A Letter From Herb Jobb.” My Dear cousin Jane, We miss you! In 1947 when I was 15 years old , I held a beautiful little baby girl in my arms. Somewhere I still have a picture of that event. I was born in Listowel, Ont, a prosperous farming community. Jane’s parents were my Uncle Bert, my mother’s brother and his wife, Aunt Margaret. They had no other children until Jane arrived. When Jane was born her birth mother’s family put her up for adoption, because her birth mother was only sixteen. The local medical Doctor came to Aunt Margaret and Uncle Bert. Margaret was a forty-five year old registered nurse working in the hospital, and my Uncle Bert A 50 year old retired, army sergeant major, who was then working at the local post office. Dr. Pratt, came to visit Margaret and Bert and asked them if they would adopt this two week old girl and raise her as their daughter. They were delighted as they could not have children of their own. The next day Bert and Margaret became Jane’s Parents. Neither Jane nor I had siblings and so we ended up being more like brother and sister than cousins. By the time that Jane was five years old, I had moved away from Listowel but we saw each other often. When Doreen and I married and had children, Jane always took an interest in them and helped them out whenever she could, often going out of her way to be there for them. She also did the same for my grandchildren. One year she surprised me by flying my eldest son Jeff and his family from Ottawa, so that the whole family could spend Christmas together at Jane’s house. After Doreen died and I married Elizabeth, she warmly welcomed her into the family. I was then able to tell everyone , “ That the two women I loved most were both born on the same day, April 1, 1947. As all Jane’s friends know, she was generous to a fault. One day she called us and told us that she had received and inheritance from a relative and she wanted to know if we would like to go to Scotland, Wales and Ireland. She knew that I had always wanted to make the trip to Ireland and so this is what she planned. When I asked her the cost , Jane said that the only cost would be what we spent on gifts or personal expenses. We have many wonderful memories of that trip together. She even rented a Limo. to take us to and from the Airport. The whole trip was an incredible gift from Jane. Everyone in my family has been blessed by Jane’s love for us and we will never forget or stop loving her.