Wednesday, August 12, 2020
We were saddened by the news of Fred’s passing. We were blessed with Fred as our new next door neighbor when we purchased our first house on Church avenue in the early 1990’s. He seemed honored that we had a cat named Fred. It was hard to say who entertained who, as we each had projects in our respective yards. We spent many long hours trying to solve the political and social problems of the day, which there were many. Fred’s gardening took him to new heights, literally, as he spent hours grafting, and the process of bagging his apples on the tree. Bonnie sewed row cover fabric into bags with little drawstrings for him, so he could re-use them instead of the paper bags he was stapling on.
Fred loved to talk politics, either Canadian or US, and was never one to back away from a good discussion, often ending with a bit of a smile and twinkle in his eye, when he would jump back slightly and point at you and say “Right On”
Fred invited us over one evening in 1996 to watch the New Hampshire primary results, we all enjoyed the discussions, it was a very fun evening.
We would see Fred from time to time after we moved, most recently one afternoon at Sobeys about a year ago or so, we talked for a little while, then sat by the bakery, picking up the conversation it seemed where we last had been together.
Reading through other remembrance entries, it seems we were not the only ones who would tease him about being a spy.
Fred will definitely be missed, but he will never be forgotten.
Bonnie & Joe Sturgeon
