Tuesday, November 16, 2021
To Don's Family:
I have known Don for many years but haven't seen him for quite awhile. I grew up at Neville and took all my schooling there. I started teaching private piano/theory with Mrs. Verda Town in Swift Current as well as one day/week at Neville and one day/week at Maple Creek - travelling up there by train the night before and returning back to Swift by bus after teaching all day. Bob Williamson from Pambrun and I were married in Dec., 1956. I continued teaching until the end of June, 1957, and then moved to the farm at Pambrun, where we lived for 40 years and raised a family of 3 sons and 2 daughters. During that time I played piano with Jack Baxter's orchestra and later I played with the Kiwanis chords and run into Don again. I played with Ken Benson and have played with Jim Pratt mostly as volunteers at Seniors places and since I moved to Riverview, we play regularly for Hymn Sings and the "old" songs which we know so well. I remember Don's wife, Marie, and his brother, Gordon, and played hockey against the Neufeld girls, Dallas Loeppky, etc. Don was a few months older than Bob and Bob passed away in May, 2010. Bob boarded at Bill Baumann's in Swift Current when he took grade 12 and Mrs Baumann was a Sommerfeld. Most of this information won't be very relevant to the younger folk reading it but I have enjoyed many memories thinking of times long gone by.
Sincere condolences, Joan Williamson
