Sunday, July 12, 2020
Victor and Shaun and I worked together 'til the mid 80s. We went on our separate paths until I retired in '05.
Funny, you look back and you think of favorite people you knew and with whom you might want to reconnect in retirement. Aha! Victor was one of my top picks! And so, in '05 with Shaun, a robust three-some friendship resumed like it never had never stopped in the first place.
Victor had stories and still more stories -- about growing up and the family tavern, being in the Army, working for the govt. and the company for which we all worked. stories about his family, and his studied effort to out-think the casinos. Everyone has some kind of 'brilliance' and Victor's was, well, uniquely Victor.
On the last occasion of seeing Victor, he met for dinner with Shaun and me and several other car guys that Victor did not know (Victor was a card guy, bit a car guy) who were attending a car expo in Carlisle, Pa. Worried as I was that we would bore Vic with car talk and that he would be an outsider, Vic ended up being the center of attention - and entertainment - with everyone laughing and chuckling as we paid our bill and bid adieu for the evening.
Adieu to you Victor, you dear man and treasured friend. And to all of you in Victor's family - I feel your pain in no longer having Victor physically present in your lives - yet I am confident that you will take pleasure in having him in spirit with you every day of your lives ahead and will cherish the influence that his character has on each of you.
~Bill Blaufuss
Westport, Ct.
