Jeff's Remarks at Grace Setterholm's Memorial Service
                          On October 19, 2001
                     @ St.John's Lutheran Church
                      Lakeville, Minnesota 55044


Thank you all for being here in God's presence: Friends and relatives,
Pastor Von Fischer, Catherine, Shirley, and the ladies of the church.

I was blessed to have Grace and Vernon as my parents. There's more to
say than time to say it... to I'm going to talk about American English.

Grace loved the positive things that language can do. She majored in
English at the University of Minnesota, but that was a consequence,
not the beginning, of her love of language. There were numerous,
imaginative, stories that she wrote in her youth. She rarely let a pun
go unspoken. When Ogden Nash published his book of poetry, she was
like a prospector who had found gold. One of his poems - that Grace
delighted in - was:
                          If called by a Panther,
                               don't anther.
Scrabble and Jotto were her perennial favorites as games. In all the
time that I was growing up, I never heard her speak a demeaning word
about anyone. By the things that she said to me, there was never any
doubt in my mind that she loved me.

most of you received postcard and letters from Grace over the years...
and already know... that Grace was a great Mom who loved the positive
things that language can do.

Thank you, Lord.

Amen