Sad News... Update Post #32...Photos Added Post #47, #61 & #75

[burmafrd]

Now that poem gets right to the guts of it all. Not flowery or wordy; just straight to the heart.

 

[Hostile]

Hos, I hear this song when I look at these pictures.

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I've listened to that song every day since he passed away. On his dresser is a picture of him and Norma together, as a young married couple. My wife saw it yesterday for the first time when she went with me to his place. She said, "wow, they were a good looking couple."

 

[Kristi]

He sounds like a wonderful man who will be greatly missed. My condolences on your loss of a great man and friend.

Thank you for sharing the pictures and stories about him. His paintings are gorgeous and the photos are one of a kind. If you know anyone that scrapbooks -- maybe they can put them together for you in a nice acid free album and preserve them for years to come.

I love old black and white photography. My grandpa has been finding some and sharing them with the family. He's even made copies for his kids. My favorite story is of my great great grandpa and when he finished his house (built it himself and mostly brick) got up and did a little jig on the top of the roof for all to see. Not every day you see fat man on the roof dancing away. Ha! That house is still standing to this day.

You mentioned Bill went and visited his wife every day, feeding and reading to her. Will someone still be visiting her?

It makes my heart smile big when I see old couples holding hands and just as in love as they were when they were younger.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

Sorry to hear that, WW2 veterans are truly inspirational in what they achieved for the world.

 

[Hostile]

Bill was laid to rest with full military honors today.

Thank you all for your interest in my friend. He was quite a guy.

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[DallasCowpoke]

Sorry to hear about your friend Hos. The stories and pics were very interesting.

Maybe you could post a link to his obit, I'm sure everybody would be interested in reading more about him?

 

[Hostile]

Sorry to hear about your friend Hos. The stories and pics were very interesting.

Maybe you could post a link to his obit, I'm sure everybody would be interested in reading more about him?

His family didn't create one.

 

[Hoofbite]

Bill was laid to rest with full military honors today.

Thank you all for your interest in my friend. He was quite a guy.

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Wow, that's pretty cool.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Hostile]

Wow, that's pretty cool.

Thanks for sharing.

I hope you don't think the video was of his funeral. That was just a video of Taps.

 

[Hoofbite]

I hope you don't think the video was of his funeral. That was just a video of Taps.

I don't.

I noticed it said Arlington and figured he was probably buried in your state.