Julie Gates

Julie Gates
A forward from Deb Freele....

I'm sure by now the news is starting to leak out of the Grayling area?unfortunately I got a text yesterday afternoon with the news, very sad indeed.

In a cruel twist of fate Julie was diagnosed a couple years ago with lung cancer, the same cancer that also took her husband Rusty.

As cancers often do over time, it spread and caused a myriad of other complications until it eventually took her life late yesterday afternoon?and all to soon.

I interviewed Julie for The River during the early summer of 2013,
pre diagnosis. It's weird to know now that while I was interviewing her?mainly discussing Rusty's death, that she also had it and didn't know?and wouldn't for another couple months.

What's that Seger lyric "wish i didn't know now what I didn't know then"

Godspeed Julie, say hi to Gator for me!

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Update for funeral arrangements?

Service Friday 1- 9 at Sorenson's in Grayling, funeral on Saturday.

My condolences to Julie's family and friends.