Due Diligence and Friends Lost

Last night I happened upon the headstone of my late Navy buddy, Jerry R Landry, who was born Aug 22, 1953 and died Jan 25, 2007 from a myocardial infarction.

He was a lifetime resident of Barnstable Village on Cape Cod and was so proud of the fact that he wasn't one of we who reside to the West of Cape Cod to whom he always referred to as "indians".

His loss was an open wound on my soul until I secured a copy of his death certificate from the state of Massachusetts and now that I know his final disposition I intend to travel back to Cape Cod to pay my respects in person.

He is interred at Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery in Centerville,Massachusetts. This town is in the county of his birth and residence — and is also where Eunice Kennedy Shriver and her husband Sargent Shriver are also interred.

We typically aren't fortunate enough to have many really good friends in life, but Jerry was one of my mine and I have missed him over the years.

Continued rest in peace.