This picture is of a few of Bob's old friends and of course his dad and the many, many ORBS in the pictureOn Christmas Day, 2007 my dear, DEAR friend Bob Sturgeon passed away shortly before end of Christmas Day. Bob has been my dear friend for almost 30 years and I will miss him dearly.
I met Bob almost 30 years ago through my other dear friend Louise. Louise moved next door to me in Richmond and we became best friends. Her best friend Bob naturally starting visiting her and in turn visiting me. Many MANY mornings the three of us would sit at my kitchen table, drinking coffee, smoking many cigarettes and doing the crossword puzzle. Bobby was a cab driver in those days and he would come in for his morning break and probably 3 hours later he would go back to work. After work Bobby would come over and drink a few beers with me and Lou, he would come over and mess around on Marc's computer - well Marc's first computer, the Coco 3...Bob and I had lots of fun trying to program "nothing" on it....Many many Xmas eve's Bob would help me put together one of Marc's Santa gifts...Willy would gladly open the door to Bob for that as Willy hated putting anything together...Me, Lou and Bob called ourselves the Three Musketeers - we did everything together the 3 of us...(dont ask us about our husbands, they were around but usually it was us 3). I have so many wonderful memories of those days. When Bob and his dad moved to Chilliwack it wasn't long before we moved out this way too. Then Malcolm and Lou followed and the Three Musketeers were back together again.
I held a memorial for Bob on Saturday, January 26th and was just in awe at how many "old" friends of Bob's came. There were people there that I knew but also old friends of his that I had heard about but never met. It snowed heavily but they came from afar..some not so far away - and we all drank a toast to Bobby and said goodbye. Things will never be the same and he will truly be missed.
I loved you Bobby Beluga...Till we meet again....
