Thursday, December 1, 2011
Alan: Please convey my condolences to your family, your mother and your brothers. I worked for "Mr. P" as accountant of the London Arcade years ago when you had just established your Microwave company. Your Dad was a shining example of high work ethics and a exemplary love of family and his faith. I have learned so many work ethics from him and used them during my 32 years of being in business. I walked in his office many days, had tremendously helpful conversations with him but one day Mr. P. said to me "one day you are going to walk into my office, shut the door and tell me you are leaving". I thought at the time that he knew something I didn't. After many a conversation it was clearly revealed to me that he believed in people who strived to be better, to improve life and to soar and he said he saw those qualities in me and that it would only be a time that I would start my own business. His attributes remain with me today and still become a focus of my conversations with other. Your dad, "Mr. P." believed in the sound message - "pay forward". I will treasure his memory and his belief in life, family, faith and happiness. I will fondly remember his little brown bag lunch with his banana sticking out every day. For a man that could afford the world, the world came to him and he embraced it. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you and I thank God for the memory and opportunities that this wonderful, funny, compassionate man showed me in the way he lived life.
