John Marcy

I first met John in the fall of 1955 when we became freshmen at Canisius High School in Buffalo. My family moved to Ohio in 1956. We both became freshman at John Carroll University in the fall of 1959. John recognized me. We found that we had mutual interests including the Pershing Rifles which is a military fraternity. Over our college career were on many drill teams together. We were in the same platoon during ROTC Summer Camp. Together, we learned to fly through the U.S. Army ROTC...

Paula advised me of John's passing the other day. I was surprised. John and I worked together many times over the years, both in St. Louis and in Cleveland. I actually replaced him in Cleveland. We played racquetball together many times in Cleveland. I was fortunate to see him and Paula last year in Nashville at the QUAD A Summit when they came by to visit my helicopter we had on display. A great guy and super couple. I was always amazed at the hours he got up to take his kids to...