Daniel Edwin Blomquist

I´m sorry that this is a year after the fact. I am so sorry for your loss. I met Dan when I was a child in Romeo. He was the school librarian and full of fun. We always loved library day. He and Shirl were also "drinking buddies" of my parents, though they didn´t do it often. They lived west of Romeo and in the fall had to drive into town past a stand of Osage orange trees. He complained about having to drive over them and what a mess they made. Years later on a fall visit to the UP I decided to stop by his office. When the assistant asked who was calling, I handed her a brown bag with a couple of Osage oranges in it. He knew that a member of the Appel family had come to call. We had a great laugh! Such a witty man. He was a sesquipedalian of the highest degree.