DEAR ERNIE SHIVY FAMILY I HAPPEN TO BE AN OLD FRIEND OF ERNIE'S BOTH WENT TO SCHOOL IN CHANNING AND BOTH SPENT 4 YEARS AWAY FROM HOME DURING WWII THEN WE BOTH WENT TO WORK ON THE RAILROAD . i AS A TELEGRAPHER AND ERNIE AS A VERY HARD WORKER, VERY WELL LIKED, SECTION LABORER FOLLOWING HIS DAD'S LIFE ON THE RAILROAD I SORT OF LOST TRACK OF ERNIE WENT HE WENT TO WORK IN THE MINE AT RANDVILLE. IN HIS YOUNGER DAYS ERNIE WAS A VERY GOOD BASEBALL PLAYER. I'M SURE YOU WILL MISS HIM A LOT. JUST THANK GOD THAT YOU HAD HIM IN YOUR LIFE FOR ALL THESE YEARS. DON ROUSE