My experience finding my friend Charlyne.....
I had a very wonderful experience while in Salt Lake this week. When I was in Salt Lake at the time of Gary's surgery, about October 5th or 6th 100 South was closed for construction by the Temple. This time when I was going to see Gary I decided to go on 6oo North rather than 600 South like I did at the time of surgery, thinking that I would wind over to North Temple and miss the construction. I was amazed to find construction also just off 600 North. Not knowing the street that well I just kept trying to avoid construction and tried to wind over closer to the Temple. Because of more construction, I turned South and then West and could not believe I was driving down 100 South and this time it was not block off. 100 South winds you up to the University of Utah Hospital. It took me some extra time parking and I arrive at the elevator to go up to the ground to the entrance door. A nice lady was standing behind me. I turned to her and smiled and she said she was so lost. I asked where she was going. She said to the first floor and the help desk. I said I could take her there as I knew how to get that far. At the desk she asked about patient: Ernie Sutton. I was astonished and said I know Ernie Sutton. As it turns out she was Erine's sister Glenda.
Ernie is from Pocatello and my fried DeAnn Roos and I lived there for 3 months. She dated Ernie and I dated his best friend. Jim Critchley. After the 3 months DeAnn & I moved back to Blackfoot and as she was in love with another guy she stopped dating Ernie so I introduced him to my roommate, Charlyne Rose whom he later married. I was their bridesmaid. We have not seen each other for 40 years. Ernie was there for brain surgery. Charlyne and I met and it was as if we had talked just yesterday. It was a bitter-sweet reunion. Ernie seemed to do OK with the surgery and got to go home 2 days early where he will have radiation to kill a tiny bit of tumor around a blood vessel.
The miracle was meeting Ernie's sister at the elevator. All the hassle I went through with the construction and the parking put me in the exact spot at the exact time of her arrival. Charlyne and Ernie have also had five kids, though they have not been as fortunate as we have. They lost baby Carl when he was two years old several years ago. And just a year and a half ago, they had their oldest son, die from a heart attack. He was just 43 years old.
Charlyne and Ernie lived in McCammon for about 8 years where they meet Aunt Rebecca Green who was a school teacher to her children. They also lived in the same ward and they became friends. Charlyne was the one who told me Aunt Rebecca was in the Pocatello hospital. Aunt Rebecca is now home recovering.
