02-10-2007, 08:10 PM
Marion JUST GOT BACK FROM DES MOINES, IA. VISITATION WAS FRIDAY, AND THE FUNERAL SERVICE WAS TODAY SAT. HE HAD FULL MILITARY SERVICE, THE IOWA NATL GUARD DID THE HONORS. INCLUDING A THREE CANON CONONADE SALUTE. I WILL MAIL YOU HIS OBIT. HIS RANK WAS BRIG. GEN. JERRY GORDEN RET. I PUT THREE MEN IN CHARGE OF FILLLING HIS POSITION. THEIR ANSWERE WAS--YES MR. PRESIDENT, YES SIR! PEOPLE LOOKED AT ME AND PROBABLY WONDERED, WHO THE HELL IS THIS ., DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS REAL OR MAYBE AN ILLEAGLE. THEY GOT A SURPRISE WHEN I OPENED MY MOUTH AND SPOKE TO THEM. EVERYTHING WENT FINE. JERRY WILL BE INTERED PRIVATELY, JUST FAMILY ONLY. 4 below this morning, almost froze my ______ this am. Rocky