An Evening to Remember Friends and Honor our Past and Present Members Written by Deb Allen
children. Both attended all meetings and worked all seminars by volunteering where needed. Dr. Jerome A. Schmidt, better known as Doc, passed away in January of 2023. We remember and our thoughts are with Karen as she continues to move on . We miss you, Karen, and we miss Doc. Our good friend John Blake passed away in August of 2022. John was a long-standing member of MPBA. He was always there to lend a helping hand wherever it was needed. We miss John, his ready smile, and his friendship. His wife Sandy continues their membership. And last, but not least, we have our Dr. Arnie Beukelman with us this year. Dr. Arnie has been a long time supporter of MPBA and we are so happy to have him with us this evening. We want to personally thank you for all you have done for MPBA–past and present. Thank you so much, Dr. Arnie.
Pat Speridino is having some health issues and can’t be with us this year. Pat normally helps out at the membership desk. We miss you, Pat, and hope you are better soon. Jo Ann Rozin was a long time member of MPBA. We lost JoAnn in 2021. We miss her and remember her in friendship. News came to me that a friend and long time supporter and life of the party will not be joining us again after this year. This will be her last working seminar. “Tara Hansen, will you please stand?” Thank you, Tara, for being a friend and supporter of MPBA. We will miss you. Deb Smith Murrell retired from the kennel business this past year. She is a long-standing member of MPBA and was always there to help. She continues to support MPBA in other ways and we appreciate her. Thank you, Deb. Lloyd and Linda Buck also retired this past year from the kennel business. Lloyd and Linda continue to support MPBA. Thank you, Linda, for your help at the front desk this seminar. Appreciate it so much. We miss you both and wish you well in your well-deserved retirement. We lost another member of MPBA in February, Clint Robbins. Clint and Cheri have been members of MPBA for several years. Please keep Cheri and their family in your prayers as she continues on in their business without Clint. He will be missed. Thank you, Cheri, for your continued support. And then there was Doc Schmidt. He and his wife, Karen, retired and moved to be close to their
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