My brother, Jon Wallace

My older brother, Jon, would have been 70 years old today.

He has been gone for 35 years, having died of a myocardial infarction when he was 35 years old.

Wow - I wonder what he would have been like had he lived to this age.

He had 3 little boys and a wife when he died, the youngest wasn't a year old yet.

Now he has 5 granddaughters and one grandson - his namesake!

There a lot of what ifs that come to mind when considering all he missed.

He was a promising orthopedic surgeon in the U S Navy when he died. He was on TDY and in Guam when the heart attack happened. They tried for about an hour to revive him.

What an awful thing to happen.

My heart still goes out to his widow and sons, even though they have all moved on and lived their lives. And for Mom who lost her first born so very young. Losing Jon was hard on the whole family.

Anyway - Happy Birthday to Jon. It is good to remember him today.

(I would put a picture in here if I could scan my pictures - but alas, I have no decent scanner! Bummer..