Very nice tribute, Christine. Jack
--- On Sun, 1/25/09, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Christine Aguila <[email protected]> > Subject: Ronald Fandrey > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 1:08 PM > Hi Everyone: > > On January 3rd, my sister-in-law's husband, Ronald > Fandrey, passed away after a year long illness. Yesterday, > family and friends met up at the Du Page Inn in Downers > Grove, Ill. in memory to Ronnie, and the stories & drink > flowed freely all day and night. PDMLers would have loved > Ronnie, who was a bit of a photographer himself; an > inventor, who held 4 U.S. Patents; a gardener, canner, & > cook; a great story teller; and a human being generous with > time, help, and companionship. > > Two weeks before Ronnie passed, we were out by Karen & > Ronnie's house. Karen, my husband, Darrel, and I were > watching the Bears play football, while Ronnie was sitting > at the kitchen table half napping. > > > http://faculty.ccc.edu/caguila/Ronald%20Fandrey/index.html > > > At yesterday's memorial, I took photos for Karen's > memory book. Just standard snapshots of family & > friends as you would expect, but there is one portrait > I'll share as a PESO under separate cover. > > Ronnie was also a very keen deep sea fisherman, & his > ashes will be tossed in the ocean off the coast of Florida > come July. The family now affectionately jokes: "Ron > Fandrey has gone fishin'--Permanently!" > > Cheers, Christine > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

