Hopefully she will be in with us on Feb 5th for the Baby Layla shower AND a celebrating of her birthday this weekend. Alicia will have help hosting about 40 plus people at her bro in laws house on Feb 5th. Can you believe that? She is very POPALER as Jack would say. How exciting though!
Mike I understand is having some surgery I think this week so we need to keep him in mind as they decide what is going on with his salivary gland. With he and Nancy facing health issues together, that must be very very hard and so you know the drill. pray pray pray.
Pat, Mike, Tom and I and Mary and Ed were able to Skype as a group last week and it was such fun! Joanne tried to join in but could not arrive at the Skype place. We are hoping to set up some regular Chat sessions like that between all of us..It was just like sitting in a living room and yakking. I understand that Ed and Tom and Mike regularly talk together...Must be nice to be retired and all!!!
The snow is falling so beautifully here today in Chi-land...The East Coast is suffering badly though it seems....Fred, thanks for your sweet post about the Packers...very funny young man!!
I have a seminar all weekend so will not get to spend time with my siblings...but I hope you enjoy catching up with some of our activities here and await hearing more from you guys.
Gotta run to work now....Love from Chicago M
Got home from classes today and found a message on my machine from Mary Alice Benson.
ReplyDeleteUncle Al Benson passed away this morning, in Napa,California.age 99. I called right away, but was not able to speak to Mary Alice, however there were two neices there from Wisconsin, one of which answered the phone.
Apparently, Al has been sick for several weeks, having been hospitalized for pneumonia a couple of times and in and out of hospital. He has been in Hospice Care this past week at a facility and the past couple of days, was having some kidney failure and with emphasema, breathing difficulty.
The neice I spoke with, said that she believed Patti and Harry S. were planning a trip out there.
I will certainly miss the ole fellow as we were email correspondents for the past couple of years, and he sent some of the most intriguing forwards along to me. And when Mary was going thru her knee replacement surgery about a year an a half ago, I spoke with her a few times during her recovery, and Al kept me posted on her progress in rehabilitation.He called me fairly regularly after my knee surgery last year.
For those who may be interested in calling or sending a card to aunt, Mary Alice :
Phone: 1 707 257 6409 and address:
4392 Chablis Dr. Napa, California 94558
I will also call Mary & Ed, and Peggy, so they can let anyone know about funeral arrangements. It just happened today,so none were made yet. Love B.