Leonor C. Gavino, 1922-2023
Leonor Cruz Gavino passed into the presence of the Lord on September 10, 2023.
Leonor Gavino: Funeral Message
Message given by Jim Lonie at the funeral service for Leonor Gavino, 1922-2023
Family adventures at Lake Manitoba
A quiet retreat an hour’s drive from Winnipeg
My able assistant at log-splitting: my grandson
Doing things together intentionally – a great way to build a lasting bond between grandfather and grandchild.
To be a grandparent
I admit to anticipating being a grandparent and expecting the event to be a grand epiphany. Then it simply happened: in 2012, my eldest gave birth to my first grandson. Such joy! And each grandchild born since — there are now seven — brought gladness every time. Both my grandfathers were my personal “influencers” in…
Catalino T. Gavino, 1921-2018
My father, Catalino Tamayo Gavino, passed into the presence of the Lord last January 12, 2018. Of the many photographs of him that I have kept, the one above perhaps conveys the man that he was.