Gerry. A great and dear pal. Always with a smile. Always so helpful. He played his guitar for us 'Deltones'. What a peach! I think of him quite often. He should not have gone from us so early. Lou
Hi Lou and all you Gerry N pals, Thanks for the reminder Lou, could'nt agree more, Gerry was a peach. I took up the guitar in university and used to go down to 3rd Beach where he and Dennis Page were life guards. Gerry and I swapped licks while he scanned the surf. Later I moved to Toronto to work for a Japanese Canadian Architect (Raymond Moriyama) who had grown up in Vancouver on Powell St where his dad ran a hardware business. He introduced us to the whole sordid story of the Japanese expulsion from the coast during WW II which, I imagine, Gerry's family must have been touched by in some way as well. These recent few summers I have been exploring the Gulf Islands and visiting some of the old Japanese villages that were abandonned by the internment - a wrenching tale, especially after the Japanese Canadian batallion had distinguished itself in the Canadian forces during WW I. Japanese Americans were not treated quite so harshly in the US - still lost property and were interned but the men were allowed to join up and fight in Europe.
My wife and I are here now in Vancouver getting ready to start our annual Gulf Island ramble next week. If you're around and would like to raise a glass in Gerry's memory, let me know at arcathexis@gmail.com. It would be good to see you.
Lou McKee
Gerry. A great and dear pal. Always with a smile. Always so helpful. He played his guitar for us 'Deltones'. What a peach! I think of him quite often. He should not have gone from us so early. Lou
[was Jim] James Sutherland
Hi Lou and all you Gerry N pals, Thanks for the reminder Lou, could'nt agree more, Gerry was a peach. I took up the guitar in university and used to go down to 3rd Beach where he and Dennis Page were life guards. Gerry and I swapped licks while he scanned the surf. Later I moved to Toronto to work for a Japanese Canadian Architect (Raymond Moriyama) who had grown up in Vancouver on Powell St where his dad ran a hardware business. He introduced us to the whole sordid story of the Japanese expulsion from the coast during WW II which, I imagine, Gerry's family must have been touched by in some way as well. These recent few summers I have been exploring the Gulf Islands and visiting some of the old Japanese villages that were abandonned by the internment - a wrenching tale, especially after the Japanese Canadian batallion had distinguished itself in the Canadian forces during WW I. Japanese Americans were not treated quite so harshly in the US - still lost property and were interned but the men were allowed to join up and fight in Europe.
My wife and I are here now in Vancouver getting ready to start our annual Gulf Island ramble next week. If you're around and would like to raise a glass in Gerry's memory, let me know at arcathexis@gmail.com. It would be good to see you.
Best,
Jim Sutherland
Mike Clee
Always had fun with Gerry in High School but things changed at UBC. Remember him fondly for the Delbrook days. Mike Clee