Tuesday, January 15, 2019
My dearest Donna, I am so very sorry for this heart wrenching and untimely loss. I have so many wonderful memories of your loving husband. First, let me share that both of my parents respected him and enjoyed working with him - especially my mother who thought he was "very handsome"!
My memories are many. To me he was a warm, larger-than-life, talented, capable, funny, no-nonsense guy - all of which came together in a unique package, making Ossie the man that he was. I loved working with him - he would roll his eyes and get annoyed at my grandiose plans but he always made it happen. He knew if I went downstairs to talk to him that I was going to be a "pain in the ass" and he would say, "Oh God, here she comes. Now what?" At the successful end of whatever I was doing, he would give me a big bear hug teasing me (but meaning it as well) with a warning about "the next time..." I cherish those times and his memory. I respected his professionalism and his long successful career at WPH. He was iconic and it would be impossible for me to separate him from the very place that he built with his talent and commitment.
I am so very sorry I can not be there today to share these memories with you in person but I know that you will be surrounded by so many family and friends who love you as deeply as they love Ossie. You are in my thoughts and prayers. The world has lost a wonderful man - a man who loved you deeply. I am so very sorry.
