Thursday, January 11, 2024
My condolences to Pat and family.
Uncle Jurgen, I have many memories of you since my earliest days. I spent every Christmas Eve with you and our families till I headed west in 1975. I remember visiting you and your family at your home on Kingsley Drive Hamilton. The Easter egg hunts in the garden.
Sitting in the back seat of Opa’s big old 1950’s car. Marvelling at your model airplane collection hanging from the ceiling in the recreation room downstairs. I wasn’t allow to touch though.
I remember the visits to your new family home on Aldercrest Rd Hamilton. Trying to help you and Horst pick up from the store and lay down patio stones next to the house connecting to the wonderful garden area. Probably wasn’t much help.
I remember a wedding or two and multiple garden parties where the majority spoke German.
I remember my trip with Oma and Opa to visit Horst and family in Winnipeg. You and Pat met us there and we headed west to Vie’s family farm. Looking for and seeing some wild horses. Helping to get a huge bull cow into a back of a truck with Horst and the farmer to deliver to auction. Trying to shoot nuisance gophers with a 22 rifle.
I remember couple of visits that you and Pat took to see Micheal and I and families in Victoria, BC.
Your visits and out for dinner when you were working on the new hospital addition in Victoria.
I remember thanksgiving dinner at my mom’s townhouse in Niagara Falls with you and Pat, Terry and I and Chris and Matthew.
A couple of times when Terry and I were visiting Rick and Diana in Niagara Falls and you and Pat met us at their home.
Hopefully somehow, someway someday we will meet again and have that beer on your porch all together.
Love Ron, Terry and Christopher.
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