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| DEAR DAD: ALL THAT YOU'VE GIVEN I'LL CARRY YOUR MEMORY AND ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE AND MORE IT IS TRUE I'VE SELDOM CONSIDERED FOR A PART OF YOU IS WITH ME SINCE MY LIFE FIRST BEGUN IN ALL THAT I DO AS A CHILD I RECALL YOU MAY NOT HAVE SPOKEN THE JOY OF SUMMER DAYS BUT THE MESSAGE WAS CLEAR BY LOVING EXAMPLE YOU LOVED ME FROM THE BEGINNING YOU SHOWED ME YOUR WAYS AS YOU WERE ALWAYS NEAR WE WALKED WITH A WAGON AND NOW WITH THE CLOSING ALONG THE ROAD ONE DAY OF PRAYERS AND OF VAULTS PICKED TIGER LILLYS YOUR LOVE WAS PERFECT AND LAUGHED AND PLAYED AND WAS WITHOUT FAULT ON THAT SUMMER'S DAY THESE WORDS WERE WRITTEN WE HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH LOVE AND RESPECT I WAS VERY PROUD BY YOUR SON TO JUST BE YOUR SON DON P.S. BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME |
| Loving memory of John J. Erdeljac, Sr. December 2, 1914 August 12, 2001 May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face. May the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, my God hold you in the palm of His hand. Amen. |
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