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Richard I. Lawson
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Message from Mary and Wil
July 18, 2017 4:35 PM
Dearest Tish and family,
Wil and I were so sorry to hear about your Dad. I only met him a couple of times but he came across as a good man, a happy man and one that loved his family.
Wil and I were so sorry to hear about your Dad. I only met him a couple of times but he came across as a good man, a happy man and one that loved his family.
Message from Helen and Al Sparks
July 16, 2017 4:12 PM
Part 3
Dick came to our 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration in 2005 in Lexington Park MD. along with many of our classmates. We rented a 50 person coach for the Saturday through Sunday trip, in order that the partying would not be limited to Saturday night and Sunday morning.
We saw Dick at a class function or two after that but not really to talk with.
We think of Dick often at class breakfasts at Friendly's in Newark. Our most recent memory will always be of your obituary photograph.
We've all seen his face light up with that smile/grin and flashing eyes so many times. It will be a great way to remember him.
Dick came to our 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration in 2005 in Lexington Park MD. along with many of our classmates. We rented a 50 person coach for the Saturday through Sunday trip, in order that the partying would not be limited to Saturday night and Sunday morning.
We saw Dick at a class function or two after that but not really to talk with.
We think of Dick often at class breakfasts at Friendly's in Newark. Our most recent memory will always be of your obituary photograph.
We've all seen his face light up with that smile/grin and flashing eyes so many times. It will be a great way to remember him.
Message from Helen and Al Sparks
July 16, 2017 3:50 PM
Part 2
When we were 9 or 10 years old we drove our toy trucks around and over mounts of dirt we scraped up in the field next to the Lawsons where Dick's dad parked his vehicles. Dick's dad Eddie was an independent trucker whose business included hauling logs from logging camps to local sawmills.
Dick and I rode with his dad at least once on a logging trip and witnessed a liitle known part of America's World War II history. We saw German prisoners of war in their POW uniforms working at a logging camp, probably in Maryland or Pennsylvania. According to Wikipedia, late in World War II there were about 400,000 POWs in America, mostly Germans. About 15,000 POWs were in the Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia area.
In the mid 1940s, on Saturday mornings we would listen to the radio (yes, radio because there was no TV at the time} adventure shows for the Lone Ranger, Dick Tracey, Red Ryder, Hopalong Cassidy or Tarzan. Sometimes Dick's mom, Honey,
would set out Animal crackers and milk on the dining room table and listen along with us.
As we grew older and got interested in sports we rode to school together {neither family could afford a car for their kids to drive to school). Dick would stop by my bedroom at about 8:10 am and my mom would drive us to school. After practice or games my dad would complete the round trip.
When we were 9 or 10 years old we drove our toy trucks around and over mounts of dirt we scraped up in the field next to the Lawsons where Dick's dad parked his vehicles. Dick's dad Eddie was an independent trucker whose business included hauling logs from logging camps to local sawmills.
Dick and I rode with his dad at least once on a logging trip and witnessed a liitle known part of America's World War II history. We saw German prisoners of war in their POW uniforms working at a logging camp, probably in Maryland or Pennsylvania. According to Wikipedia, late in World War II there were about 400,000 POWs in America, mostly Germans. About 15,000 POWs were in the Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia area.
In the mid 1940s, on Saturday mornings we would listen to the radio (yes, radio because there was no TV at the time} adventure shows for the Lone Ranger, Dick Tracey, Red Ryder, Hopalong Cassidy or Tarzan. Sometimes Dick's mom, Honey,
would set out Animal crackers and milk on the dining room table and listen along with us.
As we grew older and got interested in sports we rode to school together {neither family could afford a car for their kids to drive to school). Dick would stop by my bedroom at about 8:10 am and my mom would drive us to school. After practice or games my dad would complete the round trip.
Message from Helen and Al Sparks
July 16, 2017 3:07 PM
Part 1
Helen and I are classmates of Dick from the Newark High School Class of 1953.
This obituary is the best we've ever seen. The words and picture capture Dick perfectly. Congratulations and thank you to the family.
It also encouraged me to say goodbye to Dick by sharing a little about what it was like to grow up along side and with Dick
I grew up next door to the Lawsons on South Chapel Street in Newark when Dick and I were in the fourth grade through high school. He was the first playmate I had aside from my own cousins.
Dick and were also teammates on Newark High's football, basketball and baseball teams. We were blessed to have very good athletes when we were in high school and our won/loss re cords showed it Dick was the toughest, grittiest football player we had on the team and, in our Senior year, we relied on him to get the really tough yards and first downs. After being tackled he would lay the ball on the ground and bounce up as if to say to the tacklers, "is that the best you've got?".
Helen and I are classmates of Dick from the Newark High School Class of 1953.
This obituary is the best we've ever seen. The words and picture capture Dick perfectly. Congratulations and thank you to the family.
It also encouraged me to say goodbye to Dick by sharing a little about what it was like to grow up along side and with Dick
I grew up next door to the Lawsons on South Chapel Street in Newark when Dick and I were in the fourth grade through high school. He was the first playmate I had aside from my own cousins.
Dick and were also teammates on Newark High's football, basketball and baseball teams. We were blessed to have very good athletes when we were in high school and our won/loss re cords showed it Dick was the toughest, grittiest football player we had on the team and, in our Senior year, we relied on him to get the really tough yards and first downs. After being tackled he would lay the ball on the ground and bounce up as if to say to the tacklers, "is that the best you've got?".
Message from Dorothy L. Clancy and Family, Newark, DE
July 6, 2017 11:37 AM
To our Lawson cousins...Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this sad time. Dick was a favorite, well loved, cousin who we will sadly miss. Please accept our most sincere condolences to your family. Love, Dorothy, Frances and Bill Clancy, and Richard Clancy and Family. God Bless.
Message from Jane Eisdorfer
July 6, 2017 8:17 AM
To Kelly and family, thinking of you at this time.
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