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I’m glad that Randy has such happy Melinda, along. Bill and Mary lived
There Is A times to remember. in the country, and there was a small
The brothers used to joke that
brick church on the corner of their
Season since their dad had retired, he property, along with a tiny cemetery
should get a job in customer service
and a few gravestones. Melinda
by Valerie Nusbaum at Walmart. Then they’d laugh as asked who was buried there, and
they pictured Bill telling a customer, without missing a beat, Mary
I am primarily a humorist. I write few years ago, it happened that the who was trying to return a product, replied, “Dale’s old girlfriends.”
about the funny things that happen Orioles opening home game was “There’s nothing wrong with it. Randy’s parents were married
in my life, and when Randy hasn’t being played on Randy’s birthday; I You’re just too dumb to use it.” for fifty-nine years and were always
done anything especially amusing, got Randy tickets for the game and As I said, Bill didn’t talk a lot. He together. Mary used to tell Bill that
I try to put a comic spin on the he took his dad. Bill’s birthday was did what needed doing with a little if she died before him, she was going
everyday happenings around here. the day before Randy’s, and the two swearing and not a lot of fanfare. to be cremated and have her ashes
Lately, though, things have not always celebrated together. They had That’s how he left us…quietly doing put in a bucket of paint and be
been all that funny or fun for us. such a good time eating barbecue what he had to do. spread on the bedroom ceiling. She
Randy’s beloved father passed away and razzing the umpires for making Randy’s mother, Mary, on the might have been kidding.
in late April, and his wonderful bad calls. They got Boog Powell’s other hand, was a force to be My mother still laughs about the
mother left us in early June. There autograph on their Orioles hats, reckoned with. Barely five feet tall, time Mary taught everyone to do
is no humor in that; none at all. The and Bill wore that hat all the time. Mary had the power of a tornado. the chicken dance. I wish we had
point could be made that when one He wouldn’t let Mary, my mother- Her kitchen often looked as though pictures to prove it.
reaches a certain age, life expectancy in-law, wash it for fear the ink a tornado had been through it. She In the future, I’ll never look at
decreases with each passing year. would run. Randy and Bill attended cooked and baked for everyone she Winnie the Pooh without thinking
That’s true, of course, but this Orioles games in Baltimore until it knew. Mary became famous for of Mary Nusbaum. She loved
was too much, too soon. My heart became too difficult for Bill to do her peanut butter fudge. She made Winnie, and she decorated her entire
breaks for my husband, who lost the walking. They found watching pounds and pounds of it and gave it bathroom with Pooh memorabilia.
his only brother just five years ago the Frederick Keys play almost as to her Sunday school class, the staffs In fact, the bathroom came to be
and is struggling all alone. I’m here much fun, and they continued to do at her doctors’ offices, and anyone known as “The Pooh Room.”
for him, but I didn’t know Randy that for as long as they could. who mentioned liking it. She was I’ll remember all the holidays
as a boy and I don’t share in those Bill loved to fish, and Randy tells thoughtful and generous, and had spent at their home, the trips to the
special memories, those bonds from stories about how his dad could a tremendous sense of duty to her emergency room (especially the one
childhood. catch fish when no one else was family and her faith. Dale learned where Bill was painting the roof and
I do, however, have some getting a bite. An avid outdoorsman, a lot about cooking from his mom, fell off. I followed the trail of silver
treasured memories of my own times Bill had a spectacular vegetable but Randy must have been outside paint on the floor back to Bill’s
spent with Randy’s family, and I’d garden, he enjoyed building things, chasing butterflies that day. cubicle and found him sitting up in
like to share a few. Thank you for and he hunted for game. I remember Randy loved his mother’s bed looking like the Tin Man from
your understanding. telling our nephew, Andrew, that homemade hard candy, and every The Wizard of Oz), Mary’s biscuits
Randy’s dad, Bill, was a man of Granddad had once shot two year at Christmastime, Mary handed and baked corn, and so many more
few words. I knew him as a quiet, pheasants in his pajamas. Andrew Randy a jar of the colorful treats things that I’m too sad to think of
gentle man. That’s not to say that was very young, and he scratched that would last until the following right now.
Bill didn’t have opinions. I can’t his head and asked, “How did they year. I know he’ll be thinking of that In the end, I guess all anyone can
tell you how many times Randy get in his jammies?” this year, and I hope he’ll smile. hope for is to leave a mark on the
has looked over at me and said the Randy and his brother, Dale, Mary had a sense of humor, too. world after they’re gone. Mary and
words, “As Dad used to say…..” learned so much from their dad. The Once, when Dale was visiting from Bill did that, and I think it’s going to
Bill loved baseball, especially the family had a trailer and they traveled Florida, he brought his girlfriend, sting for a long time.
