I've buried more family than I care to admit.
The only things that matter in the end are the memories you made and the things they taught you.
Given my family's history of later-life mental instability and dementia, the line "memory damage... not a problem for booting" stings.
I keep my dad's old revolver in working condition to remind me of him. Besides his recipes, and his welding gear, it's a link that is hard to let go.