Melvin L. Watkins

Doris, Debbie & Mark,

I remember with fondness being neighbors with you on College Avenue, babysitting Debbie and toddler Mark, and later having great fun at your cottage on Pine Lake with our families. Mel used to love to try to get me to fall when I was slaloming behind his boat. He succeeded once, but only once.

I consider it a privilege to have known Mel, a kind, generous, and fun-to-be-with person.

In my younger years I considered the death of a...