Fred, Am sorry to hear that you won't be in the area during that time period, but think that you will have a wonderful trip to Salt Lake. Will you take time to do research as well. There is a woman from here that goes out there with her husband and their RV and spends months at a time doing research. Her name is Lois and right now can't think of her last name. Any chance you will be passing through OKC on either your way out or way back. Would love to visit. I don't mind that you tell the group except my Mom was not the Sackett. My Dad descended from the Sacketts. Am sorry that you may have to have another angioplasty. Hope that you don't have to. Got to go Linda ----- Original Message ----- -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Hello Fred Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:29:39 -0500 From: Linda Hare <alstrom@icon.net> To: <sackett@gnat.net> It has been a long time. As I think that you know, since last June my mother has been living with us in OK. She just couldn't cope with living by herself after my Dad died. She was doing real well considering she had heart problems. Well, she had one heart valve that was closing and one that was leaking and they gave her less than 6 months. She elected to have heart surgery. Came thru beautifully and did extremely well for three weeks. Then was moved to another facility to start rehab. At that point other things started to go wrong. She died on Aug. 8, 2 days before her 89th birthday. Gordon and I are going back to Longmeadow over the Labor Day weekend as we are having a grave side service at the Pine Hill Cemetery on Sept. 4 at 2 p.m. She will be buried next to my Dad. Wondered if you would be up there at the time as would look forward to seeing you again. So far you have never gotten our way. Linda Nancy Longmeadow is just south of Springfield Mass. Fred