(If you’ve never read the poem by Ellis, now is the time to do so. ![]() Summed up in the love we share during our dash. Remember what really is important about the time we spend on earth, and that’s Matter what jobs we have or how much money we make, we all would do well to No matter where we go in life and what we accomplish, no His dash with love and service for others – his family, his friends, his Legacy for his children, grandchildren, and generations yet to come. Heįollowed his dreams back to his hometown and lived a wonderful life that left a Have little choice or because they don’t take charge of their lives and goĪfter their dreams. Some people live forever in their hometowns because they Obituary put it, “He loved Cambridge and never had a desire to liveĪnywhere else.” He was a faithful member of the same church for more than 60 He stepped into the family business (insurance) inĬambridge and raised a family there. Starred on the high school basketball team, and returned to Cambridge after John was born in Cambridge, Ohio, in 1935, grew up there, He lived them – decade after decade after decade. That he knew who he was and what was important to him. I think John’s consistency was due in large part to the fact The times … when it’s convenient … when it doesn’t take them out of theirĬomfort zone … when it benefits their agenda. Many people do what they say they will do … some of That might sound commonplace when you read it, but, really, He cared deeply about his customers and worked very hard to ![]() He worked so hard for his customers, and even with his failingĮyesight … he would just get out the big magnifying glass and read what he One of his friends summed it up nicely in a note in theīook: “What I appreciate about John is that he did exactly what he said he I realize John wasn’t perfect, but hisĬonsistency in living his values was amazing. So I got to know him well over the years, and I greatlyĪdmired who he was as a person. It was my good fortune to marry into John’s family when hisĭaughter, Sue, became my wife. For John, that was 1935–2019, and he made the most Happens between our birth and our death, aka the dash between the years that You know about The Dash, right? It’s the poem LindaĮllis wrote in 1996 that talks about how our lives are represented by what
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