WAS BORN 1939 ON GRISWOLD RD. NEXT DOOR TO STANG FAMILY. STARTED LIFE WITH THE FAMILY, THEN WE MOVED TO LORAIN, TO CARE FOR MY GRANDMOTHER, AS I LEARNED TO WALK SHE PUSHED ME IN A STROLLER 1 BLOCK TO LORAIN RINK, AND I WAS ON SKATES?? BEFORE I COULD WALK? AS ALWAYS SAID? DURING SCHOOL YEARS AT CLEARVIEW, AS CHUCK RAN THE RINK BUS, I PUSHED FOR EVERONE TO ENJOY THE ELYRIA RINK. AND MANY OF SKATE PARTY, FROM THERE!! ALWAYS REMEMBERED WHEN JOE LEFT, HOW JOAN TOOK OVER, THEN IN 1970 I TOOK OVER THE SKATE ROOM, FOR CHUCK, WORKING 11-7 AT MY FACTORY JOB. JOAN GAVE ME MANY THING TO IMPROVE MY DANCING!! HAVEN,T TRIED SINCE TURNED 80?? BUT, AS I READ HER OBIT, BROUGHT BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES. IN LATER YEARS WAS INVOLVED WITH 4-H HORSES, & NOW, CARRIAGES. "MAY GOD BE WITH HER FAMILY!" DONALD WITTMER TO, THE PRESENT OWNER AT DICKEN. MY GRANDMOTHERS WAS HAROLD, (12-48) FIRST AND 3 YEARS LATER MY MOTHERS (3-51) WAS HIS LAST AS HE PASSED!