David Wahlgren
I grew up living next door to Paul. I remember a time when my brother and I were trying to burn some vegetation in our patio and decided it would burn much faster if we burned an old tire with it. We watched the black smoke going up in the air as the fire was burning the vegetation. Unfortunately, the black smelly smoke was going right over toward Paul's house and I remember he was furious with us. I also remember Paul had an old 1948 Desoto sedan sitting off to the side in his back yard. I was probably 15 or 16 yrs. old at the time and I wanted to buy that car from Paul. He sold it to me for a very good price. I spent hours working on that old car and even painted it the same original color and Paul was really impressed with how I cared for that car. Paul had a telescope and he would let me look at the stars and tell me all about the different stars. In 1963 Paul had bought a brand new white Chevrolet Sting Ray. I think that was the first year Chevy made the String Ray. It was always a treat for me when I saw Paul back it out of the garage and drive away with it--I thought it was so "cool" :-) Lots of memories of our neighbor "Paul". One memory that stands out was when Paul was having problems with the roof on his 2 story house, I watched him up on the roof nailing down plastic with 2X4 boards and walking around on that pretty steep roof like he was walking around on the ground and I was afraid he was going to fall off the roof. It was always interesting and an education talking with Paul. Rest In Peace Paul...….
David Wahlgren