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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I am sorry that Erica’s life has passed without affording an opportunity to meet her in person. During my short (two decades) of involvement with Rocky Mountain Corsa, I spoke with her several times by phone. The first was after her husband’s death, when I asked if she wished to continue to receive The Denvair News – her response was strong and friendly, still tinted with a slight Austrian accent: Certainly she wished to continue! The Corvair and RMC were part of her life, and life goes on.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The second call was several years later, during the process of updating RMC name badges. I reminded her that we had spoken before, and she laughed and said she recalled that conversation, too. I tried to convince her to come to a meeting or event to pick up her new badge, but she would not commit and asked that it be mailed to her. She assured me that she was still a Corvair person, and thanked me warmly for thinking of her.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will never be able to place a smiling face with the smiling voice, but the memory of the person who never gave up her linkage to the Corvair continues to make me smile.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Eric Schakel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>