MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO "JACK" AND HIS FAMILY. JOYCE AND I MET AT THE PATERSON (NJ) SWISS TURNVEREIN WHEN WE WERE IN OUR TEENS AND PARTICIPATED IN MANY GYMNASTIC COMPETITIONS TOGETHER, HERE IN NJ, WISCONSIN AND CALIFORNIA. SHE LOVED MATH, GOT HER TEACHING DEGREE AND MET JACK, A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN. THEIR WEDDING WAS A GRAND AFFAIR, HER FATHER, A MAN OF GOOD HUMOR WHO ALWAYS HAD A SMILE WAS SO
PROUD. HER MOM, USUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OF THINGS WAS RELAXED AND HAPPY HER LITTLE GIRL WAS GETTING MARRIED, ALTHOUGH SHE HAD NOT YET ACCEPTED JACK AS THE BEST CHOICE. SHE AND JACK HAD THEIR MOMENTS, BUT I THINK SHE WOULD HAVE TO AGREE IT WAS A GOOD UNION. THE BIRTH OF SONS PAUL, JOHN AND BRIAN FOLLOWED AND BECAUSE THE FAMILY LIVED IN THE MIDWEST WE DID NOT SEE TOO MUCH OF EACH OTHER. HOWEVER, EVERY YEAR OR TWO, WHEN THEY CAME EAST BY SOME CIRCUITIST ROUTE, WE USUALLY MET AT OUR HOME FOR AN EVENING. CHRISTMAS CARDS WERE EXCHANGED, USUALLY WITH UPDATES FROM JACK, AND EVEN SOME OF THE POETRY HE ENJOYED WRITING. JACK'S LITERARY INTERESTS WOULD SPARK COLORFUL CONVERSATIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH MY LATE HUSBAND, ANDY, WHO HAD A PRAGMATIC VIEW OF LIFE. UNLIKE MOST PEOPLE YOU TEND TO MEET, HIS OPINIONS RARELY CHANGED. HE ENJOYED A GOOD ARGUMENT AND APPRECIATED THOSE WHO STOOD THEIR GROUND. I HOPE JOYCE REMEMBERS THIS SHOULD THEY CROSS PATHS AS THEIR SPIRITS SOAR, FREE OF ALL EARTHLY ENCUMBRANCES. GOOD BYE DEAR FRIEND, UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. LOVE, NORMA##imported-begin##NORMA SCHADEGG##imported-end##
