Sunday, April 16, 2017
I would like to express my sincere sympathy to Gertrude, family, and friends. I first met Bill 12 or so years ago. I was camping on PEI with my daughter Susie and she wanted to go fishing so of to Georgetown we went. We had just got there when Bill and his family and friends were heading to their fishing boat. As Bill was walking by I asked him (I never met him before) where would be a good place to fish here. Without any hesitation he said come with us, even though I am an Islander and Not From Away, I told him I did not want to impose. He looked at my daughter and asked, would you like to go? The next thing I knew we were on board, I had a beer in my hand and my daughter had a pop. We introduced ourselves. We were both Ex RCAF, Bill was a very good friend of my friend, I was a good friend of Chuck, Gertrude's brother, and was an Usher at his wedding in Gimli,MB. Gertrude also knew my cousin Mary who was a nurse. It just went on and on...fantastic. We spent the whole afternoon with the family on the boat and shared their food and beverages and were taken back to their beautiful home. At some point I said to Bill..What a great little town you live in...I will never forget this...he said yeh... it is, "the only graveyard in PEI with Street Lights" I use that to this day to talk about a less then lively place. It was one of the best times my daughter and I ever had on beautiful PEI.
I have told this story many many times at family and social gathering and around ..camp fires with friends...A Finer Man I Have never Met...May God Rest His Gracious Soul..I regret that we have never met again....Peace to the Family.
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