Saturday, August 31, 2019
My sympathies to the friends & family of sweet and bubbly Anita, whom so many of us here in Port Dover have missed since she left. My family and I would see her at the Silver Lake Market most Saturdays and she would gleefully play the Spider-Man theme song for my three sons, who were thrilled each and every time. Anita always insisted the boys play some notes on her accordion themselves and heaped praise upon them and always left them feeling like musical superheroes themselves. She took such a liking to them, in fact, that she insisted my oldest son, Rex, “take care of my old accordion for me and have fun with it” when she left town. You may be pleased to know that Rex has indeed learned how to play some simple songs and that Anita’s old accordion fills our home with music now and again. My boys will be terribly sad to hear that “The Accordion Lady” (as they affectionately called her) will not be returning to Port Dover after all, but I can assure you they will treasure that accordion and we will think of Anita every time they play Spider-Man. Again, my sympathies to all those closest to Anita.
