Remembering - submitted by Connie Verbouwens
In Memory of Arthur Lewis “Bob” Tanner 1909 - 2004
Remembering
The first time I saw Bob Tanner was in 1922. He and his sister, Marge, were sitting on a high seat of a lumber wagon pulled by a matching pair of Clydesdales. Bob and Marge’s parents had come to pay their respects to my mother who was terminally ill. The children were told to stay on the wagon until they came out.
We six children asked them to come down and play with us. We really wanted them to join us in the fun we were having. Marge started to step down but Bob said something to her and she sat back in the wagon. We practically begged them to come and play but they were adamant.
I remember that Bob was a slim, very blonde lad and his sister Marge was plump.
Many years later I asked Bob if he remembered the incident. He said that he did but he wasn’t going to get down from the wagon and play with a bunch of wild indians.
——submitted by Connie Verbowens via the Warren Public Library —————
