Ian Keith Edlund

Gordon and Bessie were friends of my mother...and Gordon was my orchestra teacher in junior high and high school. He was also a friend. I met Ian when in high school...probably during his breaks from WSU. I was so impressed with his playing and droll sense of humor. Both Gordon and Ian were encouraging....at 73, I'm still playing the cello. Awesome mentors.

Dear Mrs. Edlund and family,
I was one of the Catholic school kids in Colton Washington that Ian (Mr. Edlund to us!) recruited when he started the band program there. I was in 8th grade and my friends and I were thrilled to be part of a band! It was so fun to be in a band and make "big" music together--as much music as maybe 12 students could make. Ian also taught me choir in high school and also was a choir teacher at WSU summer music camps that I was fortunate enough to attend. He...

Mr Edmund was my orchestra teacher in the 1970's as well as teaching me the cello privately when I was a teenager. He gave me a deep and abiding love for the cello that continues to this day and a great technical and artistic foundation to the music that I still play daily. Though I did not choose a career in music, it has always been a huge part of my life, and now that I am retired from a career in health care I can spend much more time playing the cello, violin and guitar. Most of my...

Dear Edlund family,

Know you are in our prayers. Remembering you all, we were thinking of our serendipitous meeting while camping at Colter Bay in the Tetons. Our girls were in grade school at the time.

Ian gave so much to his family, community, profession and too many students to mention. What a life of blessing others with kindness and music.
Fondly, Tom and Mary Beth Anderson