Thursday, March 13, 2008

Good-bye, Phyllis

It was a sad day February 14th this year when we learned of the death of Phyllis Donaldson, my #1 sister-in-law, in Yuma, Arizona. There are four Donaldson brothers so I always said, "Number one brother. Number one sister-in-law" and so on. Phyllis was married to the oldest brother, Les. There are three of us left now. It doesn't seem right. She was young, really. She and I had a long talk at our beach house about a year ago. We hadn't been alone together for such a long time before. We shared stories and feelings about many things while Robert and Les went crabbing. We all will miss her. The Celebration of her Life was last Saturday at the Lions Club in White Salmon, Washington. Robert thinks there were close to 200 people there.
Phyllis met Les at Oregon State. I think they are in the bleachers with good seats awaiting a game.


I didn't focus this well, but here are the sisters-in-law: Mary, Carol, me, and Phyllis.