March 6, 2010:

I apparently jumped the gun with the "obituary" posted yesterday. I have now added the real obituary which appeared in today's Vancouver Columbian. I have decided to keep the more detailed info posted yesterday. See the Recent Obits page.

March 5, 2010:

In the absence of a regular obituary for Peggy Keller Click Taylor, I have extracted information about her from the CaringBridge website (referenced below). You may read about Peggy's life on the Recent Obits page.

Jack McGinnis submitted a photo of the John B Allen Class of 1947. Check out these "cute kids" by clicking here.

March 1, 2010:

It is with sadness that I announce the passing of Peggy Keller Click Taylor. Peggy had been battling ovarian cancer for 6½ years. Many of you may have been following her last days on CaringBridge.org.

January 11, 2010:

One of our classmates, Mary Fowler Trimble is an active author. She just released her third novel, Tenderfoot. Mary has authored more than 400 magazine and newspaper articles covering travel destinations and articles of interest to homeowners. She also authors a very useful blog that provides information on many topics. You can check out her blog by clicking here.

A sampling of subjects addressed in her blog is as follows:

Living a long and useful life
Scam proof your life
Don’t be a target for carjacking
Locating a loved on in an emergency
Careful planning can ease effects of disaster
Assembling a disaster supplies kit
In the event of my death

Mary’s new book, Tenderfoot, is a dramatic romantic suspense novel set on a working cattle ranch in 1980, the year the world remembers for the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens. Although the story is fiction, incidents relating to the mountain are true and accurately captured.

Corrie Stephens is eager to learn about ranch life, but reluctant to become romatically involved – it’s just not worth the heartache. Rancher J McClure, on the other hand, has been alone too long. Mount St. Helens has plans its own…

Tenderfoot is told with humor along with strong emotions based on family, love, and the raw adventure of experiencing the horror of the eruption of Mount St. Helens.

Tenderfoot can be ordered online at MaryTrimbleBooks or Treble Heart Books. It can also be downloaded and read as a PDF, HTML or Mobipocket document.

January 5, 2010:

I received an email from Lois Anseth Simmons yesterday advising me of the passing of her friend from Lincoln days, Twyla Cogzill Ball. Lois wrote, "A good friend of mine in high school, who was also a 1953 Lincoln high school graduate, died June 5, 2009. We had lost touch with each other unfortunately, however my sister-in-law happened to see this obituary in a Seattle newspaper. Twyla and I had good times together in high school, especially swimming in Haller Lake. I was saddened to hear of her death."

Lois goes on to say, "I live in Fargo, ND where it is very cold. We usually go south for part of the winter, however this year we can’t decide where to go as it seems to be cold everywhere. I see by the weather reports that Seattle is often warmer than Mesa, AZ. We usually make our trips to Seattle in the summer but maybe we should consider a winter vacation there this year."

Twyla's obituary is available on the Recent Obits page.

January 1, 2010:

We just learned from Bill Dougherty that fellow Alaskan Larry Landaal passed away on December 22, 2009 in Anchorage, Alaska. His obituary is available on the Recent Obits page.

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