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Thomas Turner
January 10, 2017
He was my oldest brother, whom I admired beyond description. I remember his wonderful ability to draw sketches, paint, play musical instruments, perform acrobatic tricks, explain mathematical puzzles, and have many many friends. For his high school graduation gift to his classmates, he drew their portraits (from memory) and framed the portraits for their lifelong enjoyment. His nickname was Tippy, often pronounced "Tip". His saxophone skills were outstanding.
While attending engineering school during WWII, Harold wrote letters to us at home, and included cartoons in closing. He once drew a caricature of his own face embedded in the sketch of a rain drop. He signed it "Tip the Drip".
After he was discharged from the U.S. Navy at the end of WWII, he was hired to supervise the construction of a bridge crossing the Mississippi at St. Louis, Mo. Newspapers wrote articles claiming him to be the youngest engineer in the USA to hold a position of that sort.
Now that I'm at the age that Harold was when he passed away, I look forward to meeting him in the afterlife.
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