Roger George Dierking

An Open Letter To My Friend, “Rog”..

Well, you finally did it: you went out with a bang. No laughs, no goodbyes, nothing but gone. I have no choice but to respect your unannounced exit, but I would like to share a few stories that explain how you and your family became my second family.

Our families lived in a rural setting a few miles apart. You and your brothers went to a local public elementary school and I went to a parochial school in town. I had one brother,...