October 26, 2025

           There is no report today. I have just received notice that Marion passed away approximately two months ago (August 14, 2025). I got this feeling something was wrong and wrote a letter that I needed to hear her on the phone. I have not seen her since August back in 2012. This picture is the way I will always remember her.

           Here’s a recap of our forever friendship:

1982 – We meet at a party, she’s the girlfriend of the son of the guy who got me into the phone company. Total babe, but not my type, however, very much the practical type.
1983 – Marion is married, it does not last, but she makes it clear that we remain friends and her husband is to understand that.
1985 – We begin celebrating her April birthday, a tradition for most of the next 15 years.
1987 – I meet the Reb and Marion drops out of the picture for two years.
1991 – Marion and I take a classic trip to Oregon in my then-new Cadillac.
1995 – We stop counting birthdays.
1998 – She marries her final husband, a younger man.
1999 – I say goodbye for the next 8 years.
2007 – We meet at DisneyWorld.
2012 – Our final visit, a lifetime adventure.
2013 – News arrives Marion is disabled.
2014 – Our only contact becomes letters.
2016 – My executor visits, reporting Marion is not well.
2022 – I am unable to find anyone to check on Marion.
2025 – I write the last of 224 letters, saying I will phone.

           This morning, someone at the desk answered. While nothing is confirmed, bad news of this nature is rarely wrong.

           Later, I found these photos. This is Marion at the street mall in Denver, 2012. We went to the da Vinci exhibit, another classic and one-of-a-kind adventure. Here is also a pic of Marion in the sidecar, with her wheels on the back deck. I think we went to South Denver that day. And the last pic I have of Marion and her husband. That would be at Epcot in 2007. Maybe I’ll contact him for information. I need closure on this.