Paul Raether Raether

Posted on: Feb 14, 2023 at 4:33 AM

I was very saddened to hear of Pam's untimely passing. What I know is from my friend Shelly Peilen who heard from one of Pam sisters. Apparently our beloved classmate suffered a bowel perforation had surgery but postoperatively went into cardiac failure and subsequently total organ failure. The Morton family, like the Peilen family had three daughters, also spaced two years apart. Harriet and Pam were the oldest, in the class of '71. I knew Pam pretty well although we never dated or anything. She lived on Montrose just down the street from Barb McDonnell. As I recall, they were both in Jobe's Daughters. I had been hoping to see Pam at the reunion but thanks to a perfect storm of incompetence, first  by Social Security, then by the Tile app on my phone, and then my Fedex, I never made it back to the Lost Spur.

However, if Sally Craig Leet, Carol Kennedy, Janet Hubbard, Rich Holmboe (who also didn't make it), Stu Kaufman, Ricky Cohen MD, and anyone who wants to travel out to God's country, i.e. the Pacific Northwest, I am going to host a get together perhaps yet this fall when my wife-to- be, Luicia, originally from ???? comes up from Florida to Portland in October. And Ed Bornstein, Even though you're probably not on here I want to reassure you that even though you say everyone hates you that's not true and I will issue you a personal invitation to come up here from Phoenix. I've come to become a pawn shop aficionado. They are some of the most enjoyable places to visit. Sort of like going to a boutique Goodwill, Costco, or Ross were you never know where  you're going to find and the deals are far better. Just don't bring your AK-47.