Keith Alan Gustin

I was sorry to see Keith had passed away. We had great times back in the high school days and shortly after. One great person he will be missed.

Keith;

Today I was told about your passing to "New Life" while stopping at the Hammondsport filling station and asking your neighbor about how you are doing.

I felt tears of sadness for a while and then relief that you and your family are no longer suffering. You have crossed to the other side and "Now You Know".

I met you, Bonnie and your children and grandchildren when I rented the apartment from Laura Hepburn at 12B Orchard Street during the Spring and Summer of 2019.

I loved the charm of Hammondsport and my front porch on Orchard Street. This was a nice place to greet each morning with a fresh cup of coffee and to watch and listen to nature and breathe in the new day about to unfold.

We had met shortly after I moved in; I remember speaking with you at the garage possibly before you started out on your morning motorcycle ride around Keuka Lake.

You had told me that you rode around the lake nearly every morning because it was a good way to start the day. "Everything Changes So Quickly Around The Lake"; you need to get out and experience it.

As I became friends with you and your lovely wife Bonnie, I could see a beauty in your soul; a gentleness.

I felt honored or special to be invited to your home during the summer to meet your family. Everyone was so kind to me and they shared part of their spirit.

I really wish that I would have bought your Motor Home that day, but it belonged to someone else. "It really was an amazing deal".

I am grateful that I stopped by your home this past October and visited with you and the love of your life, Bonnie. What was so charming is how concerned you were about Bonnie.

Keith, you are on the most amazing journey of all, "That of Eternal Life".

I am grateful that I had the opportunity to touch your spirit and feel the soul of a living work of art.

God be with you my friend.

Love to Bonnie and your entire family,

Blessings,

Howard Smith