Oh, Dear Mr. Bob Burnett!
We miss you so much!
How lucky to have met you about six years ago, when your kind son-in-law, Ray Mendez, accompanied you on our bus trip to DC, around June 6.
Had so much fun shouting out to tourists at various stops in DC that you had participated in, and were one of the heroes on DDAY in Normandy, and how you, “pretended,” to be angry about the notoriety.
Remember the German lady who hugged you at Arlington and thanked YOU representing Americans who saved her own life as a young girl, during WWII?
Karin Mazur from Hazleton, PA, and all of us became instant friends, remember, as we exchanged phone numbers and addresses from that initial, “chance” meeting!
Husband Bob and I took my mother to meet Karin in Hazleton and enjoyed a lovely lunch with her, discussing YOU, and how my mother and I reminisced and I lived in Germany, when my father was stationed there in the early ‘60s.
Thanks to YOU, Bob, Bob and I were able to make a another visit to Hazleton to play golf with Karin’s husband and enjoy dinner afterwards with Karin and Frank.
Thank you, Bob Burnett for sharing a part of your life with us!
Karin was so saddened when I phoned her yesterday, to learn of the passing of her friend and American liberator, Bob Burnett.
We will miss our visits with you at your home and at the American Legion in Amherst, Dear Bob, and most recently at your home in Avon Oaks.
On September 26, at 10:00 am, at Avon Oaks, we will be hosting a film in your honor. “Grandma’s Story,” is a film about President George H. W. Bush’s life as an US Naval aviator during WWII.
God bless you!
At easy, sailor.
You have served your country well.
You have honored your family and friends!
Gratefully,
Barb and Bob Smith
