(Note: Lou Coleman was one of two local pilots involved in a fatal plane crash on Aug. 2, 2018, on Lopez Island.)

To the Greatest City of Angels in the World:

Thank you all so much for your love and support in so many ways over the last year. You gave me strength, courage, healing hugs, beautiful cards, food, financial support, flowers, plants, labor, fun invitations, time and so much more.

I feel so loved in this community. Thank you for carrying me through the ultimate, hardest, saddest and loneliest time in my life, not letting me go it alone. I couldn’t ask for a better place to be after losing Lou, the love of my life, my hero. I will forever be thankful and grateful to you all.

With love and appreciation, especially this Thanksgiving,

Julia Coleman, and family

San Juan Island