Bob with his family and DonnaBob celebrated his 89th birthday with a party on November 3rd. He planned the dance party and invited his dance partners, family, and other friends. He said that it was to be a dance party although “it is almost too late to do the dancing I want. I'll take pain pills, and invite a half a dozen or more women who have danced with me.”
About 40 close friends and his family made it for the buffet brunch: families of Sheryl, Nancy, Bob junior, and Darla were there; Lorelei and Jerry Plaehn, our Meinhard families of Doug, Dorothea, Donna. At 1:30 about 40 more people showed up for the afternoon dance. It’s harvest and deer hunting season so Doris and Roger couldn’t make it nor could a couple of Bob’s friends. The small band was excellent, Bob said. It won a band of the year award and is one of the really top bands.
Dorothea led some line dances, and Bob managed to dance a few minutes with several dance partners in spite of his painful hip. Pretty amazing the kind of life Bob has…we all have. And consider this. He has visited the Mayo Clinic and is on track for a hip replacement. The doctors tell him it has become a rather routine operation and he will probably recover in a hurry.
Bob continues volunteering as a guide on tour buses, spending some time writing, going to the historic society and other meetings he so much enjoys, and meeting new and interesting people. Last week he met and heard an 87 year old women giving a speech who was a member of the Women in the Air Force. Congratulations, Uncle Bob
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