I'M 80, AND MARY ANN AND I NEW EACH OTHER WHEN I WAS 16-17. I JOINED THE U.S. NAVY WHEN I TURNED 17, SHE CAME TO VISIT ME IN "BOOT CAMP" WITH MY MOTHER. I ENDED UP STAYING IN THE U.S. NAVY FOR TWENTY YEARS. I RETIRED IN JUNE 1975. ("I WAS A DEEP SEA DIVER", AND RETIRED AS A "MASTER DIVER") "TAYLOR DIVING & SALVAGE" COMPANY IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, HAD OFFERED ME A JOB UPON MY RETIREMENT. I WENT THERE, MET A CAJUN GIRL AND MARRIED HER. THE NEXT TIME THAT I SAW AND TALK TO MARY ANN, WAS IN FEBRUARY 2008, I HAD GONE TO NEW YORK CITY TO VISIT MY MOTHER THAT WAS BED RIDDEN WITH ALZHEIMER'S FOR A DAY, AND CONTACTED MARY ANN TO MEET ME AT THE PENNSYLVANIA SUBWAY STATION. WE HUGGED AND 30' AWAY THERE WAS A RESTAURANT THAT WAS JUST OPENING UP. WE WENT THERE AND HAD DINNER, AND TALKED TO EACH OTHER, ACTUALLY I DID MOST OF THE TALKING, FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS. SHE TOOK THE BUS RIGHT THERE TO GO BACK TO NEW JERSEY, AND I TOOK TE SUBWAY BACK TO MANHATTAN, LEFT THE NEXT DAY BACK TO NEW ORLEANS, AND WORK. LINDA WAS SUPPOSED TO SEND ME A COPY OF THE OBITUARY, BUT NEVER DID. GOD BLESS HER, SHE TOOK GREAT CARE OF HER MOTHER. WHEN SHE PASSED LINDA LOST PART OF HER HEART. I WOULD LIKE TO GET A COPY OF THE OBITUARY. THANK YOU. HER DAUGHTER LINDA KLEIN CALLED ME WHEN SHE PASSED @ 11:00 PM 22 OCTOBER 2021.