Joe and I have been best buddies for 32 years. A great man, artist and just a good dude in general. I have nothing but praise for the guy as he was one of the good ones. See you soon brother. It was a truly beautiful life. I tell you this neither as someone who knew her well nor as someone who is very good at total recall, but simply remembering the many times Lois and Charles have shared with Sharon and I, a colorful pallet of possibilities in life from which we were able sketch our own pathways.
My friend Francisco and I were doing laundry while Charles was holding and lulling an infant while her mom could finish her laundry. Soon we become friends through the Newman Center where we attended weekly mass and met Lois and the Corrina, Kristin, and Ben. The many times we had dinner at your house, it was accompanied by music and singing.
Charles played his washtub bass once and I recall a Dulcimer that he had bought from a mountain city in North Carolina showing up one time. Sharon and Lois exchanged many ideas on sewing which they both loved. Before our first daughter Brittany was born in Chapel Hill in , Lois and Charles gifted us a beautiful handmade changing table. We still treasure it and will hand it down to Brittany, your godchild, when she will hopefully have her first born.
We were fortunate enough to meet Lois in when we visited Portland and relived precious memories and shared stories about our growing families.
Love, caring, and compassion, about which she so artfully wrote to Ben in I just remember Lois, the few times when we shared a space, as willing to be delighted. She enjoyed a good chuckle. Uncle Joseph was a wonderful person to have grown up with and and to converse with later in life.
