Monday, April 26, 2021
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Dear Lil and your blended families,
We share your grief in Gordon's passing and send our love to everyone, wishing we could be with you at this time
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We still have a difficult time accepting that Gordon is gone, but it was on his terms and we love him for having the courage to accept this and that he was his cheerful self and singing to the end.
Thinking back to our childhood, Gordon and I were 1&1/2 years apart in age. As the two youngest of six children, and living on the homestead near Smeaton, we had no neighbors, so had only each other as playmates for a few years. As a result we were very close and this lasted all our lives.
I do have to mention a story about Gordon when he was 6 and I was 4&1/2. At this time we lived in a small town (Lac Vert) when our oldest brother Roy (age 20) and his girlfriend wanted to escape everyone for awhile. They were walking down the street hand-in-hand. Not to miss a trick, Gordon grabbed my hand and we were walking behind them. Roy, of course wanted to get rid of us, so he gave Gordon 10 cents for us to each have a bar from the little store we were walking past. Gordon was much more interested in his stomach than in what Roy and his girlfriend were up to.
He and I went into the store and bought two chocolate bars. They were the same bars, but Gordon measured them lengthwise, widthwise, depth-wise and they were of course the same. As this was the case, he ate them both.
About 40 years later, I received a parcel approximately 12" by 6" and 1" deep; it was from Gordon. Inside was a family size chocolate bar and a poem which ended with the comment that he was replacing my bar with interest.
We think God must have needed a great country singer in his choir, and Gordon was His first choice.
We will miss Gordon greatly, but will never stop loving him.
Love to everyone,
Yvonne and David.
