Kristi Lynn Pluimer

I miss you Kristi

I´ve known Kristi for 40 years and think of her daily. She´s the best of friends: there to store our memories and be engaged with each and every day. We wrote daily for the last couple of years. Honest, loving, fun and faithful. She is so missed yet always present in my heart.

My son Noah has been best friends with Tomie since 2nd grade and some twenty years later they are like brothers. Kristi always treated us Iike family. She will always be part of ours. I love you Krisi and Tomie.

Kristi and I were connected through Firefly Sisterhood, a non-profit organization that matches women going through breast cancer with a peer mentor guide. While I was technically Kristi´s guide, she quickly became my guide, friend and cancer confidante. Over phone calls, texts and in-person meetups (usually involving wine) we shared our experiences, fears and anxieties living with cancer. Kristi was quick to send along information she had researched on new treatments or a share a fun book she´d read. She was always up for connecting and I loved learning about her family and her latest trip to visit friends. I´ll be forever grateful for my time with Kristi.
May her memory be a blessing.

Every time I see a tulip I think of Kristi and her snacking on the stems!

Here´s the photos

My sweet cousin! Such great memories of us growing up. This is a great photo of us 3 cousins during a visit to Minneapolis a few years ago

My sweet cousin! So many great memories of fun times when we were kids. This is a great photo of us 3 cousins during a visit to Minneapolis a few years ago

I was happy for my brother Bruce and Kristi on their wedding day at the Lutheran Church in Hopkins. A long journey for them--they had arrived home.

Kristi--a bright woman, full of love, a kind sense of humor, quick to laugh, and astonishingly courageous.

Dear Bruce and Annie, Aaron and Tomie, Your wife/mom Kristi was such an easy person to be with. Though I didn´t know her as long as you all, I thoroughly enjoyed our time together. She was intelligent, witty and funny, a good conversationalist, good cook, good and loyal friend, and generous person. She really loved whom she loved and was a nurturer and mom by nature. And Bruce, it was easy to see and feel the comfortable, committed love that flowed between you two. I am so sorry she´s gone too soon. And so sorry for your loss of partner/wife Bruce and loving Mom, Tomie, Annie and Aaron. She´d surely be cheering for each of you to be all you can be and to live your dreams as much as you can. Rest in peace Kristi, I miss you and always will.

A Christmas gathering in 2019 (?). Lots of laughs and fun gifts

I miss you Kristi Pluimer. You completed me.

My favorite memories of Kristi:

The first is the pants-wetting laughter we had when she and Bruce visited us in California and I made a chicken enchilada dish. I don´t follow recipes and this one had mushroom soup in it and I decided it needed more "sauce" so I used 2 cans of soup. We all laughed so hard when I brought it from the oven to the table! It became known as Crème de la Mexico and still brings chuckles. And here I find out how much she loved REAL Mexican food! No wonder we laughed so much at that soupy mess - it tasted good though.

The second sweet memory I have is coming to her bedside in the last days and Kristi opening her eyes, looking up at me, reaching up her arms and saying, "I suppose you´re here for another kiss." What a special long, sweet hug we had with both of us crying softly.

Kristi, I miss you hugely. I miss all the times we didn´t have and am filled with gratitude for the times we did have.

Wendy

Kristi
So many memories of our growing up years, coming of age... that only you and I share and can truly appreciate. Those memories are timeless and have brought me great joy over the years when my mind revisits us.
As you said in your last correspondence, the difficulty to go our own ways is perhaps testimony of our deep bond despite our differences that manifested as we grew and changed. Thank you for you and the beautiful part of the tapestry of my life that you played. Kristi, you have been my hardest good-bye. Bean

Kristi,
My forever 1024. I loved you dearly and miss you beyond words. Thank you for being so accepting of me, so kind and honest, and for all of your love and support. I miss your laser beams, exchanging recipes, and your smile. Most of all, I just miss you.
Annie

Another memory

Sometime in San Francisco, probably in the 80's Kristi and I found ourselves stuck in a broken down VW while our friends went to find help. It was the first time we had spent time together and we discovered we had the same sense of humor, world view and love of food. That memory bonded us for life.

Condolences. Kristi was a wonderful person. I enjoyed working with her.

Kristi was a breath of fresh air at the Wedge. She was approachable and unflappable with such a dry sense of humor. She could always provide the reality check & validation I needed. And so talented. I loved working with her.

Kristi and I loved cooking together. She helped me cater a couple of weddings for friends years ago. She loved Mexican food and we made a really good cooking team. We also laughed a lot when we were in each other´s company. I loved spending time with her and will miss her dearly.

Dear Kristi,

I will never forget how my sister had such a loving experience in America thanks to you. From the first day she is fully accepted as your own. Despite the distance, this has never changed. Thank you.

Mirjam Zeeman

Our wedding day

Will never forget Kristi's love of food. She thoroughly enjoyed the queso fundido at the recent Mexican Night she was able to attend in Seattle!