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Jenoch

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2. My last uncle died almost two years ago

Sun Oct 26, 2014, 12:36 PM

Oct 2014

87 years old. He was nothing like your Uncle Henry. My uncle spent hus WWII years hunting subs in the Caribbean, but he never engaged the enemy. His war years were just an adventure. He got married in 1946 to a girl he broke up with several times. She was persistent and they were happily married for 27 years. They were still married when he died and my miserable aunt is still alive. I still miss my uncle.

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Death of an uncle [View all] Ron Obvious Oct 2014 OP

OK, so... pipi_k Oct 2014 #1

It's a nice thought anyway.... Ron Obvious Oct 2014 #5

My last uncle died almost two years ago Jenoch Oct 2014 #2

I know it's strange to theorize this... MrMickeysMom Oct 2014 #3

that's what i thought when i read this. he saw her--she was there, and he was overcome orleans Oct 2014 #4

That never even occurred to me! Ron Obvious Oct 2014 #6

The dying brain lets go with a lot of suppressed stuff DFW Oct 2014 #7

My father was the same Ron Obvious Oct 2014 #8

Suppression of war experience was the norm before Vietnam pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #9

Sometime can you reveal it? MrMickeysMom Oct 2014 #11

It's no big deal, really pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #12

Jeez. I hope his wife didn't hear that. PassingFair Oct 2014 #10

Ron Obvious said she had already died, thank goodness. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2014 #13