The day of the funeral, Leroy related this story to us at the graveside. It happened several years ago when Dad was still about but already suffering some memory loss. This was during the time when Dad loved eating desserts and had no qualms about how much he ate.
One day a friend of Mom's came to visit, bringing along a pie. Mom carefully set it on the table, giving Dad strict instructions not to touch it. Mom and Elizabeth went outside to look at the flowers. When they wanted to come back inside they discovered the doors were all locked and you can guess what Dad was doing...eating pie! It seemed they had to ring the doorbell for quite some time before they got a response. I guess Dad thought it was more important to finish his piece of pie first!
Occasionally we got glimpses of that ornery little boy that Dad must've been!
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