Saturday, December 15, 2018
Susan, Bill, Jane and Sally,
I happened to see your mothers obituary in the Stouffville Tribune. Both your mom and your dad were long ago family friends of my parents, Ian (Sam) and Eleanor (Susie) Bain. We grew up in Agincourt when your parents had their farm at McCown and Bloomington. During a difficult family time, when my mother was being treated for breast cancer, your parents took me in at the farm for two weeks one summer when I was 12 years old. It was an amazing time which all these years later I think of fondly. I drank unpasteurized milk for the first time, played endlessly with Tippy the farm dog, helped pick veggies and raspberries with your mom, helped raise a newborn lamb with your dad, and made stamped leather bookmarks! Your parents were so kind to me and instilled in me a love for farming and land which continues today. My condolences to you all.
