October 28, 2026

He was a 94 year old first cousin, the son of my mothers brother. He’s part of the reason I went to collage and to Villanova. Cousin Joe, Joey as we called him, was a really great man. He went through life with a degree from Villanova, a really prestigous university that was only a college when he went there. He stayed at a rooming house close to campus and completed his degree in four years. I just found out about his death a year and one day ago in Pottsville by chance so this is a year and one day late. I suppose he had no thoughts about me as I never heard from him. No matter. He was a much loved older first cousin. Thanks Joe. I do remember that when his sister, my first cousin Agnes passed away their family notified Lori who never told me. She went to the funeral so maybe that’s the cause of the attitude of the Stones towards me but I just do not know.

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