Portland, Oregon
Van der Werf, Gary Lee 68 07/21/1940 05/27/2009 Gary was born in Boise He was a travel consultant for Sierra Events Co Gary is survived by his wife, Pat; daughters, Katy and Molly; and his son, Sam. A celebration of life will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 6, 2009, in the McLean House, West...
Read MoreDid Gary work for Pan Am Airlines on Wake Island in the late sixties than I knew him and am saddened to hear of his passing. (Please let me know) Thanks
Jerry Sheehan
November 21, 2015 | Thousand Palms, CA
Gary, my long lost friend...
It has been years since I have seen you but you are one to never forget. What fabulous times we shared in our many travels together...you made me laugh so hard I would cry!
It was such a sincere pleasure working with you and oh...how the group participants loved you! You never seemed to have a bad day! Your positive attitude and joyful demeanor were contagious. You will be terribly missed, but heaven has gained an angel for sure...God...
Kathy Belter
June 19, 2009 | Dallas, TX
My deepest sympathy in your time of sadness.
Thought I would share with you the good that Gary did in my experience with him.
Gary always went out of his way, to be sure that the guests we were working with got all of their needs met, with the best care possible.
He was always very kind to me and we shared several heart to heart conversations about personal matters.
Health and happiness to all, I am sure he is wishing that for all of us from his new home.
Blessings...
Linda King
June 09, 2009 | Reno, NV
I remember..........Ireland 1992...in Killarney, the Pub Crawl, the final night..the client being so happy - the famous song for the time "I can't dance, I can't...by Genesis". The train to Dublin, the after program party for the staff at the Abbey Tavern......the VP of Sales for the unnamed client saying it "was the best trip we ever had" and seeing Gary in the back of the coach with tears streaming down his face. When I asked him what was wrong, he replied that the client gave the...
June 06, 2009
Gary my friend.......how I will miss you.
Today is your funeral, a sad day for all. You touched so many lives - in fact, every single person you came in contact with were somehow positively touched by you.
A special man, I hope you realize how special. Thank you for your friendship, your humor, your positive attitude, your kindness, your hard work, your love of life - I could go on.
I was in Ireland when I heard the news. A fitting place to be, as...
Noel McKeon
June 06, 2009 | St. Louis, MO
