Sunday, November 18, 2007
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As the years pass by, I have realized missing Lynn will not get any easier. This is a permanant web site that we can all come to and share our thoughts of Lynn. The folks who were blessed with knowing Lynn are spread all over the world. Somehow, she was able to tie eveyone together. This will be one more way to and keep her in our hearts and minds; sharing, visiting re-living those fabulous times.
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I can't believe it has been 5 years already. I always remember Lynn as fun loving and crazy.She had a wonderful spirit about her that you could feel. When we were growing up she seemed so much older than me so it was like i was her younger cousin not really a close friend because of the age difference. She was always very nice and use to like to rat my hair because I had alot of it. It was kind of the fashion to have ratted hair then. She and Terri taught me how to do the twist and we use to have alot of fun dancing. I remember watching her get ready to go out on dates.She also liked to make funny faces evertime we took family pictures. She was very good with you when you were young, very calm and kind. Said not to give you any sugar.She did a wonderful job bringing you up and teaching you good values because you are a fantastic person and I know your son will be too. I cant wait to see him and I am sorry we werent able to see you all in Bend. Lynn was also a very hard worker and loved the outdoors. I miss her very much and think of her often.
~Diane Greenleaf
Diane and I were the "young" ones of the cousins, so we didn't get to hang around Lynn all that much.
What I do remember is, whenever we visted the Spitzley's in Santa Rosa, we would go into Lynn and Terry's room and listen to music with them. Lynn would show us some new dance moves and let us go through her purse to look at all of her makeup.
She was always so full of life! She always was on the move and loved to be outdoors. For her 50th birthday, she rented a sail boat and a bunch of friends and family went out on the bay in San Francisco. She and her friends took turns stearing the boat. After that, most of us decided to go to our hotel rooms to rest before dinner. But, not Lynn. She and one of her friends decided to take a hike to Coit Tower and around San Francisco, and then to meet for dinner at Cap's Corner.
She loved music and loved to sing. She was always making funny faces whenever there was a camera around. She was a very giving person. When your great-grandma was ill, she came down (twice) and stayed with her to take care of her for a few months. When her mother was ill, she came down and stayed with her for quite a while.
She loved to travel and loved her family.
Take care,
Sarah
Lynn's generosity was one of the things that always amazed me.
When Katie's 10th birthday was coming up (just before Lynn was diagnosed),
your Mom called to ask Katie what she wanted for her birthday. I told Katie
to keep the list short, but she spouted off a list of about eight things
before I could stop her. I got back on the phone with Lynn and stressed that
she had heard the entire wish list, and to please only get one gift. When
the box from Aunt Lynn arrived, it was packed with most of the things Katie
had listed, plus some special mementos, like some of Grandma Spittle's
jewelry.
I also remember the hose nozzle. Lynn had found an adjustable hose nozzle
that she loved to use in her garden - she told me about it on the phone. She
was so enthused about it that she wanted everyone to have one. I don't know
how many she bought and gave away, but she sent one to both John and Terry.
This was so typical of Lynn; her first thought when she found something good was to share it with as many people as possible.
Mary
It was the summer of '82. I was working (cooking) at Huckleberry Hot Springs where [Linnea was] 4 years old and Tyson was 7 years old. Linnea's dad was a park ranger in Yellowstone. Lynn had asked me if I would like to join a group of adventurous women, guided by Nancy and Andy Carson, to climb the Grand Teton. We practiced one day and the next day we climbed to the saddle and spent the night in a tent together. It was beautiful, but windy and cold. To the top the next day--incredible view but a snow storm was coming in so we started our descent promptly. On the way down we all had to stop while Andy extricated a man who was stuck, as his rope had knotted. At last we were all able to rappel down and continue our descent to the bottom. I'll always be so grateful to Lynn for asking me to join her on a climb of a lifetime. ~Mary Kelly
Lynn was my godmother. She encompassed so many attributes that I wanted to emulate. I always held the story of her and my mom climbing the Grand as a super achievement that helped put her on the supermother pedestal for me. She had a vivacious spirit that spread to those around her. I am so blessed to have had such an amazing spirit to guide me. In her own special way, she still does. ~Linnea
A Hundred Dollar Night in Seattle:
The following is a story of a night out in Seattle 18 years ago plucked from my foggy memory. Lynn received a check in the mail for a hundred dollars from a dear old distant aunt of some sort. Aaron and I were about 13 and nine respectively. Lynn told us we had to think of the funnest things to do with the ambition of spending the whole check in ONE day. That was a lot of money then, especially at our age. We were so excited, we decided on a fancy fancy fancy dinner atop the Space Needle and a Ringling Brothers' Circus show. The dinner was spectacular. We ordered some fancy dishes, and as if someone knew we were really out on town, out came a fancier dish that we did not order, an entire King Crab. Just as we were to send it back, Ian let us in on a little trick- he told us if you touch it, the wait staff cannot take it back. Aaron, Lynn and I all dove in to get our little fingers on those prickly legs. Although true that the wait staff can't serve it to the right table once it's touched, but of course, they can still take it away. They sure didn't and we all enjoyed those succulent legs, probably my first ever. After an indulgent meal and rotating the full 360ยบ over the Emerald City, we sped off to the Seattle Center for the Circus. Loaded with treats and fiber optic wands, we watched the animals prance and the people fly.
There's no way we kept under budget, but as Lynn has always shown us, the sharing of moments like these are the most important part of life.
We had a million dollar night.
-Katie
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