OUR TRIBUTE TO SHIRLEYAlso known as OmaLois and I received an email on the morning of July 5, 2004, from our cousin Shirley. I asked her permission to post it below. Thank you for having been our cousin, our email buddy, and for having inspired me to become a webmaster. We both regret not having played a snooker round with you in tournament play (word has it we would have been snookered good), nor climbing mountain trail hikes you conducted for years. But the times we spent together growing up with you, your sister Beverly, your dad Ervin and your mom Mariam are and will be remembered until we all meet again. Shirley was an immensely strong woman full of the Grace of God to have sent this email to all her friends. Shirley passed away peacefully at 12:30 PM on September 22, 2004. ~ Gene and Lois ~ PHOTO OF SHIRLEY AT CAMPFIRE SIDE JULY 12, 2004! DANCE, OMA, DANCE THE SHIRLEY "OMA" SHUFFLE Two fun pages dedicated to Shirley. After viewing these pages - return here with the necessary clicks of your browser back arrow.  Shirley "Oma" in one mean card game with a grand daughter! Photo courtesy of Shirley's son Curtis SHIRLEY BARROW UPDATE AS OF AUGUST 08, 2004
SHIRLEY BARROW UPDATE AS OF AUGUST 24, 2004 CURTIS BARROW UPDATE OF SEPTEMBER 22, 2004 May 25, 1930 - September 22, 2004 - 12:30 PM The Email From ShirleySome thoughts for my friends: In this age it seemed email was a good way to let you know of my status. Went to Kelowna to see the surgeon about clearing out an artery in the neck. The next day we headed home and noticed my urine looked awfully dark so stopped at the Emergency room in Kelowna . They kept me for a week doing all kinds of tests. I seem to have Obstructive Jauntice. They tried and tried to open or stent the bile duct so it would drain….but it wouldn’t do so. There is a large tumor over that area. My sentence is that this ballgame of life is just about over….3 strikes or more and it is over. I probably won't see August 2004. What a shocker for us all. My sons and families are all coming up this weekend. My sister and a cousin are coming up next week. Anyhow….what I wanted to say is that I have appreciated your friendship thru the years and this internet and email is such a wonderful thing. I have lived a very full and wonderful life….just thought it might be abit longer. So many of my pool/snooker playing friends and relatives and fishermen/women have gone on before me …….well before long I should see them again…. God bless you, love you, miss you and see you upstairs later on.Here’s some verses I really like and will share them with you now.  When I die I’d like to become a mountain that reaches the sky. A thing of beauty, where eagles fly. Where folks can look at me in wonder, amazement and awe. Where people of daring could climb high unto my peaks where children and their parents and grandparents could fish in all my creeks. A thing to fill the senses and make the heart feel glad…..for mountains have such beauty, they’ll never make you sad, when I die. This next thought was inspired by an Eskimo legend:  “Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in heaven, A Native American Prayer for you: I give you this one thought to keep. I am with you still . . . . . I do not sleep. I am in a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am sunlight on the ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you waken in the mornings hush, 
I am the swift, uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not think of me as gone. . . . . . I am with you still in each new dawn. You might say I am survived by my wonderful family, Friends and many trout that I have tried to catch from Montana to British Columbia. Happy Trails, so long, take care. ~ Shirley ~ Midi Playing: "Happy Trails" Would really be neat for you to post a message in Shirley's Family Guestbook during this time of their loss.  
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