My deepest sympathy to Dawn, and to Randy's family and to Dawn's family. Randy's parents and my parents were close friends since both of our father's got out of the military after WW2. We always got a laugh from the fishing stories, hunting stories, or just a day in the life story. This story telling ability must have been genetically passed from Gene to Randy, because you'd be smiling before he began to talk. Late 2014, my mother's septic system had to be changed to the above ground code and Randy was doing the excavation. First he had to remove 26 tree stumps resulting from the storm the year before.My mother, (Dorothy Christenson) , Dawn, and I watched. Randy had the stumps & roots out in 35 minutes! Then mom noticed the back entrance steps had pulled away from the house about 4 inches. Randy said, " I can fix that," He slowly guided the backhoe to push both sides back towards the house. There was one small gap on one side, so Dawn yelled to Randy, " Move it back just a smidgen on the right side..." As we laughed, Randy moved the step precisely in place. Only Randy Weber could gage and carry out the term "smidgen" ! He is a one-of-a-kind, and we'll miss him. Randy & Dawn, two peas in a pod. Hopefully, the stories and warm memories will be of some comfort during these difficult times now, and in the months and years to come. May God bless.