Baltimore Orioles. He watched the all over the country and camped,
games faithfully and yelled at his and like a lot of us, they spent quite www. thecatoctinbanner .com
“Birds” just like every other fan. A a bit of time at the Maryland shore. Your Good News Community Newspaper, Serving Northern Frederick County, Maryland, Since 1995
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I’m glad that Randy has such happy Melinda, along. Bill and Mary lived
There Is A times to remember. in the country, and there was a small
The brothers used to joke that
brick church on the corner of their
Season since their dad had retired, he property, along with a tiny cemetery
should get a job in customer service
and a few gravestones. Melinda
by Valerie Nusbaum at Walmart. Then they’d laugh as asked who was buried there, and
they pictured Bill telling a customer, without missing a beat, Mary
I am primarily a humorist. I write few years ago, it happened that the who was trying to return a product, replied, “Dale’s old girlfriends.”
about the funny things that happen Orioles opening home game was “There’s nothing wrong with it. Randy’s parents were married
in my life, and when Randy hasn’t being played on Randy’s birthday; I You’re just too dumb to use it.” for fifty-nine years and were always
done anything especially amusing, got Randy tickets for the game and As I said, Bill didn’t talk a lot. He together. Mary used to tell Bill that
I try to put a comic spin on the he took his dad. Bill’s birthday was did what needed doing with a little if she died before him, she was going
everyday happenings around here. the day before Randy’s, and the two swearing and not a lot of fanfare. to be cremated and have her ashes
Lately, though, things have not always celebrated together. They had That’s how he left us…quietly doing put in a bucket of paint and be
been all that funny or fun for us. such a good time eating barbecue what he had to do. spread on the bedroom ceiling. She
Randy’s beloved father passed away and razzing the umpires for making Randy’s mother, Mary, on the might have been kidding.
in late April, and his wonderful bad calls. They got Boog Powell’s other hand, was a force to be My mother still laughs about the
mother left us in early June. There autograph on their Orioles hats, reckoned with. Barely five feet tall, time Mary taught everyone to do
is no humor in that; none at all. The and Bill wore that hat all the time. Mary had the power of a tornado. the chicken dance. I wish we had
point could be made that when one He wouldn’t let Mary, my mother- Her kitchen often looked as though pictures to prove it.
reaches a certain age, life expectancy in-law, wash it for fear the ink a tornado had been through it. She In the future, I’ll never look at
decreases with each passing year. would run. Randy and Bill attended cooked and baked for everyone she Winnie the Pooh without thinking
That’s true, of course, but this Orioles games in Baltimore until it knew. Mary became famous for of Mary Nusbaum. She loved
was too much, too soon. My heart became too difficult for Bill to do her peanut butter fudge. She made Winnie, and she decorated her entire
breaks for my husband, who lost the walking. They found watching pounds and pounds of it and gave it bathroom with Pooh memorabilia.
his only brother just five years ago the Frederick Keys play almost as to her Sunday school class, the staffs In fact, the bathroom came to be
and is struggling all alone. I’m here much fun, and they continued to do at her doctors’ offices, and anyone known as “The Pooh Room.”
for him, but I didn’t know Randy that for as long as they could. who mentioned liking it. She was I’ll remember all the holidays
as a boy and I don’t share in those Bill loved to fish, and Randy tells thoughtful and generous, and had spent at their home, the trips to the
special memories, those bonds from stories about how his dad could a tremendous sense of duty to her emergency room (especially the one
childhood. catch fish when no one else was family and her faith. Dale learned where Bill was painting the roof and
I do, however, have some getting a bite. An avid outdoorsman, a lot about cooking from his mom, fell off. I followed the trail of silver
treasured memories of my own times Bill had a spectacular vegetable but Randy must have been outside paint on the floor back to Bill’s
spent with Randy’s family, and I’d garden, he enjoyed building things, chasing butterflies that day. cubicle and found him sitting up in
like to share a few. Thank you for and he hunted for game. I remember Randy loved his mother’s bed looking like the Tin Man from
your understanding. telling our nephew, Andrew, that homemade hard candy, and every The Wizard of Oz), Mary’s biscuits
Randy’s dad, Bill, was a man of Granddad had once shot two year at Christmastime, Mary handed and baked corn, and so many more
few words. I knew him as a quiet, pheasants in his pajamas. Andrew Randy a jar of the colorful treats things that I’m too sad to think of
gentle man. That’s not to say that was very young, and he scratched that would last until the following right now.
Bill didn’t have opinions. I can’t his head and asked, “How did they year. I know he’ll be thinking of that In the end, I guess all anyone can
tell you how many times Randy get in his jammies?” this year, and I hope he’ll smile. hope for is to leave a mark on the
has looked over at me and said the Randy and his brother, Dale, Mary had a sense of humor, too. world after they’re gone. Mary and
words, “As Dad used to say…..” learned so much from their dad. The Once, when Dale was visiting from Bill did that, and I think it’s going to
Bill loved baseball, especially the family had a trailer and they traveled Florida, he brought his girlfriend, sting for a long time.
Baltimore Orioles. He watched the all over the country and camped,
games faithfully and yelled at his and like a lot of us, they spent quite www. thecatoctinbanner .com
“Birds” just like every other fan. A a bit of time at the Maryland shore. Your Good News Community Newspaper, Serving Northern Frederick County, Maryland, Since 1995
JOIN US!
9th Annual 10k Trail Run and 5k Trail Walk
Sunday, September 4th, 2016 • 8:00am-11:00am
Register online: www.active.com & search: ThorpeWood
301-271-2823
Don’t miss
the fun! Still supporting Frederick Head Start 12805-A Mink Farm Rd.
Thurmont, MD
& the YMCA!
www.thorpewood.org
