To a man who was probably one of our best friends for many years. We am so sorry to have missed the funeral and visitation but we did not see it in the paper.
The first people we met when we moved to the area about 40 years ago were the Toblers. I remember a few weeks helping Tony milk cows in Ville Marie on one of Kurt Naef's farms. Every day at noon we drove all the way back almost to New Liskeard to Kurt and Margrit's house for a wonderful lunch and to watch "Days of our Lives". We met Ernie and Rudy there for the first time.
Later on, after we bought our farm I remember many nights in ND du Nord celebrating end of plowing or haying or Albert Guntensberger's birthday or whatever seemed like a good thing to celebrate at the time!
I remember a day when we took a farm tour of Rudy's, and Hans Bissig's, and Black's, and Renald and Guy Gravel's and Gerald Mueller's and maybe a couple of others. Best I can say is that milking that night was not easy. Good thing the cows were happy and healthy and not calving etc.
I remember another time when the girls were having a shower for some occasion. We were at Tony's place in Belle Vallee and someone brought out Staub's wine. I think it was Blueberry, it was amazing and I don't remember too much else.
We have so many wonderful memories and we will miss our old friend dearly. I am sad that once we stopped milking cows we fell out of touch.
The picture is perfect.
Chris Margison and Mary Anne Bardawill
