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Obituary of a Future Politician
Do we dare imagine this new way?
“I’ve wondered why it took us so long to catch on. We saw it and yet we didn’t see it. Or rather we were trained not to see it. Conned, perhaps, into thinking that the real action was metropolitan and all this was just boring hinterland. It was a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, “Go away, I’m looking for the truth,” and so it goes away. Puzzling”
Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
After a short battle with cancer, Eleanor Shareen Boychuk died at the Beltline Hospital in Calgary on the evening of April 21, 2159, at the age of 89 years.
She was predeceased by her husband Bob in 2150, daughter Esmelda in 2136, daughter-in-law Sheila in 2152, and brother Shawn in 2140. She is survived by brother James, sons Roger and William, daughter-in-law Nora, 11 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Eleanor was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan in 2070, the first child in a family of three. She was quickly noted for her ability with music, studies, and various household responsibilities at a young age. She excelled at school and played competitive basketball throughout her junior and senior high school years.
