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Russell John
Bedwell
1960 - 2016
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my good friend

My association with Russell, though rather short, began 10-12 years ago when he married my niece Brenda.

I would only see him on occasion while visiting my parents and other family members.

When I came to visit, I would make it a point to sit close to him. He had many stories that he loved to share

mostly from his boyhood days and I thought they were facinating. I told him may times that I wished that I could have known him in his Brooklin days growing up.

In the recent past, when his time was nearing it's end, I made an effort to visit him a couple of times.

This is when we became closest. We went to the movies together, out to eat together, and took a trip to the casino in Dover. He even took me and Mike to the shooting range (though I think he regretted that) I had people ducking for cover everytime he handed me a gun to shoot. After two and a half hours of shooting,

he calmly said his shoulder was hurting. Little did I know that the recoil of the guns were wearing him down

because of the ports in his shoulder that allowed his transfusions of blood and chemo.

I have never known anyone as calm as he, knowing he was about to meet his maker.

As a matter of fact,I overheard Steve Valentine telling him one day that he met a friend with similar health problems and Russell was instrumental in keeping everybody's spirits up in the Doctor's office and/or hospital.

He left a lasting impression in my heart.........'the hot dog man" AKA "the boy from Brooklin"

 

 

Posted by fred ackermann
Saturday May 14, 2016 at 3:18 pm
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