My Grandpa

Hi everybody,

I hope you all don’t mind, but I wanted to say a little something about my Grandpa Styles. For those of you who don’t know, he passed away last week on Monday October 23^rd, peacefully in his home. He was 70 years old, and was still very young at heart. His last day was spent in Morro Bay at his recently rented beach house just ½ a block down from my parent’s house. He beat my dad in golf that morning, my brother took him and grandma out to a nice lunch, and he spent the evening helping my dad grade his hydrology and structural concrete class’s homework (two classes my grandpa took himself at Cal Poly almost 50 years ago).

My grandpa was a very special man. He taught me many things, like how to hip-check on a basketball court, and how to be a humble human being conscious of their values. He taught me family is the most important thing we have on earth, and it is very important to put them as a top priority in your life.

The last time I saw him was in the picture below. It was just 3 weeks ago now. He and grandma drove me from Morro Bay to Thousand Oaks so they could see Drew before we returned back to Fiji. We chatted the whole way down mostly about family history- Grandpa loved learning about our ancestry.

We are very blessed we got to spend time with him, and that we got to see most of you on our visit home. Because his departure was so sudden and unexpected it left many of us quite heart broken, but my grandpa could not have chosen a better way to go. He lived his life to the fullest until the last day. He really did have a beautiful life, and it should make us all realize how precious our time really is here together. I hope everyone is doing well, we send all of our love to you and your families.

Love,

Liss