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Re: Passing of Bob Phillips

Author: marcia
Date: 2018-01-03 10:07

I had the pleasure of meeting Bob back in 2008. I live in Vancouver and our online conversation started prior to clarinet fest in 2006. It was at UBC, the university in Vancouver. The conversation continued beyond those few days, after he and his wife Joan had returned home to Sandpoint Idaho. In 2008 I told him that my husband and I were driving to Yellowstone. He invited us to make a slight detour and spend a few days with him and Joan in Sandpoint. We did that and Bob and I enjoyed cycling together, as well as playing clarinet duets. A major event in Sandpoint is an open water swim in Lake Pend Oreille. He convinced me to participate, which I did the following summer. Again we cycled together, and as he was a keen kayaker, he was part of the "safety net" of kayaks during the swim. Cross country skiing was also a common pursuit, but I did not ever venture there in the winter. I returned to Sandpoint a few times during the next few years to do the swim again, and as always we cycled and played duets together. He was a very active vibrant person. And at the age of 70 plus, he was very disgruntled at not being able to keep up with the 30 years olds in the cycling club!

We had an online conversation for many years, which came to an end early in December. Bob passed in the early morning hours of Dec. 11, just 10 days shy of 78. It is very odd to not see him in my inbox any more. RIP my friend.

Marcia

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