Monday, May 29, 2017
CAROL, ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILY TERRY, DR. MISSY, DR. DYLAN, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER OUR PRAYERS TO YOU
ON THE RECENT LOSS OF OUR FRIEND WHO RESIDES IN GOD'S HANDS FOREVER. HIS SPIRIT, ENTHUSIASM,AND BELIEF
ENCOMPASSED GOD, FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY. FROM THE LEGION POST/AMERICAN LEGION, AREA GOVERNMENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN CEM. AND FINALLY OUR "HOME" AT THE JOLIET AMERICAN LEGION BAND WHERE WE MET BOTH OF YOU
WAS AMAZING, HEARTFELT, AND WARM. EATING WITH YOU IN SAN ANTONIO AFTER BAND CONTEST ALWAYS SERVED ME
FOR YEARS AFTER ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE BOTH YOU AND DON ALWAYS SERVED WITH HONOR/RESPECT TO OTHERS.
WE WERE SURROUNDED BY BOTH OF YOU WITH YOUR LIVES AND COMMITMENT. IT WAS DON WHO INTRODUCED ME TO THE
"GODFATHER" OF THE AMERICAN LEGION.DUTY HONOR COUNTRY WAS DON'S CHARTER IN LIFE TO EVOKE DIRECTION, SUBSTANCE,
AND GRATITUDE IN LIFE AS HE "SERVED THIS COMMUNITY IN IT'S COMPLETE FAIRNESS TO ALL. AS RECORDING ENGINEER
FOR THE JOLIET LEGION BAND FOR 30 YEARS, I HAVE NEVER MET A MORE COMPATIBLE FAMILY WHO ONLY ASKED, "WHAT
CAN WE DO" YOU BOTH SET THE STANDARD FOR ALL OF US TO FOLLOW FOR YEARS. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND NOW GOD HAS HIS BEST FRIEND FROM EARTH TO ASSIST. GREG BALLAK
