Friends

Keep friends in your heart

FRIENDS

Appreciate them while they're still here

Friends stay by your side by choice. Even when they leave this world, their friendship remains as long as we hold them in our hearts. We miss the friends who have had no choice but to leave us behind, and look forward to the time we can all laugh together again. Below are special friends we honor here, along with their spouses, whom we treasure.

GARY and DAWN (Gary passed away several years ago) We've loved Gary since our teens. When he introduced Dawn to us, we immediately knew he'd found THE ONE. Their 15 years of marriage were truly enviable, and we still grieve with Dawn at losing him. He has left a genuinely beautiful person behind.
	JOHN and EDITH (John passed away in 1990) John and Edith's relationship with us began as fellow boaters and grew far beyond that level. They never had children and Edith's loss of John was therefore greater because she felt truly alone when he died. We did all we could for her while he was ill and have tried to at least partially fill the void and let her know we'll always care about her and be there for her.
TRUDY and JOHN (still have 'em both) Fellow boaters, Trudy and John are the kind of people who are constant friends. (The fact that he's Polish like Fran doesn't hurt, either!) We feel close to them even though they've relocated to Florida, and hope there will be many opportunities for us to see each other in the years ahead. Thank heaven for computers -- keep those emails coming, John!
	JOAN and MANNY (still have 'em both) When you look up the word friends in the dictionary, you should be seeing Joan and Manny's picture. They were our neighbors when we moved into our first house and we had our first baby. The friendship has continued, and we know they will always be there for us and we for them. That's another definition of the word friends.
NORMAN and BRENDA, daughters Chris and Lorraine (Brenda passed away in 1996) Brenda was my penpal in England since we were both about 11 years old -- we kept in touch until the end of her life, visiting each other's homes and travelling in the U.S., U.K. and Wales together. Norman recently married again and we share his joy at finding Jan to share life's journey with him..

KARL's MOM
(who passed away August 1998, age 93)
Mom is shown here on the occasion of her 90th birthday. We believe she was born in the most interesting century of our world's history, spanning flight from the Wright Brothers to the Concorde, the inventions of electricity, indoor bathrooms, the notion of heating an entire house, replacing horses with horsepower, and so much more. Is someone some day going to say the same about the times in which we lived? It doesn't seem likely!

She was a very kind lady who never had a bad word to say about anyone, and an outstanding cook and baker. A loving mother to Karl, she did a pretty good job of raising an "only" child not to be spoiled! And she was a pretty great mother-in-law, too, once she got the hang of it! Mom, we wish you were still here enjoying your family.

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