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Ronnie: a remembrance
In toll the veirri l have ivratren aro-
clex this is rherrrnr tame I ermild like to
dedicare Fours on Nature to someone
— o uwouderfnl uvonsim. wife, mother
,grandrrnother card ftiend — Ronnie
IV esker who lefr us suddenly this
(week.. God bless her and herfmrrah'
finished nished her performance,
quickly walked (wit the stage as the
audience applauded and just like that
the show was over- That's how it hap-
pened. Ronnie Wicker was here and
then was gone- She slipped away from
us this week, and
FOCUS family. friends
ON
and community
were left with
NATURE alif"im`('f
memories:
by Pad Stories like
StaoutenbuI their early
family trip to
Alaska when
arc[t day the dog" Ieti behind and
ran to catch up with them: school
days with five — yes, five — boys in
East Cutchogw, then Southold and
Mattittsck- then can to colleges and
work and families around the country.
always coming back 10 Cu"wigue on
the water for get- togcthers and wed -
dings; ramify gatherings never to be
forgotten,. cherished forever -
Ronnie Wacker was a longtime
writer for this paper and many oth-
crs where site not only wrote of the
news but also of people's fives, and
yea we never got to writing about
hers When asked about a - Profile on
Aging- column about her. the reply
was always -Wall do that when I'm
ofd_- We never thought she would
leave us, or at least nor so soon
and so quiddy We thought Ronnie
rewind always be with uti \Ne never
thought of life without her. And now,
wp: will all remember her, she will
always be with its;
We all have our own memories, like
when she and Bob recently went with
us to a Haltorkvilic affair held in the
barn. Bob in a suit and tic (imagine)
and Ronnie - dressed to the nines'" in
a long white skirt, feathery scarf and
tq.vzk shoes, wandering around the
farmyard.
She will be remembered tow her
brighe. coestagi(ws smile. happy
outlook on life, always busy in her
kitchen Looking for two (r four or 14:
there was always room for another
seat as her table - Dinner might not
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till IQ or sa bvn always with laughter,
stories and memories
We, as others, saw her quietly for
the last crime and walked away think-
ing it was just another
normal goodbye - -- but
We not This time_ One night
just recently we called,. as
we often did" What are
you doing'? Why don't
we bring our sapper and
add it to yours and sit for
a wlrile ?° t316e did Simple
hamburgers we shared
with a simple supper in
their T1/ room, where they spent
endless hours watching and hoping
the world would straighten itself out
and all would be peaceful.
'lice ace and talked and visited and
left as always, out the back door-
down the steps, around the corner
of the house to tlhe ear and we were
of, not knowing it was our last and
final goodbye- Mk will never forget
Ronnie, a dear friend, a sailing com-
passion, yes,, we sailed
aCY@r the seas many times to-
gether over the years N6e
shared our children's and
grandchildren -s lives with
each other. We talked,
we called, we walked. we
visited: always there at the
ring of the phone to chat-
So much to say for
everyone who knew
her- Nvith her husband, Bob, sailing
partners and writers for as years
Her sans all five of them: she was so
proud of them_ They accomplished
so much in their lives and yet were
always there for her as they were
this week: if not with her Ivy phone
from Brooklyn. New York- Boston,
North Carolina and California_ they
were there as the family home by the
bay. There were the grandchildren.
Laura and Lnfy.Taxn and Isabel -s
girls whom thcy recently visited in
Brooklyn_ Robby and Matthew, Jon
and Lori's boys, in North Carolina-
where they were to go for Thanks-
giving -, and the youngest- Chris -Jim
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drop down for a weekend.
Ronnie had an international fam-
ily she loved- with Cori from Canada,
Melanie from Germany, and Alien -
Ling from China. She loved every
one of them- I believe Ronnie loved
everyone -1 wouldn't dare to men-
tion friends for the circle is too wide -
Those who were considered a friend
were fortunate indeed- Ronnie gave
so much and toot so little -
She attended public meetings to
the very last„ trying to preserve and
protect those things important to cv-
eryone on she Fast End and beyond.
always strong in her convictions but
congenial in her arguments fighting
for the good of people and the world
in gencrA
Ronnie will be missed terribly, her
good deeds and caring, her articles in
The Suffolk Times about others who
spent a long and fruitful fife — but
how can yew measure a fife spent so
well with so much love and caring for
everyone around her? God Mess you
Ronnie-
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