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I want to take a moment
to remember Dave Baab,

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a wonderful artist and a
good friend who passed

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passed away April 9th, 2026.

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Dave was a talented
watercolorist

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and his beautifully
rendered paintings

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often focused on familiar
places in Seattle

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like Green Lake
and the Arboretum.

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Dave had great
reverence for nature,

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for people, for animals,
and his paintings clearly

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reflect this deep appreciation
for life in all of its forms.

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Dave also had a strong faith,
and after he died, his

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good friend Kevin Henney
wrote these wonderful words.

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“The writer C.S.

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Lewis talks about this amazing

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thing that happens when
we grow closer to God,

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that we actually become more
and more our true selves.

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This miraculous dynamic that the
closer we come to divine love,

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the more we become what
we were created to be,

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the more we discover
our unique selves.”

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This paragraph captures
Dave's very essence.

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He was his true self and he
knew in his bones who he was.

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Dave Baab loved by so many
will be missed always.

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♪♪