A wonderful tribute. May you and your clan find peace in this difficult time.
-- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, January 25, 2009, 1:08:22 PM, you wrote: CA> Hi Everyone: CA> On January 3rd, my sister-in-law's husband, Ronald Fandrey, passed away CA> after a year long illness. Yesterday, family and friends met up at the Du CA> Page Inn in Downers Grove, Ill. in memory to Ronnie, and the stories & drink CA> flowed freely all day and night. PDMLers would have loved Ronnie, who was a CA> bit of a photographer himself; an inventor, who held 4 U.S. Patents; a CA> gardener, canner, & cook; a great story teller; and a human being generous CA> with time, help, and companionship. CA> Two weeks before Ronnie passed, we were out by Karen & Ronnie's house. CA> Karen, my husband, Darrel, and I were watching the Bears play football, CA> while Ronnie was sitting at the kitchen table half napping. CA> http://faculty.ccc.edu/caguila/Ronald%20Fandrey/index.html CA> At yesterday's memorial, I took photos for Karen's memory book. Just CA> standard snapshots of family & friends as you would expect, but there is one CA> portrait I'll share as a PESO under separate cover. CA> Ronnie was also a very keen deep sea fisherman, & his ashes will be tossed CA> in the ocean off the coast of Florida come July. The family now CA> affectionately jokes: "Ron Fandrey has gone fishin'--Permanently!" CA> Cheers, Christine CA> -- CA> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List CA> [email protected] CA> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net CA> 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.
