Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Farewell William G. Kirkwood

Bud passed away late last week due to cancer. It has been heartwarming to read the comments in the Kayser Chapel (Moses Lake) site and to see so many affirmations of the difference he made in students' lives over the years of teaching. There will be a memorial in Moses Lake next Monday, and we will attend as will Keith and Craig.

We spent about ten days on the desert at Quartzite providing moral support to Rod and Karen in their hosting duties of 94 coaches for a five day rally. They are very thorough and conscientious so it went very well, and their efforts were much appreciated. The highlight was a pig roast. One of the rally members has a custom-built roaster that he towed to the rally and it became the final resting place for a 200+# pig. It was quite the novelty.

Franz even made head cheese the likes of which I have not had since I was a kid on the farm. It is fabulous in spite of what many others think.

We arrived at our usual park in Casa Grande yesterday afternoon and today we will try to get the desert dust out of the coach and catch up on organization and laundry. Airline reservations are the other task for the day.

It is a bit cool here yet this morning, but the sky is clear and blue. Ciao.

2 comments:

Steve said...

Sorry for your loss Ken and Helen. Our thoughts and prayers go with you. Take care. Steve and Sandy.

Gary Ousey said...

Our condolences Ken and Helen. Our thoughts are with you.