On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > 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!" >
He sounds like a special human being, who touched many during his lifetime. Your portraits of him are beautiful - I'm sure that they'll be treasured by his family and those who knew him. I look forward to seeing the portrait that you refer to. Condolences to everyone who knew him, especially his family. regards, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
