December 2005

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Abbie and Family23 Dec 2005 05:33 pm

Abbie Pyne Has Passed Away

Abbie with her Great Grandma AbbieTo add to all the crazy stuff going on this month, my Grandma passed away last night in Sun City West, Arizona. My grandparents are snowbirds and had gone there for the winter.

She was pretty special to us, especially since our daughter is her namesake.

The following was sent out by Uncle Richard to the Pyne Family mailing list.

I am saddened to have to tell you all that Mom passed away at 9:12 p.m., December 22, 2005, at Sun City West, Arizona.

Tentative plans are to have her funeral on Friday, December 30, 2005, in Twin Falls, Idaho, and burial that day in the Elba, Idaho cemetary.

We appreciate all the support we have received from family and friends.

Leo V. Pyne
Mary-Lou Whitaker
Leo B. Pyne
Robert B. Pyne
Melvin B. Pyne
Richard B. Pyne

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Family and Rants22 Dec 2005 02:06 pm

It’s Been a Crazy Month

I think Christmas (and most other holidays) have become too commercialized. It used to be about being with family and enjoying each others company. Now it is about how many times my checking account overdrafts before my next paycheck.

We are heading to McCall for Christmas this year. We were supposed to stay home for the holidays, but Tim and Jan are coming up from Californication, so we have to take the oppertunity to see them. Their son, Matt (our nephew), has tranferred up her at work and is staying with us. He moved in the day after Thanksgiving. He can stay as long as he wants as long as he keeps cooking every once in a while. :-)

My mother’s house burnt down on December 15. She lost everything except some pictures that we were able to pull out of some wet, charred boxes. Mom is staying with Teggie while she applies to get different housing, and Scott and Jacque are now staying with us. We moved Jacque’s bed into Abbie’s room and Scott is staying in Jacque’s old room/spare room.

We went from three to six people in our house in just over 3 weeks! It reminds me of Uncle Kelvin’s house.

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