Samuel J. Losh

Sam and I were Hershey High classmates. He was the smartest kid in our class. He ran cross country for the track team our senior year. I recall going home with him after school once to see his model airplane, an interest and hobby we shared. I always looked forward to seeing Sam at class reunions, which he occasionally attended in conjunction with visiting family. I´m saddened to read of his passing but know that he enjoyed a happy, successful, and charitable life.

My mother was a Pennsylvania cousin, Mary Johnston Witmyer. I knew his mom as Aunt Esther.

It has been a year since Uncle Sam passed. Marcy and I still miss him, his humor, his decency, and his advice. May he rest in peace.

Uncle Sam was my mother´s 2nd brother. And she loved Uncle Sam very much. You see, her first brother, Charles, named after Uncle Sam´s dad, drowned when a mere child. After Charles Seibert divorced my mother´s mother, Edith, my mother grew to love Esther, Charles Seibert´s new wife and Uncle Sam´s mother to be. In fact, my mother, now about 20 years old, traveled with Esther and Charles Seibert on their honeymoon, when Uncle Sam was probably conceived. So, you might say my mother loved...

Our Uncle Sam was, and will always be, our hero. He continues to be a benefactor to his half sister, Alberta´s offspring and lived with the greatest grace, producing his own fine offspring who are my treasured cousins. I will always love him and his long-time friend and wife, Lovely.