail mary attempt to “call out” Papa who is sitting across the fire from her in his lawn chair. At this point, Papa’s shoulders are shaking up and down from laughing so heartily. Esther says, “Philip you’re just sitting over there laughing and you’re not even going to back me up?” To which papa replied “I’m laughing because I used to do it too”
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Tim & Neysa Wall posted a condolence
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
This was Tim's tribute that he shared at the funeral....
Dad taught me so many lessons in life, I am sure it was intentional?
Dad and I shared a common interest in cattle and one particular lesson that was taught to me was "Never let go!" I am sure there is some more deep meaning to this lesson but it has taught me to not give up. For those of you that are not familiar with halter breaking a calf that weighs 500-700 pounds, well you put a halter on the animal and then proceed to try and lead it. Well Dad says "Don't let go!, what ever you do don't let go!" I am sure there were some word enhancers sprinkled in there as well but I got the message. The calf's name was Bunny, and I did not let go cause I was more scared of Dad then that animal. I was dragged throughout the yard the caragana's, it wasn't pretty! In the end the calf eventually laid down in front of the barn and gave up! I don't recall the exact words that Dad told me but it went something along the lines "see I told not to let go". If I could have had a go pro!
I don’t know who challenged who to a race and I can't remember the exact age but what I do remember was Dad in rubber boots running across the tear drop with Chad in hot pursuit. Do I need to say who got their butt kicked in the race? Dad smoked Chad in that race across the tear drop. Not sure if there was ever a rematch or not.
Dad had faith like no other though. He began to share his faith more and more over the past few years but he definitely demonstrated it looking back. He believed that God would provide in all circumstances and never seemed stressed when it came to finances or if life was giving dealing him a bad hand. He would just say "It's all in Gods hands" Just like that as if nothing was wrong.
Example of this was when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He never slowed down and didn't allow it to get him down. His faith remained strong throughout this and well his humor also never stopped either.
Dad gets home and is telling us about their adventures in Vancouver. A little back ground to this, before he could get the seeds implanted he had to be on estrogen hormones. So the nurse asks Dad how are you feeling? Dad's response "Well I am feeling a little bitchy, my boobs hurt a little and I feel like going out and buying a purse!"
Apparently the nurse did not appreciate this comment.
I never heard Dad ever complain about his circumstances, he took them in stride and lived life the best he knew how.
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Tim & Neysa Wall posted a symbolic gesture
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
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We just wanted to post some of the tributes and stories that were shared at the funeral. This was an introduction we had to the songs and photos from the video memorial...
We have a slide presentation coming up and over the past few days since Dad’s passing we have had plenty of laughs and while I would like to say there many tears shed amongst us brothers I think it would be safe to say that if you have spent any time with Craig and Tyler there are more laughs than tears for sure.
So during the process of building a video tribute we were trying to find a particular photo that dad posted on the family WhatsApp a while back but none of us remembered seeing the original copy in any of the photo albums. Mom mentioned that Dad had squirreled away a bunch of photo’s by his chair in the living room so we went to see if we could find them. Sure enough, tucked away in his chair was an envelope with a few pictures in it. (most of you would have seen the pictures by the guest book). While going through these photo’s there were many old pics of dad but in amongst these photo’s that he had pulled from many different albums were a couple of pictures of Mom. Well Dad you certainly still have Mom’s heart and know how to make her giddy as a school girl even after you are no longer here, nicely done!!
The songs chosen throughout the slide presentation have meaning to many of the family members and have been chosen based on that so when you are watching the celebration of Philip’s life take the time to listen to the words of the songs.
So our apologies for the lengthy slide show with 4 songs being played, there was some debate amongst everyone how long it should be and then Emily stepped in and said “This is Papa’s time and everyone can just sit for 16 minutes and suck it up” Having said that, Papa was well known for his ability to suddenly disappear from a room so if anyone needs to get up feel free to do so.
- Choices (By George Jones)
o Dad resonated with the lyrics of this song. He also resonated with George’s life of addiction to alcohol and how the choices we make impact our life. Dad was always willing to share his testimony with anyone that was struggling but as Uncle Peter reminded me this past week of what Dad told him “sometimes people just need a good smack up the side of the head to stop sitting on the pity pot! Dad never complained about his life choices.
- The Older I Get (Alan Jackson)
o We have a family WhatsApp and while Papa never commented on much or contributed a whole bunch we always knew he was reading all the comments on there. He would sometimes place random comments that we all scratched our heads about! And often he would just repost a GIF that someone else posted earlier….with no comment. But, on Papa’s 76th birthday last spring, Papa posted a link to Alan Jackson’s “The Older I get” and said “’thanks for all the birthday wishes, here is a song I relate to”
- Outskirts of Heaven (By Matt Shuster)
o This song has meaning to one of the grandkids, she says that she had it on her playlist for some time but when she left the hospital this past wednesday this song came on and although she had listened to it a lot this was the first time she actually listened to the words and imagined this is how Papa would like his heaven to be.
- When I Get Where I am Going (Brad Paisley/Dolly Parton)
o Papa liked Brad Paisley and this is a song that we felt summed things up for Papa
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Ed and Dora(Wall) Machushek posted a condolence
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Our sympathies go out to the families of Philip. Over the years we have lost track of each other, but there are many memories of our younger days. May God give you peace and blessings.
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Garnet Dyck posted a condolence
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
On behalf of Uncle Jake and Aunt Margaret Dyck & family: we wish to extend our deepest condolences on the loss of Philip, the patriarch of your family. He had a beautiful smile, and in his younger day was known for his athletic ability. Our family always thought his looks favored the Heinrichs side of his family. We hope you can and find comfort and joy in the memories you share as a family of a life well lived. Esther and family, we know the coming days will be especially difficult, but with God's love and grace may you find serenity.
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Murray & Marlene Knakoske posted a condolence
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Sad to hear of Philip’s passing. Our condolences Esther and family. May your wonderful memories of Philip help you through this difficult time.
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Wanita Christensen posted a condolence
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
My Condolences to Esther and family. Hugs from Wanita (Ens)Christensen
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Islay & David Holmes posted a condolence
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
David and I are so sorry to hear that you have lost Philip. We are thinking of you even though we now live in Airdrie. We have some very special memories of your family, especially of Tim, who was a welcome guest at our home often. We enjoyed your musical photos so much. Sending hugs and blessings.
Dave and Islay Holmes.
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Terry & Barb posted a condolence
Monday, March 4, 2024
To you Ester and your family We are really sorry for your loss ! Phill was a good guy .
A Memorial Tree was planted for Philip Wall
Monday, March 4, 2024
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Friday, March 1, 2024
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