Remembering One of Ours

Today we celebrated the life of Don Jowett, a long time member of our congregation and the beloved husband of Audrey for over 61 years. While Don passed away suddenly on Saturday December 15, 2007 - he will live on in his family. People will know his daughter Carol and her 5 siblings. There are many things to remember about Don, one is that he was an avid fisherman. He loved to take people out on the lake at the cottage and spent days, yes literally days, fishing for lake trout. He loved to work with his hands and spent many hours toiling over projects that had to be just so at the museum. Indeed Don was a staunch believer in the dictum "if its worth doing, its worth doing well or not at all." Don spent many hours volunteering his time as indeed it was he whom people called when no one else was available or the weather too bad. His death leaves a hole in our community, especially so close to Christmas. Yet, we can rejoice that we knew him. We can hold onto his memory and the Christ light that burned clear and bright in him. Don was one of our saints and we will do well to live our lives as he lived his. Farewell Don and may you know the warm embrace of the God of love, peace, justice and comfort.