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Show iJLpiElL,. : ' "- ? i I on walks with her and one day, as we approached Colleen and Harry's home I told her that we were old friends with the Mc-Cormicks. Mc-Cormicks. Our granddaughter, Ad-die, Ad-die, is a very friendly, outgoing child and she said she would like to visit them so we walked over and rang the doorbell. Sure as shooting, Colleen invited in-vited us into the house and we had a good visit and she gave Addie some candy. That was an insurance move to be sure we would come back another day, and we did. Often on our walks Addie Ad-die would ask if we could go see Mrs. McCormick and so we would stop by if they were home and have a nice visit. Colleen always had a dish of candy and urged Addie to have some. It did not take much urging. Addie just turned eight on Halloween and she was baptized bap-tized last Saturday. I know she would have been delighted to have Colleen and Harry know by Marcella Walker One of our dear friends pass ed away last week after havi ng some health problems. It brok5 my heart because I have known her for a long time. Colleen McCormick lived near us when we both lived on the south side of Pleasant Grove . We moved there in 1972 and Harry and Colleen lived there before we did. Colleen and I worked together to-gether in the Primary in those days and sometimes we would walk home together. That was in the days when Primary was held on a Tuesday afternoon. On our walks we had time to discuss lots of things and we did cover a lot of subjects in just one walk. Later on we were in the Relief Re-lief Society presidency together. Most of you know that the Relief Re-lief Society presidency has to meet frequently in order to take care of all the things which arise that need help from the Relief Society. Visiting the sick, helping help-ing the needy, and all that goes with it, takes a lot of time. Her husband, Harry, was our sons' Scoutmaster and he instilled a love of Scouting in them, especially our youngest son, Cal. I remember going to several different Winter Scouting Scout-ing activities in American Fork Canyon and Mutual Dell to take pictures for the Pleasant Grove Review of the boys involved in these events. Then the dreaded time came when the ward was divided divid-ed and we were no longer working work-ing together but we have stayed friends over the years. As Colleen Col-leen aged, like the rest of us, she began to have some health problems prob-lems which involved surgery for her knee and so forth. About six years ago we moved to the north side of Pleasant Grove, right back into the same LDS ward that Colleen and Harry lived in. It has been very enjoyable visiting with them more often. We have a granddaughter that likes to come visit with us quite often. She likes me to go about her baptism. But Colleen Col-leen had passed away following follow-ing surgery and Addie did not have a chance to tell her about the upcoming baptism. I know that Colleen is very happy that Addie was baptized, and I wouldn't be surprised if Colleen watched it from above. We will miss our visits to Colleen's house but I imagine Addie will always remember Mrs. McCormick. I know I will, too! |