Dear Ed,

To echo the kind thoughts of our classmates, I am so sorry for your loss...there is nothing harder. Wishing you peace and the comfort of memory. It seems that you and Gail had a wonderful and happy life together.

Best,

Sharon Gold

Thanks to all who offered their condolences, good thoughts, etc.  It's hard to lose someone who was the "wind beneath my wings", but life goes on.  One of the things I'm finding amazing is the amount of "stuff" that you accumulate in 46 years.  Finding things we haven't touched in decades.  Gotta go get a big dumpster!

Dear Ed,

It seems really not that long ago that we were kids playing on the fields at Mamaroneck Avenue School, and feeling pretty invincible. Now, we are at the stage of life where we are not feeling so indestructable, and having to deal with the loss of loved ones we hold so dear. I can only imagine that the passing of your wife, Gail, has been devastating for you. Please know that your friends from years past are thinking of you and wishing you and your family God's blessing at this difficult time.

Sincerely,

Bill Anthony

Ed, It is with sincere compassion that I send my sympathy and condolences to you and your family on the transitioning of your wife. I pray that our God will comfort you in your grief.

Peace, Prayers, Blessings,

Ida Wright

Dear Ed,

            Very sorry to learn of your wife passing, of your loss.  I've no words of wisdom,    only thoughts of compassion.

                         With Respect,    Steve Braziller

Dear Ed,

I was so very sorry to hear about the passing of your wife, Gail. I hope you will always carry all your good memories in your heart!

Love,

Jacquie Gabbe Goldman

Dear Ed,

I am so very sorry to hear of your wife's passing.  From the photo you sent, I could see how happy you were together. Fortunately, you have a beautiful daughter, and perhaps other children as well.  Together you can face this sad time.

I wish you and your children well.

Felice Marbach

As we all from our class face the 70 year old + phases of our lives, we look back, forward and end up just where we are, the now!

We all had such courage and bravado to make the most our of our lives. Some of us with each other from White Plains High and others of us on our own, a solo flight. Today we move on in our senior years, with each other and often alone. Our lives have been filled and we are lucky. We need the courage gained from High School and thereafter, to stay with us as we embrace being seniors with our spouses and with out. Memories are healthy, but not a substitute to living every day and making the present moment count. 

We share each others grief, smiles and caring. The classmates who were so much a part of life have somehow reentered. This is surprising as we may not today have in common with each other what we once had. However, we are 70 + and all went through high school together. That is our bond...the memories that formed out characters. 

My humblest condolences; I know what you went through.  I've lost loved ones to cancer as well, and I know it's not an easy thing to go through.  For the ones they leave behind, it's not easy to reconcile the loss, but I know you can do it.  She knew you loved her, and she's in God's hands, and she still knows you loved her.  She knows you loved her as much as she loved you, and still does.   -Harriet

I am so sorry to hear of your loss. We know that  life changes, and seasons of our lives are sometimes wonderful; like the love shared for 46 years, starting in our careers, and dreaming of our years of retirement.  I understand that this is a chapter we never have thought of, (and didn't want to) or studied for or were taught.  What I can tell you is that with faith, family and friends, your life will take on a different appearance , our life as we know it is changed forever.  It is not something we need to get over, but a treasure to savor ,the memoiries we hold close to our heart for the rest of our lives, and each day brings opportunity for us to find out who we are becoming now.  You are in my thoughts and prayers.  

Martha Ann Priestley Rhea