Spring 2018

Pat Moran (now deceased):

Accept what is. Let go of what was.  Have faith in what will be.  My new mantra.  I think of my precious Daz every day—but the tears just won't come.  I've used up all my tears.  The well is dry!  My progress is being measured not in miles, yards or feet, but in inches!  I have to, and am moving forward.  Thank you '52ers for letting me share my grief.

On to other news.  See Bill Erdman for his latest update.

Dick Schmidt (deceased) (Mesa, Ariz.) emails that his son, Curt Schmidt '75, represented our '52 class by welcoming incoming freshmen to the Lehigh Family Class of 2021!

Bill Murray (deceased) calls often from Texas.  He wants the class to know that he is still alive and "almost well."  All of us in the aches and pains brigade push on!  The Golden Years, indeed.

Paul Walton (Tucson, Ariz.) celebrated his 90th birthday.  Congrats Paul for getting so far, so fast!

David Garden (deceased) (St Helena, CA) writes that slowing down (at 87) is not a great thing, but better than the alternative.  He and Nancy have been married 65 years, have five children, five grandchildren and one 4 year-old great-grandson.  The subtle but unspoken message was that love, hard work and a little luck can make for a wonderful life.  Thanks, Dave, for your inspiration.

Ed Melkmann, an attorney in New York City, lost his wife, Virginia, 18 months ago, and he sent along a tribute (he found it in her papers) to those of us who have lost a loved one.  A poem titled "Remember Me."

"To the living, I am gone.  To the sorrowful, I will never return.  To the angry, I was cheated.  But to the happy, I am at peace.  And to the faithful, I have never left.  I cannot be seen, but I can be heard.  So as you stand upon a shore, gazing at a beautiful sea—remember me.  As you look in awe at a mighty forest and its grand majesty—remember me.  As you look upon a flower and admire its simplicity—remember me. Remember me in your heart, your thoughts, your memories of the times we loved, the times we cried, the times we fought, the times we laughed.  For if you always think of me, I will never be gone."—Anonymous

Good luck and good cheer '52ers.  Let me continue to hear from you.   "Pat”

Deceased

• Elmer F Beck

• Richard L Evans

• Robert M Haft

• Douglas K LeComte

• Robert A Potts