The man was living-history. RIP!
The very old people are just that, they are living-history...I have worked in nursing homes for many years, and whenever I had some spare time, I would love to talk to those very elderly, whose minds were still fairly intact and they would tell me tales of their youth, ,their growing up years, what they experienced in living human terms...
Things I had read about only in history books, were often brought to life by this wonderful seniors...I took care of a little lady, who was 105, and aside from being slightly hard of hearing and had lessening sight, and being frail, , there was nothing wrong with her...she came out west, here to Washington State, as a small child, in a covered wagon with her parents...she would tell us amazing stories, of her early days in Washington, probably even before Washington was state...
The nursing homes are full of wonderful seniors, who have a wealth of information in their minds...all too soon they will be gone...I am privileged, that I have known so many of them, and was a witness to their stories...
BUMP