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One was a true La Conner original, scion of a storied pioneer family, blessed with a bevy of talents – singing, strumming and storytelling among them.

The other was born on the other side of the country, in industrial Pittsburgh, and built an amazing career in southern California before bringing his myriad creative skills and good cheer to La Conner.

Both lived richly full lives, artists in their own way, each enjoying more than 90 trips around the sun before passing in recent weeks.

Bruce McCormick and Bob Abrams. So different, yet so much alike. And so dearly missed in La Conner and...