Roberta "Bobbie" Hollingsworth's caretaker during her later life was likewise, after Bobbie's death, the caretaker of her urn of ashes. Bobbie had been a great friend to my wife while she was growing up in Lenox, Massachusetts, and she stayed overnight at Bobbie's a few times a week in her "own" bedroom.
Bobbie was a kick - I only met her once, a few years before she died. Lynn, my wife, asked Bobbie how she was doing and Bobbie said, "Well, I can't see, I can't hear and I can hardly walk, but other than that I'm doing pretty good!"
Then Bobbie asked Lynn the tough question: "So Lynnie, when are you coming back home?"
Lynn had been gone from Lenox for 38 years already...
But about that urn of Bobbie's ashes — the caretaker, Holley, had been sprinkling bits and pieces here and there, like in the waters off Cape Cod, lakes in Massachusetts, even some from a cruise ship on its way to the Bahamas.
But plenty of ashes were still left. Holley I guess really wanted to do high honor to Bobbie by sprinkling her all over the globe.
As it happened, I was scheduled for a trip to Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada, and Lynn happened to mention that to Holley in one of their regular e-mails.
"Lake Louise?" she answered. "Bobbie always wanted to go to Lake Louise, but never made it. Do you suppose your husband..."
You get the idea of what's coming next — a little teeny screw-top urn showed up in the mail just in time for me to carry it to Lake Louise, and on a very fine day when I had a little time to myself, and Bobbie, I took a walk on the frozen lake.
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The chosen site, a spring at the edge of the frozen Lake Louise.
The chosen site, a spring at the edge of the frozen Lake Louise.
View back toward the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, and beyond that, the Lake Louise Ski Area.
Bobbie in her urnette warms to the idea.
OK, let's do this final thing.
Ahh, Lake Louise at last.
It was a good day for sprinkling Bobbie's ashes, an honor.
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The chosen site, a spring at the edge of the frozen Lake Louise.
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The chosen site, a spring at the edge of the frozen Lake Louise.
View back toward the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, and beyond that, the Lake Louise Ski Area.
Bobbie in her urnette warms to the idea.
OK, let's do this final thing.
Ahh, Lake Louise at last.
It was a good day for sprinkling Bobbie's ashes, an honor.
No results found.
The chosen site, a spring at the edge of the frozen Lake Louise.
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The chosen site, a spring at the edge of the frozen Lake Louise.
View back toward the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, and beyond that, the Lake Louise Ski Area.
Bobbie in her urnette warms to the idea.
OK, let's do this final thing.
Ahh, Lake Louise at last.
It was a good day for sprinkling Bobbie's ashes, an honor.
No results found.
View back toward the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, and beyond that, the Lake Louise Ski Area.
Loading…
The chosen site, a spring at the edge of the frozen Lake Louise.
View back toward the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, and beyond that, the Lake Louise Ski Area.
Bobbie in her urnette warms to the idea.
OK, let's do this final thing.
Ahh, Lake Louise at last.
It was a good day for sprinkling Bobbie's ashes, an honor.
No results found.
Bobbie in her urnette warms to the idea.
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The chosen site, a spring at the edge of the frozen Lake Louise.
View back toward the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, and beyond that, the Lake Louise Ski Area.
Bobbie in her urnette warms to the idea.
OK, let's do this final thing.
Ahh, Lake Louise at last.
It was a good day for sprinkling Bobbie's ashes, an honor.
No results found.
OK, let's do this final thing.
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The chosen site, a spring at the edge of the frozen Lake Louise.
View back toward the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, and beyond that, the Lake Louise Ski Area.
Bobbie in her urnette warms to the idea.
OK, let's do this final thing.
Ahh, Lake Louise at last.
It was a good day for sprinkling Bobbie's ashes, an honor.
No results found.
Ahh, Lake Louise at last.
Loading…
The chosen site, a spring at the edge of the frozen Lake Louise.
View back toward the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, and beyond that, the Lake Louise Ski Area.
Bobbie in her urnette warms to the idea.
OK, let's do this final thing.
Ahh, Lake Louise at last.
It was a good day for sprinkling Bobbie's ashes, an honor.
No results found.
It was a good day for sprinkling Bobbie's ashes, an honor.
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