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A26 OBITUARIO
Diaranson 5 october 2022
Lagrima y flornan por seca, su recuerdonan y
tur loke el a haci y significa pa nos, cu lo keda
graba pa semper den nos mente y curason.
“Cerca Dios mi alma ta na paz, ta di DJ’E mi
salbacion ta bin”
Salmo 62:1
Cu honda pena nos ta anuncia fayecimento
cristianamente di:
Sra. Carmen M. Kock-Becker
“Tante Carmen of Tanchi Carmen”
*16-07-1925 - †02-10-2022
Na nomber di su:
Yiunan:
Rudy Kock
Linda (Evelinda) Kock
Rumannan:
Benigno (Benny) Becker y famia na Aruba y
Hulanda
Primo y primanan, sobrino y sobrinanan,
sobre-sobrino y sobrinanan, cuñanan, comper,
conocirnan, bisiña.
Demas famia: Kock, Becker, de Cuba, Mackay,
Helder, Albertus, Kerpens, Croes, Rasmijn,
Angela, Campbell, Vieira, Diogo, Gomez,
Sanders, Peterson, Tromp, Jansen, Simmons.
Nos ta pidi disculpa si den nos tristesa nos por
a lubida algun famia.
Ta participa cu acto di entiero lo tuma
lugar diabierna 7 di oktober 2022 pa 4’or di
atardi saliendo sot di Misa Pro Catedral San
Francisco di Asisi pa Santana Central Sabana
Basora.
E restonan mortal lo ta reposa for di 2’or di
atardi den misa.
Despues di entiero no por ricibi bishita di
condolencia na cas
Photographer rides out Ian to capture the
storm for others
(AP) - arsen has lived on
Sanibel Island for 12 years
and until last week had
never experienced a major
hurricane. The 76-year-
old who moved from Cali-
fornia decided to ride out
Hurricane Ian in his con-
dominium with little idea
of the horror he was about
to go through.
He filled his bathtub with
water, stocked up on food
and water, and made sure
batteries were charged and
his windows were rated to
withstand 150 mph (240
kph) winds. He followed the
forecast thinking the island
would get strong wind and
rain, and trees would fall, but
areas to the north would take
the hardest hit.
“I have to tell you, I felt fairly
safe going into this, but when
the glass blew out and started
shattering inside … I real-
ized this was a problem,” said
Larsen, who has since “re-
treated to Orlando.”
There was another reason
Larsen wanted to stay. He is
the part owner and photogra-
pher for the local news web-
site santivachronicle.com.
“I stayed behind to record
the event and record the af-
termath for publication with-
out realizing exactly how
bad this storm was going to
be,” Larsen said in a Zoom
interview. “I tried to pho-
tograph the storm as it was
happening. The high winds,
the rain, the surge from the
Gulf. After the storm I tried
to document what was left,
what damage was done, and taller than three stories, no like nothing you would re-
it was horrific.” chain restaurants or stores, member if you had ever vis-
no traffic lights and is home ited Sanibel. It’s devastated,”
But with no internet or cell
phone connectivity, he wasn’t to locally owned shops. It’s Larsen said.
famous for the thousands of
able to publish any material shells that wash up on the While he, his wife and two
until several days later when beaches and is a quaint, pic- dogs took shelter in an inte-
he was safely evacuated. turesque island for tourists. rior room during the storm,
he ventured out the next
Larsen has spent a career in He and his wife vacationed morning with his camera
television and continues to there a few years before de- hoping to get images for his
run a television distribution ciding to move to the island news website, which covers
consulting company. His of about 6,500 full-time resi- community events, human
first television job was as a dents. Sanibel attracts retirees interest stories and features
reporter and anchor at an In- — about 57% of the popula- on residents of Sanibel and
dianapolis station. One of his
co-workers was weatherman tion is 65 years old or older nearby Captiva Island.
— and while not an enclave
David Letterman.
for the mega-rich, the me- “It was like living in a war
dian value of owner-occu- zone — just decimated prop-
Larsen was attracted to Sani- pied homes tops $700,000 erty and condominiums,
bel because of its old Florida and its per capita income is trees gone, I don’t think there
charm and the community of more than $90,000, both well was a car that survived. It was
residents who want to pre- above state averages. pretty dramatic, much worse
serve it. The barrier island off than I’ve ever experienced,”
Fort Myers has no buildings “At the moment, it looks Larsen said.