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There are very few individuals that we met in a lifetime that make a positive impression on us. Joe was that kind of human.

Joe passed away on February 12th, 2010.

It was after the record snow storm of February 2010.

The power went out in their home.

He and is wife, Christine were moving into temporary

quarters in the New Comfort Inn of Mabank, Texas

when he quietly passed on.

Joe would have been 81.

Joe was a sweet, loving and very kind man.

He loved McKinney, Texas.

Whenever he spoke of McKinney

his face took on a glow of peace,

his childhood, his friends, his memories

were many of those days in McKinney.

There was a deep longing in his voice

for some of those memories.

Some of those memories were with extreme joy,

while others seemed to carry regret.

As with all of us,

one could not have lived a full life

without a certain amount of regret.

I will miss Joe

and our talks,

when he sat down with…

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