Remerciement
Les parents de Véronique remercient ses innombrables amis de par le monde pour les témoignages de sympathie qu’ils ont reçus pour elle à l’occasion de sa disparition inopinée le 16 mai à Hamamatsu.
— Madeleine et Karl Even
(Translation: Véronique’s parents would like to thank her many friends around the world for their sympathies on the occasion of her sudden death on 16 May in Hamamatsu.)
Belgian church were service was held.
Au lieu de fleurs, nous demandons qu’un don soit fait au compte d’Aide à l’Eglise en Détresse (www.egliseendetresse.be ) (IBAN : BE25 1960 0933 4182 / BIC : CREGBEBB) avec la mention « Pour Véronique ». Merci.
In lieu of flowers, we ask that a donation be made to the account of Aide à l’Eglise en Détresse / Aid to the Church in Need (www.acn-intl.org) (IBAN: BE25 1960 0933 4182 / BIC: CREGBEBB) with the mention “Pour Véronique”. Thank you.
Les funérailles auront lieu à Saint-Vith (église paroissiale) le samedi 25 juin 2011 à 11:00. Une veillée se tiendra à l’église de Petit-Thier le vendredi 24 à 19:30.
The funeral will be held in Saint-Vith (parish church) on Saturday 25 June 2011 at 11:00. A wake will be held at the church in Petit-Thier on Friday 24 at 19:30.
Tu avais eu le courage de relever un formidable défi en quittant la Belgique pour travailler là-bas et j’avais gardé une excellente image de ton passage à l’ESTI Lucien Cooremans. Tu étais simple, aimable et bosseuse. Je me rappelle encore que tu m’avais demandé pour goûter l’espèce de gâteau à base de riz, de dattes, de lait et de miel que j’amenais aux cours pour mes régimes sportifs. Je t’en avais donné un morceau et tu m’avais dit le lendemain que ce n’était franchement pas bon 
Ta discrétion n’aura pas empêché que les gens remarquent ta valeur. Et s’en souviennent, même après de nombreuses années. Mes pensées t’accompagnent là où tu t’en es allée et s’adressent également à ta famille.
— Marc Bouquette
https://picasaweb.google.com/genevieve.ruche/VERO#
A ma cousine Véro,
Geneviève Ruche
Lorsque tu revenais en Belgique tu ne manquais jamais de venir nous faire un petit coup coup voir un gros…
Nous faisions la fête et tu repartais comme tu étais venue.
tu étais toujours souriante et pleine de vie.
Au revoir…
Ton petit cousin jeanjean
I first met her 17 years ago as I worked as postdoc fellow at Hamamatsu University. During the following years I always took the chance to visit her in Hamamatsu when I attended conferences in Japan. It was always a big pleasure for me to talk to her, to meet together with her our friends, go to restaurants and for shopping. She always promised to visit me and my family after her return to Europe. I am so sad that I will not meet her again. You are always my dear friend!
— Ralf
Originaly postd by John Kim on Facebook.
My dear friend. I couldn’t even say goodbye to you. Thanks for everything and rest in peace with this song. Love you always.
[Note: This YouTube video has no sound on the left channel.]
Originaly postd by Kalyan Rai on Facebook.
Originally posted by Brian Ford on Facebook.
Thinking of you and drinking a CHIMAY xx Listened to some great blues today pulled out all the LP’s.
Click the picture to view Brian’s slideshow.
Originally posted by Yukie Kinoshita on Facebook.
You really like this song. When you listened it, you had a huge smile.
Veronique and I met for the first time in the late 90s. She asked me where I was from and when I told her Georgia in the US she lit up. She had lived in Louisiana, relatively close I suppose, and loved the people, the food, and the music from the area. We talked about blues music. We talked about cajun cooking. We talked about all kinds of nonsense I can’t remember anymore. What struck me about her at the time was the undivided attention she gave to whoever she talked with, her friendliness, her enthusiasm for music, and her genuine curiosity.
Over the years, I ran into Veronique a few times a year in crowded situations and seemed to always gravitate her way and have a long, enjoyable conversation. In the last few years, though, and especially over the last year when she lived in my neighborhood, I was able to stop by for coffee on dog walks and shoot the breeze with her. We’d sat out on the terrace and found out we had things in common than we ever knew. We had similar family relationships. We both had a younger sibling we never really had the chance to know because of age difference and two decades away from home. We both felt some regret about that and wanted to change it. Veronique, as social as she was, as many friends as she had, felt lonely in Japan and wanted change. She wanted to get back home, back to Belgium preferably, but at least to Europe. She was on the verge of doing that, on the verge of going home, on the verge of getting back to her roots and the next phase of her life. Sadly, she never got that chance. It breaks my heart, for her, and for those she was returning to.
Rest in Peace, Veronique, you friend and beautiful soul.
— Jon Bauer
Today we said our final goodbyes to our dear friend.
I still cannot believe she’s gone. A life yet filled with such promise, taken so unexpectedly. Fortunately for her, the rain stopped in time for the sun to come out and shine upon her one last time before many of us paid our final respects in a simple, but warm ceremony.
Véronique was the first foreign resident of Hamamatsu I got to know, and consider a friend, even though I had already been here for a number of years. Not surprisingly, I met her at one of JC’s concerts. My ears are still ringing 15 years later.
I would often run into her at the most unexpected times, in the most unexpected places. She even charmed my dad right off his feet in a temple garden in Inasa one gorgeous afternoon in a brief encounter.
My one regret is that I have no photos of her and I. So to, in some small way, counter that, I took a few pictures at her services to share with everyone who couldn’t be there. I’ll be sending them to Paul for posting here.
— Joe Libby
Il sera bien difficile d’imaginer les années s’écouler sans nouvelles de Véronique, qui n’a jamais omis une marque d’attention lors de ses visites en Europe. Inoubliable son séjour au moulin de Weweler et son humour gentiment ironique.
Mes parents désirent se joindre à nos sincères condoléances.
— Guido
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