Minnesota neighbor remembers Phams - The Southern Cross

Minnesota neighbor remembers Phams - The Southern Cross

SAN DIEGO — Linda Willette still remembers Bishop Michael Pham as the boy next door. Willette, 82, and her husband, Jan, lived in Blue Earth, Minnesota, from 1974 until 2005, when they moved to Minneapolis. A Catholic, she was an active participant in an ecumenical effort to sponsor Vietnamese refugee families in the aftermath of the Vietnam War and to help them settle in Blue Earth. One of those families, the Phams, moved in next door. The Will…