Phillip Alden Tweedy

Tweed, you were a bright star in my life!

It was on the mourn
That I saw a ship a sailing
The sea was calm
Phillip was young
And he was at the rail
With shipmates once again.---rs

I was so saddened to see this obituary this morning. Phil hired me at the age of 18 as the first female order desk clerk at Industrial Iron Works. I worked for him on Macadam Avenue and then when the plant moved to Tigard. He was a delight to work for and so clever and funny. Loved by everyone at the foundry. I remember one morning when he told me his twin daughters had made him lunch - only to find pieces of bread and a small can of tuna in his lunch bag. He thought it was hilarious. I...

Tio Loco, You are one of a kind and will be sorely missed by us all. "little" Marion

Thank you Mr Tweedy for being a great role model.
Thank you for fixing up that neat old
Plymouth Belvedere so Patty and I could cruise around Portland in some vintage style.
Thank you for not being afraid to buy your daughters a giant dog, Eddy that we all loved.
Thank you for lunch at the Candlelight with Pam and Pat. I loved how relaxed you were sharing humorous stories and poking fun at how crazy us teenagers were. It was a good lesson.
Thank you for multiple...