Saturday, January 16, 2021
Dear Ward Family,
My sincere sympathy to all. If I feel very fortunate to have known John how very lucky for all of you. How you must miss him.
The Ward family and my family have been friends for three generations. We liked the Wards and what they served(Sometimes some of us too much.) I know you "little kids", Margaret Ann, Patty and Mike, are still here but I haven't seen you in years so I do feel that John's exit ends a lot for me and I'm sad.
To express my feeling about John I'm going to quote a poem by Langston Hughes. I loved my friend. He went away from me.
There's nothing more to say. The poem ends soft as it began-I loved my friend.
Love to all,
Mary Jane O'Brien Monsour
