tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770869971861251389.post6819040607326861262..comments2021-06-26T09:49:44.884-06:00Comments on Grunt and Grungy's Garden: The suspense still isn't overDan and Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10512160127056702431noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770869971861251389.post-23616506613537977272012-02-29T18:12:04.744-07:002012-02-29T18:12:04.744-07:00I love the way you look at life - very inspiring a...I love the way you look at life - very inspiring and very beautiful. Continue to stay strong and i wish you the best. We can’t tell the future, but it is always possible that there will be a good outcome with some guidance.Tony Allenhttp://www.naturesfinestseed.com/Perennial-Ryegrass-Seedsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770869971861251389.post-13950814351148657042012-02-28T14:20:08.532-07:002012-02-28T14:20:08.532-07:00I am sad to report that Dan McMurray passed away o...I am sad to report that Dan McMurray passed away on February 15, 2012 at his home in Wynndel, British Columbia. Dan was 69 years old.<br /><br />The funeral service was held on Wednesday February 22, 2012 at the G.F. Oliver Funeral Chapel, with Pastor Brian Atmore officiating.<br /><br />At the service, Dan's brother Cameron read the following eulogy. <br /><br />EULOGY - DAN MCMURRAY<br /><br />An adventurer at heart and a generous and kind man by nature, Dan will be dearly missed<br />by all those who have come to know him.<br /><br />Dan lived life to its fullest, loved fishing, and loved being in remote places, or in his<br />garden and orchard. When he was retiring from the lighthouses in 2002, he went onto<br />his computer on the lighthouse and researched weather patterns to find a place with the<br />best climate for gardening and growing grapes. He found Wynndel, with its long growing<br />season and good soil, and when he retired from 28 years of service as BC lighthouse<br />keeper, settled in Wynndel.<br /><br />Dan took to gardening much like everything he did – forcefully and wholeheartedly.<br />Many hours he labored in his garden and green house, and he became passionate about<br />preserving heritage seeds. He developed and grew over 400 varieties of tomatoes and<br />collected many seeds of vegetable varieties. He shared the harvest from his garden and<br />orchard with his neighbors, friends, and local churches.<br /><br />Dan never shied away from challenging tasks, be it growing tomatoes, or the curve balls<br />life threw at him. He was widowed twice, but in his mid-sixties he fell in love again with<br />a woman named Shaoling, and he was happier than I’ve seen him in decades. Not a man<br />of words, he demonstrated his love for his friends and family by his actions.<br /><br />He is survived by his beloved wife Shaoling, his brother Cameron and sister Vicki, his<br />his sons Cameron and Grant, and granddaughter Cherine.<br /><br />------------------<br /><br />Stories of Dan and his life as a gardener, fisherman, lighthouse keeper and beloved family member were shared by the funeral attendees, and the poem "Desiderata" - which epitomized so much of Dan's life - was read.<br /><br />The heritage seeds that Dan collected and catalogued are being catalogued, and his work will be carried on by a local seed bank.Vanessa Grant Oltmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327498576913689191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770869971861251389.post-52303523129317402362012-02-21T21:57:22.761-07:002012-02-21T21:57:22.761-07:00Dan-
Thank you for all you have contributed to th...Dan-<br /><br />Thank you for all you have contributed to the garden community!<br /><br />Jay Tracy<br />scientificgardener.blogspot.comJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461600014446853297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770869971861251389.post-53940179776616628432012-01-19T20:07:13.087-07:002012-01-19T20:07:13.087-07:00You inspire me. thank you for touching my heart wi...You inspire me. thank you for touching my heart with all you do.mostlypurplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09211876492729253692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1770869971861251389.post-20860283651743752402012-01-09T14:01:27.810-07:002012-01-09T14:01:27.810-07:00You are right, "it is still a beautiful world...You are right, "it is still a beautiful world"<br /><br />Wish you all the best. <br />Hopefully with coming gardening seasons.Sørenhttp://www.toads.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com