HOW IT ALL BEGAN . . . AND CONTINUES
Mom & Dad as Elder and Sister Royal in March 2013 Our parents, Flemming Fuller Royal and Madge Marie Royal, were reunited on October 11, 2023, when Dad passed away after struggling through his final years with dementia that robbed him of all the knowledge and life memories collected through his mortal journey. Dad was preceded in death by Mom, who left us on May 8, 2015, after losing a battle against stage 4 cancer first diagnosed in early February 2015. Mom seemed to know that our traditional family Christmas Eve extravaganza at their home a few weeks earlier would be her last - pronouncing at the evening's end that it was "the very best Christmas Eve we've ever had." (It really was extraordinary.) Dad was never the same after Mom's passing. She was everything to him - and they were everything to us. Our parents made a wonderful couple. Together they created a family legacy of faith in Jesus Christ and love that continues to