Sharing memories of lost classmates is a big deal

Stan,
Just wanted to let you know that the blog had an impact beyond our immediate class members. I think I might have told you that we live next to Rallie Kvilhaug (Rick Kvilhaug's brother) at the lake. He lives right behind his mother-in-law and father-in-law who own the resort next to us.
The day of our reunion, his father-in-law passed away. I didn't find out about it till I saw the Alex paper on line on Wednesday. Yesterday I went over with cards for both his mother-in-law and for him and his wife. I saw him and gave him the card but got tied up with his mother-in-law and didn't get a chance to talk with him.
Remembered Rick
Later on he tracked me down and brought up the blog and how we had recognized Rick and the others on line. I also told him about the board we put up at the reunion. Rallie had gotten his whole family together, his mom, and his sister to look at the blog. He said they were all very moved and were grateful to know that people still remembered and cared about Rick. He was very emotional when he was telling me about it. They all send on their thanks to everyone who helped make that happen. It was appreciated!
John Herdan
(Thanks for the note, John. The only thing left of our deceased classmates are the memories we have of them. We honor these classmates by sharing these memories. When we do this, our classmates live on. Our class members own a treasury of these memories, many that are not known even by their own families. So the more we speak of our lost classmates, the more value we add to their legacy and the importance of their time on earth. We had hoped to formally share some stories of our 18 lost classmates at the reunion, but it didn't work out. We hope now to get some small measure of those memories emailed to us, by those who have valuable assests to share. John -- your note helped explain why this is important. Thank you. -- Trailboss)