singing with Phyllis
Butch loved to sing. Anywhere, anytime...he lived to sing!
Butch loved to sing. Anywhere, anytime...he lived to sing!
My dear cousin Becky Laine not only is a hospice caregiver in Virginia but she also is an incredibly talented woman who makes quilts and donates them to help raise funds for hospice. Our paternal grandmother Norma Jane Bard Ritchie was also a wonderful quilter. I have come to know my grandmother through my cousin and her memories of our grandmother Jane. Becky has done a kind and noble task in making and dedicating this beautiful quilt "Remembering Two Cousins" to her cousin Sarah Louise Jordan and my late husband Robert Dale Wenger.
Below is the information from the augustahealth.com website describing the quilt, the pattern and my cousins "remembering two cousins" explained in more detail. The website link follows where you can see Becky's quilt and many others and learn about this remakable place. At the link click on quilts and keep scrolling down.
60 Donated by Rebecca Laine
100" x 80" Quilt machine pieced by Rebecca Laine and machine quilted by Gaytha Lindensmith.
This quilt uses the Triple Irish Chain pattern & is donated in honor of Rebecca's cousins' Hospice caregivers & in memory of her cousins Sarah Louise Jordan & Robert Wenger.
Remembering Two Cousins submitted by Rebecca Laine.
Sarah Louise ("Babe") Jordan (1927 - 2013) was a complex woman who could be described as feisty or combative, strong-minded or stubborn, depending on one's perspective. I loved her for her quirky intelligence and quicksilver humor, often directed at herself. A tough lady, Babe nursed first Bill, her husband of 50 years, then her mother Bess, through lengthy terminal illnesses, knowing that no one would be left to care for her. Fortunately there was Hospice … the hospice caregivers in Statesville, NC must have had their hands full with my volatile cousin.
Robert ("Butch") Wenger (1947 – 2012) was married to my cousin Jo and helped her through a heart attack in the weeks after their move to the first home they ever owned. A Vietnam vet, guitarist, and raconteur, Butch characteristically looked his own cancer diagnosis full in the face, researched treatment options, and fought a brave fight. Jo, still recovering from her own health crisis, was with him every step of the way, but when they had exhausted all their options, Hospice was there. Thanks to the hospice team in Phoenix, AZ, who took this dear couple into their loving care.
http://www.augustahealth.com/quilts-of-comfort/quilt-pictures
This was taken in Oct 2009 of Butch & Jo Wenger, my brother Brian, his wife Jean, and daughters Marissa, & Maria Ritchie, our son Sam Kelly and grandchildren Keilen, Brennen and Shailey. Jennifer Kelly took the photo and we are missing our daughter Jill and her husband Steve Gladfelter and nephew Michael Ritchie.