I just learned that fellow PGCA member and good friend to many of us here, Jeff Christie, passed on June 2, 2025.
I first met Jeff, as many of our PGCA friendships begin, through the Forum, he sending me PMs about posts Elaine and I made from our trips to Northern Minnesota. A few phone calls more and we arranged to meet in those hallowed haunts of the Northwoods. We shared some coverts with Jeff, and there began a friendship that lasted for years.
From Jeff I learned about his family Parker and his connections to Southern Iowa where we hunt quail and his family had connections. He and his wonderful wife, Bernadette, had us come to their home on the lake to visit when we were doing research on Fred Gilbert's L. C. Smith in Dickinson County, where he lived. I came home from that trip with a couple of extraordinary books about Southern Iowa that I still treasure today.
When Jeff found out that I had cancer, he made it a habit to check on me and my welfare. His own experience, and his encouragement, helped me through some tough times. Just before he died, in a phone conversation with Elaine, we vowed to have a good "sit down" breakfast call to catch up on life. Sadly, that never happened.
I'm certainly richer for my friendship with Jeff. My condolences to his wife and family...and to those members here that knew Jeff as a friend.
I'm attaching his obituary, and a photo of Jeff (he's on the left) from our rendezvous October lunch in Squaw Lake, MN (2018).
I will miss him.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries...ry?id=58551049
My Friend (Our Friend) Jeff Christie Passes
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