Sunday, 01NOV, Dan
made another long drive to the airport in Vancouver, BC, to pick up Corrie. Sadly after returning to Sultan, WA, we are
soon informed of our good friend Karen Bishop’s passing on 02NOV; followed by
Corrie’s brother Ed Riesmeyer passing on 08NOV.
Karen was the wife
of Ken Bishop (retired Coast Guard Captain).
Ken was our boss in Rotterdam, The Netherlands way back in 1979 to 1982. After our marriage & leaving Rotterdam we
maintained contact with Karen & Ken, while occasionally being able to
visit. As with all good friends the long
time between visits didn’t matter & a good time was always enjoyed (even if
not frequent enough).
As noted in our last
BLOG Ed’s passing was expected, but that did not lessen the heartache of the
loss of a beloved brother & brother-in-law.
So on 10NOV we made another drive to Vancouver, BC, to fly to Winnipeg, Manitoba. The next sad four days were spent with Ed’s
wife Elaine at their house in Sprucewoods, MB.
Corrie occupied herself by helping Elaine arranging the “Come & Go”
Reception in Ed’s memory at the Community Hall on Saturday, 14NOV. Dan engaged himself by collecting as many pictures
of Ed from family & friends to create a memorial slide show of Ed’s life.
The reception was
very nice & heartwarming affair, with standing room only in the Community
Hall. After the reception we returned to
Elaine’s to say our goodbyes to the family & head to the Winnipeg
airport. We would have liked to stay
longer, but contractors will be starting on our solar array Monday, 16NOV.
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