Destinations

Destinations
Many years ago a lady contacted us in Honolulu looking for Howard. It turned out she was a cousin on the Tocman side of the family, and she lived for several years in Kane’ohe to be near her daughter. Jean Marcus and her husband Ralph became part of our Hawai’i Jewish family. Ralph loved kids and honored us by witnessing Makana’s trip to the mikvah at the Pearl Harbor temple. We lost track of the Marcus’ when they moved to Sun City, Arizona.
We were driving through California in early April, and Howard thought we might visit his cousin, Jean Marcus, for Passover. He had to contact someone at the temple in Honolulu who had a current phone number for Jean. We discovered that Ralph had passed away a couple years ago, but Jean was still in Arizona and had a boyfriend (that kind of information travels fast among those ladies)! It took us a couple of weeks to reach her, but the travel days were going to make it possible to see her. It was kind of awkward to call out of the blue after so many years and invite ourselves over for Passover, but Jean insisted. She had already planned a Passover get-together with her friends, only one of whom was Jewish. We aimed for Phoenix, to arrive for the first night of Passover.