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| Marnie, Jane and Mike in September |
Mike Bland celebrated his 88th Birthday yesterday with Crowsons and Belliveaus, but last night he had a heart attack. He passed in the Penticton Hospital this morning.
Our thoughts are with his wife Jane, daughters Marnie and
Charmian, and granddaughters Sola (Mitch) and Mia. Mike Crowson and Mike
Bland were life long friends.
Blands have been part of the Baldy Community for many decades
– one of the lower mainland families who built here and made the long drives
for their families to ski. Later they moved to Kaleden.
If I have the order right, it was a chain of friends having
friends stay at their cabin, then building their own. Days invited Ozannes, who
invited Crowsons, who invited Blands, then the Smiths built next to Blands.
In their younger years, Jane and Mike were very active in
the community – Jane presided over pot lucks and Christmas Eve hot chocolate,
and I recall Mike working on repairing the deck at the lodge, and he also
served on the Community Association board.
Mike still skied a bit after a knee replacement. Mia’s paternal
great-grandfather was Willi Tenning. At the grand opening of the Sugar Lump Chair.
Mike wanted an easier run with his titanium knee, so I took the opening run of
Tennings with Mia, and Mike opened Fairweather with Randal.
In the last while, both Jane and Mike have had some health
challenges, and haven’t been able to enjoy their cabin as they once did. The
second and third generations are looking after the cabin now.
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| 2011, Marnie, Mike, Gary, Mia |
1 comment:
So sorry to hear. We became next door neighbours some time ago. He was a very nice gentleman, our condolences to his family and friends.
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