Here she is during her 90th birthday party.
Rest in peace to my beloved grandmother, Carolyn Sumner, the most selfless, caring, and sweetest person I’ve ever known.
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I recently found out that my childhood best friend, Eric, passed away a couple of years ago. I remember the first day he and his family moved into the house next door in Beltsville, when I was about four (Eric was a year younger than me). My family lived on Quimby Ave. until I was 7 and a half, when we moved to Silver Spring. I remember those years with Eric fondly, and fortunately I have many photos of those times. Rest in peace, Eric. Continue reading “Rest in Peace, Eric”
Rest in peace to my grandmother, Margaret Sauka Owens. She made it to 99 years old, certainly a record in my family and the last of her generation. She had five surviving children, six total, 12 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. I last visited her in June in Florida. Continue reading “Rest in Peace to My Grandmother, Margaret Sauka Owens”
Rest in peace to my favorite canine Caps fan, Ovie the Bulldog. It’s been a blast covering the antics of Ovie over the last eight years, and I’ll miss him dearly. I wrote his obituary for The Post. Continue reading “Rest in Peace, Ovie”
When I attended Paint Branch High School in the early 1990s, I had a wonderful AP English teacher named Ellen Rosier. I was in over my head taking an AP course but with her encouragement, I stayed the course, and ended up getting a hard-fought B. Continue reading “High School Teachers”
