THE CROW’S
NEST---------------January
20, 2009
Here is hoping everyone had
a wonderful Christmas and a
safe and great New Year. It
is hard to believe it is
already 2009. It seems like
yesterday we were
celebrating the entrance of
2000! The older one gets
the faster time flies by.
Talk about being older. We
just celebrated 2 birthdays
in Edinburg. There were open
house birthday parties for
both Patsy Foseide and
Walter Wellman. They each
celebrated 90 years of
life. I heard more than
once the request to see
Patsy’s birth certificate.
She is by far the youngest
90 year old I have ever
known! She told me most
days she feels like she is
70! Patsy always is so
upbeat and cheerful and has
such a positive attitude
about life. She is a joy to
know. The same can be said
for Pastor Wellman. I would
never have guessed that he
was celebrating his 90th
birthday.
This past week has been a
“moment of truth” for me.
Life has pretty much always
treated me kindly and I know
that I am a wee bit spoiled
(or as my kids would say I
am a whole lot spoiled!).
Chuck had hernia surgery
last Monday and is in the
recovery mode. It hurts to
move around too much and he
is restricted from lifting
anything over 15 pounds for
4 weeks. It was a rude
awakening to find myself
doing things that I just
knew he would always do for
me. I moved furniture,
ironed clothes---yes, Chuck
does all the ironing----and
even ran the snow blower
yesterday. Today I tried to
use the “snow rake” to get a
couple of feet of snow off
our roof, but Chuck finally
had to call Jackson Hall to
come over and help with that
task. I just wasn’t strong
enough to manipulate the
long handled rake. The snow
on the roof was melting and
then freezing causing water
to leak through our bathroom
sunroof. Thank goodness for
Jackson. He is a very
special young man who will
be sorely missed when he
leaves for college next
fall.
We have experienced quite a
“deep freeze” in
temperatures around here for
at least the last 2 weeks.
It has been SO cold. One
morning I got up to see the
actual temperature at minus
29 degrees. If you take in
to consideration the wind
chill factor we have had
temperatures hovering around
minus 44 degrees. It isn’t
weather you want to spend
too much time outdoors in.
We also have had our share
of lots of snow. We haven’t
been hit with quite as much
as the Bismarck and Minot
area, but we have enough to
make clearing parking lots
and sidewalks a nightmare.
There is much sadness
around town as we have
experienced the loss of 4
people who once or still
called Edinburg home.
Adeline Windingland died in
Fargo but her funeral was
here at Trinity last
Thursday. She was 91 years
old. Olga Rheaume’s funeral
was last Saturday morning.
Olga also was in her 90’s.
Gail and her daughter Terry
were here. Lyle could not
come as he is struggling
with cancer. Paul
Benjaminson also passed
away. He lived in Grafton,
but loved to come to
Edinburg to visit. I so
enjoyed talking with Paul.
Then, word came Sunday that
Marianne Eisenmann died at
First Health Care in Park
River. I know everyone
grieves for the loss of each
of these dear people. Our
hearts, prayers and thoughts
go to every family member
that is experiencing the
loss of such important and
wonderful people in their
lives. Adeline, Olga, Paul
and Marianne will be dearly
missed by all of us.
I want to add to our sadness
the death of Anne Newman.
Anne and her husband Art
have lived in California for
many, many years. Anne
was a sister to "Hoot"
Johnson, "Husky" Johnson,
Steve Johnson and Hilda
Mathiasson. My cousin,
Brian Johnson called with
the news of her passing.
Anne was in her late 90's
and was very active until
the end. Sympathy
again goes out to everyone
who loved Anne so very much.
Mark your calendars to come
“home” to our 2nd
annual “Kick It Up A
Notch-----round 2” Brunch
Sunday, March 1 at the
Community Center. We hope
to “wow” you with a great
menu of food and a wonderful
time of visiting. We would
love to have you all there.
What an important day this
is in American history. I
have been watching the
inauguration of our 44th
President, Barack Obama on
television this morning. I
wish him the very best as he
begins probably the toughest
job in America. Have a
great day and we will visit
later.
I
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