Edith Bootsma:  

Life I lived in Oregon for the past 26 years, I have 7 children, 14 grandchildren, 1 great granddaughter in Heaven and a great grandson on the way (due 8-10-13). My Husband and I ran a construction company, which I was the bookkeeper. My children and grandchildren keep us quite busy. I love to hike and ski. I enjoyed painting, and drawing, as most of my friends will remember. I went to the 10 year and the 20 year class reunions, but missed the last few. Passing into Heaven I am so sorry to inform all of you but, Edith passed away on June 28th 2003. She developed Lung Cancer in early 2002 and lost that battle a year and a half later. She never smoked and was very healthy but still got Lung Cancer. The doctors here just kept missing the signs, until it was too late. She had stage 4 Cancer, 6 tumors on her brain, one on her rib and one large one in her lung, ...Expand for more