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		<title>Obituary from the Pagosa Sun</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jerry Dale Driesens went to be with the Lord  on October 26, 2010 at the age of 62. He was born on December 19, 1947 to Gerald Nelson Driesens and Ruth Olthoff Driesens in Grand Rapids, MI.  He grew up there and later moved to  Phoenix, AZ, graduating from Phoenix Christian High School. He joined the United States [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdriesens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2937938&amp;post=620&amp;subd=jdriesens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jerry Dale Driesens went to be with the Lord today, October 26, 2010. He died at peace after a long fight with cancer in the log house he built with his wife at his side. He will be dearly missed by his family and friends, but he will continue to survive in the adventures and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdriesens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2937938&amp;post=616&amp;subd=jdriesens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry I haven&#8217;t written much in a quite a while, it&#8217;s so rare that I even feel like I have enough energy to do that, so have gotten Joanie to do most of my updating.   I am having a better day than most, even though just about the same level of energy.  I did manage [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdriesens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2937938&amp;post=612&amp;subd=jdriesens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Joan&#8217;s update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted all of you to know that Jerry is unable to update his blog for a while so I am doing it for him.   About 10 days ago he became quite confused and is spending a major amount of the day sleeping.   He&#8217;s really not hungry but is still drinking some liquids. We continue [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdriesens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2937938&amp;post=609&amp;subd=jdriesens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Family Coming Friday!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Molly vowed that she would never try traveling again by car from Prescott   to Pagosa with both little kids and grandpa in the car.  The grandchildren are not great travelers with only one parent in the car, but a second parent makes all the difference.  Barry cannot make it, plus it would be very tight with two small [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdriesens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2937938&amp;post=605&amp;subd=jdriesens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Connor with a cast!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Connor is blue, but still smiling!  He broke a bone in his elbow,  and they put a blue cast on his arm, but it has not seemed to slow him down much. He&#8217;s still trying to chase Makenzie.  They had been playing together a few days earlier and after they had fallen down, when Connor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdriesens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2937938&amp;post=599&amp;subd=jdriesens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tubing the San Juan River</title>
		<link>http://jdriesens.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/tubing-the-san-juan-river/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of the kids and their spouses enjoyed playing in the river and tubing as the water dropped daily, but perhaps none so much as Makenzie and Connor.  We have continued to have guests during the day.  We&#8217;ve enjoyed Dave and Nancy Cutright and her wonderful banana cake with cream-cheese frosting, The Smith family with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdriesens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2937938&amp;post=595&amp;subd=jdriesens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jon and Heidi on our Porch Swing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jon and Heidi, who were recently here for a week over the 4th of July, are hoping to buy a townhome or condo in this crazy market.  John has a good job in advertizing in Boston and Heidi is a social worker, and just finished a masters degree in May.  They still  need to find something they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdriesens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2937938&amp;post=592&amp;subd=jdriesens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Standing on our dock on Lake Pagosa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael, Marrie, Connor, Molly, Barry, Joanie, Makenzie and me.  Heidi and Jon had already gone back to Boston.   I am so thankful for my family, Lord! They were all such a big help to us, also.  They did a bunch of mowing, trimming and weeding at our rent house, and we got a new renter [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdriesens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2937938&amp;post=589&amp;subd=jdriesens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marrie and Michael on a porch swing.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marrie and Michael got  in some relaxing time while they were here after Michael and his dog climbed Pagosa Peak earlier in the day, while the others went tubing on the San Juan River in town.  M&#38;M left to go back a while ago as Michel has to be at work at 7:00 AM tomorrow.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdriesens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2937938&amp;post=583&amp;subd=jdriesens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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