Monday, January 24, 2022
To Lorrie, Barb and family,
Our family met Bud when he moved to Calgary to be with our good friend, Dee. Brother and sister were very close and whenever we met for dinner or other social events, Bud came along and we got to know him. He was a very social person, and we heard lots of stories about Lorrie and Garfield "up north" and the Winnipeg hi jinx of Barb and her family. And he mentioned Jean so often. He and Dee went on a few adventures together on the ice road to Tuk to visit Lorrie and Garfield.
He heard that my grade one class was going on a field trip to a one room schoolhouse at Heritage Park and brought me a copy of the attendance record of his one room schoolhouse in Saskatchewan, with his name, "Buddy" Knudtson there with good attendance. I used it during my field trip.
For Christmas, he gave all the girls in the Wilderman family socks with horses on them. Very cool, and thoughtful for someone living on his own.
And then, he started his "bacon and eggers" with the help from Barb and Dee. Lots of fun with all of the new and old friends he had made in Calgary. And they were good! But he confessed that "the girls" had told him he should have such an event to pay back everyone who had him for dinner over the years.
And he called my husband Jim after he moved to Winnipeg to tell us that "he liked it very much and really appreciated seeing the family so much."
A lovely and interesting man who cared for his family dearly.
Gayle Wilderman and Jim Shifflett
