January 3, 2021

12:27 p.m.

This is an updated version. I learned of another loss after publication, and I'm adding him now that his family has announced it. 

Well. That's over with. Thank God. 

I'd like to put forth a little Happy New Year thought--I HOPE. 

Yeah, "I are not smart", as a friend tells me from time to time, when he's made a blunder of some sort. Why on earth would I have  room left for hope in my heart after the shit-show we've just come through? It's not like it's over--we are still right in the midst of it, and the end is probably out there, but it is not yet in my sights.

Still...I HOPE. I hope the world gets better, and this virus is brought under control. 

I hope stupid people grow brains. If you follow the news, you know what I mean.

I hope families make new starts. Remember that there are only so many chances you'll ever get to reach out to offer or ask for forgiveness, to lend a helping hand, to love one another. 

I HOPE for a Happy New Year.

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In times past, I have posted a sort of "Who We Lost" list, mostly including folks from my hometown. I have gone back and forth with myself over doing it for 2020, because I have never seen the list this long. It is daunting. It took me two days to research and compile the names, and I doubt I have a complete list. 

Sharon Frint, 67                

Eileen Rae Hubbard, 61                   

Richard Leon Clement, 69

Brad Slaughter, 70            

Paula Carter, 73             

Audilia Martinez Ortega, 93             

Rocky Joe Potter, Sr., 68  

Gary Wayne Persinger, 68                 

David "Ted" Jensen, 75

Jeffery M. Travis, 47          

Harry Karician, 89                             

Linda Faye Holler, 73

Jeanette Barnie Wilson, 63  

Harris Foster, 68                               

Richard Ray Fischer, 73

Tana Elaine Bernal, 56                  

Frances Elizabeth Watts, 93             

Jennifer Jane Sawyer, 35 

Mary Margaret Case, 88                     

Quenten Reed Wilde, 42              

Robyn Dee Wilde, 70       

Chris Barrera. 89                                 

Steven John Schultz, 37                

Claudia Young, 71  

Patrick McGlynn Stewart, 54            

Marilyn, 86 & Robert Richards, 87     

Leona H. Wengert, 96         

Harold Walker, 91                               

Robert M. Hubler, Jr., 66                   

William "Tad" Bobbitt, 59 

Cynthia A. Wickham, 63                     

Bruce D. Williams, 73                       

Dallas "Jerry" Sinclair, 81 

Cindy Hamblin, 59                             

Michael Held, 63                               

Lynn M. Ball Burrola, 66 

Dr. Carl Allen Morck, 81                     

Nadine Nanette McGuire, 59             

Patrice Ortega, 50             

Nathan C. Richards, 65                       

James Noel Gardner, 85                      

Elsie Lee, 99                      

Robert Charles LeFaivre, 88                

Fred Alan Bowden, 65                       

Roger David Smith, 65    

Robert Thomas Trujillo, 83                 

Donald Francis Cywinski, 80            

Alice Ann Follett, 78         

James Daniel Davis, III, 65                 

Jennie V. Davis, 94                             

Irene A. Kalivas, 96     

Frank Ortega, 63                                 

Genovie Bustos, 86                           

Charles L. Bocquin, 81   

PAUL EUGENE SHABLO, 84  My beloved father, whom I miss desperately.   

Judy Wilcox, 80                                   

Trevor Clay Benboe, 40                   

Ona D. Cochrun, 79             

Manuel Pope, 75                                 

David Winn Johnson, 66                   

Michelle R Flores, 47     

Barbara Jean Rawl-Daniels, 83           

Donnette Butters Peterson, 100           

Betty Jean Taylor, 95         

Kevin John Hanson, 44                     

Eric Conrad Branson, k                     

William S. Ward, 78       

Laura LeAnn Maestas Schumacher, 37                                                         

Geraldine Ellen Birch, 90 

Avery Charles Beaver, 26                     

Dorothy A. Finch, 73                           

Jacob C. Sanchez, 88     

Lois M. McCall, 99                             

Linda Raw Waggener, 55                    

Margaret Bradner, 83  

Orin Lance Blasi, 42                            

Mary Katheryn Salas, 75

Donald Munoz, 74

Robin S. Vesco, 58

Laura Ann Scheneman, 52

Marcia Lee Norris, 72

Mary K. Smith, 65

Cayleigh Ann Welch, 18

Robert Velazquez, 63

Hui-Suk “Sue” Bozner, 60

Charlotte Ann Copeland, 75

Kathryn Kay Schwartz, 83

Zachary Ryan Eikanger, 29

George A. Whittacar, 69

Glen Franklin McLean, 73

Jan Alan Rushing, 72

John Roberts, 72

Nancy A. Probst, 74

Diana Fritzler, 66

Carol Ann Nunez Uriarte, 71

Sherril Hart, 56

E. Darrell Smith, 80

Rudolph James Gunter, 80

Cleoma “Jean” Kirby, 84

Joseph Glass, 87

Chris Leventis, 88

Kathleen Susan Hiatt, 68

Gretchen Andrusko, 82

Kay Marie Danielson, 82

Keith Swanson, 63

Gregory Scott Cable, 54

Norda Millett Lewis, 84

Elizabeth Rose Andrews, 41 

Wilfred Moccasin Gladue, 64

James Perry Nelson, Jr., 71   

Jim Guindon, 82

Iris Marie Hart, 92

Edward Lavern Harsha, 81

Leonard J. Ormandy, 91

Eutonia Veloy Jarvie, 89

Dale Wayne Pulley, 61

Joseph Raymond Bateman, Jr., 57

Patricia Lynn Preddy, 80

Alan, 80 and Ann Hendry, 78

Randy Hargrove, UK age. I will update. 

ROBERT AULBACH, my beloved uncle  

This is a list that includes mostly people who live in, or once lived in Green River, with a couple of people I know personally added in. Also, there were a couple who left us in December 2019, but you'll forgive me for that, I am sure. 

If I missed anyone, I apologize in advance. I am certain I did. It was that kind of year. 

We miss you and love you all, and hope you FLY HIGH.

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Adios, 2020. Never come back. We don't like you much.

Have a nice day, folks.