Dan Stowell

I have very dear memories of Dan Stowell from the late 1950´s. "Danny," as he was then called, and I, were close friends and neighbors in San Mateo (Hillsdale Boulevard) during our grammar school years. He attended Laurel Grammar School while I went to Beresford Park. We often competed against each other in track and field sprint events at Hillsdale High School and also trained together for the AAU Junior Olympics held at Castlemont High School in Oakland. At that time we were on the San...

Day he was born Nurse placed him in my arms said you're his big sister now protect him. I did until he was 12 n I left home. At Moms request I taught him to defend himself.
He was such a GREAT MAN. Unfair he died first . . should have been ME

day of his birth nurse placed him in my arms "you're his big sister now. . You will need to protect him. only 6yrs but I took those words to heart. . And did just that until I left home to get married. . Dan was 12yrs old . .I felt I fulfilled my promise to that nurse. . I had protected him from those who would do him harm. . At Mother's request I taught him to defend himself