FOR MY UNCLE JOE

ODE TO UNCLE JOE

YOU CAME INTO THIS WORLD

AS A SON AND BROTHER

THEN BECAME A HUSBAND,

FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND FREIND

TO ME TH GREATEST ROLE

YOU TOOK ON WAS OF "UNCLE".

AS A CHILD I WAS IN AWE

OF YOUR STATURE

AS A TEEN I ADMIRED

YOUR TALENTS ADN LOVE OF BOOKS.

AS AN ADULT I WAS CHARMED

BY YOUR HUMOR AND LOVE OF FAMILY.

AS TIME TOOK YUOR MEMORY

YOUR LOVE WAS STILL THERE.

EVEN IN YOUR LAST DAYS, I

KNEW YOU STILL KNEW ME.

THANK YOU UNCLE JOE FOR YOUR LOVE

AND OUR MEMORIES.

9/26/08