Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Brian is about 15 years older than me and he and Barry were frequent visitors to our home in Bryn Athyn growing up. They were our heroes, very much loved by my parents and the whole family. We also visited their family frequently in Connecticut throughout the 1960s. In 1968 I spent Spring Break working in their shop in Norwalk, and 12 years later worked all summer in OEM's by then much bigger plant on Controls Drive. Several times in the 1970s I came during the summer to help with the Pine Needle Camp, and in 1973 we came over a number of times when Sam and Keith were little during the summer, and also spent Christmas there one year. Maybe 15 years ago he flew several of us Simons family members to South Carolina to attend the Simons family reunion and picnic at Middleburg near Charleston. Brian was always such a character and so unique. He and Beth were the perfect couple. Their engagement and marriage was a huge event for us. I love to think of them together again in heaven.
