Desmond Gerald Peckham

Blessings to your family. This time of year can be so difficult. Please know that Desmond was a treasured friend in Sequim. He was so punctual we could almost set our clocks to herald his return to Sequim in the spring. He would make his rounds regaling us w stories from his winter. Before you knew it, he had a garden in and was setting up for a sale. Then poof, it was fall and time to head south. ...and so it went. We still miss him and find ourselves looking up the road with expectation.

Desmond was one of the first people I met when I moved to Sequim. He was a character and truly did have stories galore. He loved his little dog Patches who would go everywhere with him. Desmond would come around to my house or my friend Carl's house to check in our latest projects and offer opinions and gentle ribbing. When he would pack up to head south in the fall, we knew that winter was around the corner and in the spring we would start to worry if he was late returning. Desmond will...