I’ve mentioned several times that I’m intrigued with the people who are named on these park bench engraved name plates.  I’d love to know more about them.  When they have a full name, I’ll google the name to see if I can get some information.  I tried to do it for the woman named in the previous post but no luck there.   However, to my surprise, I found some information on the man named in the above photo.    His family set up a nice tribute blog in his memory.  I looked at his photo on the blog and my first reaction was that he looked familiar.  I looked closely,  a second time, and realized that I KNEW him!  Well, I did not know him personally, but it turns out that he lived on my block and I remember seeing him all the time.  It seemed that his favorite mode of transportation was his bicycle.  Coming and going, he always had his bike with him.   From time to time, I would see him with his family, too.  When I no longer saw him, I never thought about it and I certainly never thought that he’d passed away.  I was very sorry to discover this news.  What a small world that I’d indirectly know one of these people named on the engraved bench plates.

Paz