My friend was a Hero
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 7:20 pm
I am very sad this evening. The world has lost a great man. Brave, stubborn, father, husband, outdoorsman and Marine.
Joe passed on Saturday, just days from his 105th birthday. I was Joe's maintenance man for 25 years. Even after I became Director of Plant Operations, I was still Joe's Maintenance man. Joe and his wife owned a home in the retirement community where I worked. Joe and I became friends, I bought a boat off Joe. We would share tales of the mountain country we had hunted and hiked. The trout we had caught and the deer we had killed. Run ins with bear, his trips out West. He had a Hal Hartley stocked 03 Springfield that made you yearn to shoot. He had a firm nature, he garnered respect and would damn well let you or your boss know it if you weren't doing it to suit him.
We became good friends over the years. Since I left , I had communicated with him via my wife. Semper fi Sargent! God's Speed.
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Joe passed on Saturday, just days from his 105th birthday. I was Joe's maintenance man for 25 years. Even after I became Director of Plant Operations, I was still Joe's Maintenance man. Joe and his wife owned a home in the retirement community where I worked. Joe and I became friends, I bought a boat off Joe. We would share tales of the mountain country we had hunted and hiked. The trout we had caught and the deer we had killed. Run ins with bear, his trips out West. He had a Hal Hartley stocked 03 Springfield that made you yearn to shoot. He had a firm nature, he garnered respect and would damn well let you or your boss know it if you weren't doing it to suit him.
We became good friends over the years. Since I left , I had communicated with him via my wife. Semper fi Sargent! God's Speed.
https://veteransportraitproject.wordpre ... tho-goble/
https://missingmarines.com/initiatives/ ... matanikau/
https://www.bass-smithfuneralhome.com/o ... rationWall