Thank you for your heartfelt words. I know with so many sad things going on around us all the time, it can be hard to share in everyone's grief, but if even one person looks at my grandpa or hears about him and is impressed by his warm smile and loving deeds, then I feel I'm doing some justice to an incredibly wonderful man. I wish I could really relate all the things he's done, from serving in World War II to winning an award for heroism when he faced a bank robber who tried to use him as a hostage to get away safely, and he got the gun away from the man. He later found out the man had killed a person in the past.

He was so social and charismatic, he could make a friendship sitting on a bus with a stranger that lasted for years afterward. He was the kindest, warmest hearted person imaginable. I guess it is natural to sit here and wish I had told him more about how special he was to me and how much he meant to me.. but it's still hard.