I posted this on Facebook shortly after Sal's passing....
"I changed my cover photo shortly after I heard my lifelong friend Sally Tryhus Reams had passed. We met so long ago I don’t remember when, but I imagine it was when the neighbor mothers organized a “Bluebird” group in 2nd grade. So many childhood memories…sliding down our hill in the most amazing slippery cardboard boxes her dad provided…rubber band guns…the enchanted forest…sleepovers…skiing at Ski Haven…clarinet lessons…band…and so many more. In college we saw each other less frequently, but always picked up the conversation like we’d never stopped. We lived our adult lives many miles apart, but always kept in touch and got together when we could. Over a year ago, Sal, called to tell me about her rare ocular cancer. She figured I’d get “ it “ because of the hellacious battle with my ankle and that I could also respect her privacy. We began talking more frequently and often for hours. Last fall on my way up Vail Pass, I called to say I was hoping to stop and say hi. True to form, I was immediately told I’d be staying for night which turned into several wonderful days. And, a few more wonderful days on my way home from adventures in the Southwest. Since then we’ve talked regularly and I was fortunate to talk briefly with her a few days before her death. I’m having a hard time thinking of life without the most welcoming, big hearted, fun-loving, best friend of my life. Love and miss you my dear friend."
We first met in high school; we played in the clarinet section of the band. I don’t think we had any classes together that I recall.
I had moved to Grand Junction CO in 1982. Steve and I were out one Friday night in ~1983 on a crowded patio in a popular restaurant with friends. From a short distance away, someone called out ‘Tina Ziegler’… who knew that name here??? I located the person and there was Sally. Her husband Chuck had told her she wasn’t going to know anyone there, but turns out she did know someone.
Sally and her husband Chuck were our friends over the many years living in the same city. We had many fun times, life events, and experiences.
Sally was such a wise one. She told me once that ‘the older people get the more the dysfunction came out’, later on I came to see she was very accurate with that thought. She also told me once ‘the most trouble they had with their kids growing up with other parents parenting styles’. Boy was that right! I found out with my own, who were a several years younger, exactly what she was talking about.
When Sally was having vision changes, she postponed a lunch to go to the eye doctor. Later she shared the bad news. Sally lead her life to the fullest doing everything normally as possible, this is what she’d tell you. She did it her way.
I miss her often; she was one of a kind in the most positive ways I can think of. The world is not the same w/o Sally in it for myself, and many others I have no doubts.
Ellyce Thompson -West
Sally's obituary: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/grand-junction-co/sally-reams-10353509
Ellyce Thompson -West
I posted this on Facebook shortly after Sal's passing....
"I changed my cover photo shortly after I heard my lifelong friend Sally Tryhus Reams had passed. We met so long ago I don’t remember when, but I imagine it was when the neighbor mothers organized a “Bluebird” group in 2nd grade. So many childhood memories…sliding down our hill in the most amazing slippery cardboard boxes her dad provided…rubber band guns…the enchanted forest…sleepovers…skiing at Ski Haven…clarinet lessons…band…and so many more. In college we saw each other less frequently, but always picked up the conversation like we’d never stopped. We lived our adult lives many miles apart, but always kept in touch and got together when we could. Over a year ago, Sal, called to tell me about her rare ocular cancer. She figured I’d get “ it “ because of the hellacious battle with my ankle and that I could also respect her privacy. We began talking more frequently and often for hours. Last fall on my way up Vail Pass, I called to say I was hoping to stop and say hi. True to form, I was immediately told I’d be staying for night which turned into several wonderful days. And, a few more wonderful days on my way home from adventures in the Southwest. Since then we’ve talked regularly and I was fortunate to talk briefly with her a few days before her death. I’m having a hard time thinking of life without the most welcoming, big hearted, fun-loving, best friend of my life. Love and miss you my dear friend."
Tina Ziegler -West (Peterson)
What can I say about Sally.
We first met in high school; we played in the clarinet section of the band. I don’t think we had any classes together that I recall.
I had moved to Grand Junction CO in 1982. Steve and I were out one Friday night in ~1983 on a crowded patio in a popular restaurant with friends. From a short distance away, someone called out ‘Tina Ziegler’… who knew that name here??? I located the person and there was Sally. Her husband Chuck had told her she wasn’t going to know anyone there, but turns out she did know someone.
Sally and her husband Chuck were our friends over the many years living in the same city. We had many fun times, life events, and experiences.
Sally was such a wise one. She told me once that ‘the older people get the more the dysfunction came out’, later on I came to see she was very accurate with that thought. She also told me once ‘the most trouble they had with their kids growing up with other parents parenting styles’. Boy was that right! I found out with my own, who were a several years younger, exactly what she was talking about.
When Sally was having vision changes, she postponed a lunch to go to the eye doctor. Later she shared the bad news. Sally lead her life to the fullest doing everything normally as possible, this is what she’d tell you. She did it her way.
I miss her often; she was one of a kind in the most positive ways I can think of. The world is not the same w/o Sally in it for myself, and many others I have no doubts.