May God bless you and your...
He aimed for a well-managed life, plain and reasonable.
In good company: married more than 50 years,
Kids, grandson, sister, friends, old friends.
Life didn't have to be complicated: family, work.
As a boy he kept the furnace lit,
When a bucket of coal kept you from freezing in the winter.
And he knew ways of people,
What they wanted, the value of a good cigar.
Then came the war,
And a bum leg kept him stateside,
Not joining the boys at Normandy,
Who...
Jeremy Salter
February 14, 2009 | Lake Hiawatha, NJ


