Coffee Buddies
November 18, 2020
I met Joe in June 2017 when I visited Madison for the first time with my then new-boyfriend, Tony. Joe was immediately was warm, kind, and had stories and jokes to offer me. I thought of him as a real life version of Mr. Holland from the movie Mr. Holland's Opus. I loved everyone's sense of humor, often centered around Joe; This was the family I wanted to marry into!
When Tony told me we'd be getting up at 5a.m. to go for coffee with the "coffee buddies" I thought he was joking. Turned out he wasn't and those coffee mornings turned out to be some of my fondest memories of visiting Joe and Nancy.
We will always keep Joe in our hearts especially while drinking a cup a coffee, eating cheese curds or pizza with thin crusts, meeting someone "neat" or browsing a good book or record shop. I'm so blessed to have known him for the short time I did. I never saw Tony happier than when we were together with Nancy, Joe, and Mike.
When Tony told me we'd be getting up at 5a.m. to go for coffee with the "coffee buddies" I thought he was joking. Turned out he wasn't and those coffee mornings turned out to be some of my fondest memories of visiting Joe and Nancy.
We will always keep Joe in our hearts especially while drinking a cup a coffee, eating cheese curds or pizza with thin crusts, meeting someone "neat" or browsing a good book or record shop. I'm so blessed to have known him for the short time I did. I never saw Tony happier than when we were together with Nancy, Joe, and Mike.