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Lyn Roberts
December 15, 2023
John was delightfully unique. I enjoyed our lifelong friendship enormously. Nadine, my bestie, and Beverly are so dear. Memories to treasure.
Lyn
December 15, 2020
John was a unique and wonderful man. I loved and admired him.
William May
January 27, 2018
I will always remember that John. We spent many lunch time hours discussing (and trying to figure out) the meaning of a poet that a substitute 10th grade english teacher had introduced to us. The poet was ee cummings. Later I talked with him at Chapel Hill, he was in a bit of a rush because he had to get back to his class - they were discussing the man-machine interface. Great Remembrances of you John, thank you.
Mark Sellers
January 2, 2015
That is a very funny photo of John Reitzel! Thanks for posting it.
JR (2nd from left) in Raleigh 1960 (Spring Break)
David Gullette
January 1, 2015
John and I went to high school together and were part of the non-countryclub/egghead set. I have a 1960 photo (attached) of him and other friends when I brought my roommates down from Cambridge on Spring Break. Sounds like he lead a varied and iconoclastic life. I honor his memory.
December 26, 2014
John was a friend of mine. From Chapel Hill NC to Carboro to Raleigh to Bluemont WVA to Weaverville NC, trips through the South and New Mexico, we mixed and mingled in fun, ideas, facts, events, good friends, he was a better man than I. He did not have a mean bone in his thin body.
He said, "Keep your feet above the ground!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swy8FJUCFpI
He lived his life on his own terms and won!
Mark Sellers
December 25, 2014
John was a friend of mine. He lived the life on his terms and clearly he won!
December 24, 2014
Buddy Westbrook- Classmate
Kenn Hicks
December 23, 2014
... sending a tune, for Beverly and John's extended family. I think he would approve :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RalmbOEN5FA
Kenn (formerly of the Green Level volleyball gatherings) and Players Retreat veterans... RIP dear friend.
December 23, 2014
I remember John from the 8th grade to his graduation from UNC. We played in the band, had marvelous adventures exploring Raleigh at night. He lived not too far from me in Weaverville and regularly urged me to join in "Tubing The Toe." I will miss his off-beat take on life and his courage to be himself in the face of the pressure to lead a "conventional" life.
Mike Wise
December 23, 2014
I am sad to hear of John's passing and I send my sincere condolences to his family. I am John's cousin and I have such wonderful memories of spending time with John, Ann, Aunt Nancy, and Uncle John when I was young. John was eight years older and had many interests. I remember that he was very kind, very intelligent, and was the most attentive listener. I have thought of him so often through the years!
Lynn Thompon
December 23, 2014
I will forever remember our four-some trip to the beach after HS graduation. John said that he wanted to know what it would be like to get drunk...after lots of vodka and a trip or two to the porcelain God, he looked at me while trying to crawl into bed and said, "Everone should do this once, but never, ever again!". Thanks John, I will always have that memory, so funny at the time, yet poignant forever.
Lynn Thompon
Jon & Helen Butcher/Frady
December 22, 2014
John was an inspiration when I wandered here escaping New England 40 years ago. Love and good memories to Beverly and all the family.
Lyn Roberts
December 21, 2014
Heartfelt condolences to John's wonderful family. His was a life lived fully.
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