Pattie
Mark took me to the prom! Class of ‘70. He took me the day I turned 16 in his Rambler to get my driver’s license, he was my best pal through high school. I always tried to reach him but there were no listings for him or his mom & dad. We’ve driven up Olinda Road several times over the years and noticed the beautiful old Baldwin house had been sold. I finally this trip found him listed in the regular telephone book, my daughter who knew Mark at age 11 when he kindly offered us a place to stay a little while in the caretakers spare room. My daughter then googled him and to our sadness and surprise learned that he had passed the day after my birthday this year. We both wished very much we’d have made contact over the years. I especially wanted Mark to know that Nat had become a doctor, she says that her memory of Mark was ‘he was so cool and always nice to me when I was a kid’. I’m going to upload our prom photos when I go back home, I’m still in North Vancouver BC.
Mark my friend? I truly thought that‘I’d see you one more time again’.
With love and heartfelt feelings for your family,
Pattie and Natalee Bessette
