Also an ambassador for Ohio, his beloved Church, and Family.  He was and is truly all of these and more.  We will -- already do -- miss him terribly.  Most certainly and clearly we Love him.

Doug and Rita 

When I was about 2 yrs old I had a huge surprise for Christmas! Santa came!!! I was pretty scared because Santa didn't look "quite right"! His beard was a bit different and I could see his socks and white bean pole legs and those funny gray gloves yet there was something familiar about him. But he was just not quite like the Santa I saw on TV. As you may have guessed it was Paul dressed up as Santa. To top things off he had something in that funny pillow cover he had with him. He reached in and - "Oh My!" I knew I should be scared..he had a MONKEY stuffed in there! I couldn't wait for that scary Santa to leave...bye bye Santa, Nice seeing you....see you next time..bye! Well that monkey, Zippy, is still with me today sitting in a chair in my office! 

Click on the Video here to see the story ;)

Thanks BRO!

"As time goes by" Paul was a music fancier and loved to dance. He would "rope" me into going to big band dances at Cedar Point, Rainbow Gardens or wherever to go with one of his buddies who hadn't gotten a date. Not my best memory but in retrospect it was fun. 

I also remember when we lived in Attica he had a paper route. However, he was very, involved with basketball and baseball , so often he couldn't deliver the papers or collect. Well, as you may have guessed , I was designated to do the job. No pay but.......... 

When I remember our dinner table or breakfast table Paul was sitting at a corner of the table with the newspaper (sports page) taking up a lot of space. I complained but it did little good. 

One more memory.....when I was about 5 or 6 we lived in Attica and were out in the yard playing baseball. He was up to bat and of course I was designated catcher. He told me to move but I didn't do it fast enough and BAM the bat came back and hit me in the mouth. Off to doctor for stitches. 

Notice the number of times I mentioned "designated"? Hmmmm. I did love him though. He was one of a kind and I'm so glad he was my big brother. 

Love always your sister Carol

Paul grew up an avid sportsman. He loved most any sport but he excelled at basketball playing varsity basketball in High School as well as pole vaulting on the varsity track team. When he went to Miami of Ohio, he hoped to be able to make the basketball team. He went out and played initially trying to walk on to the team. He found out quickly that there was a lot of major competition on the Miami U team and that it wasn't likely he would see a lot of playing time. So Paul, never one to let adversity slow him down switched over to Track and Field where he made the Track Team in Pole Vaulting. He lettered there in Track and Field! 

Lets get back to that adversity thing. As a kid growing up, I always thought Paul must be a scratch golfer. I was a tennis nut and played nothing but tennis until a bit later in life. I worked on my golf game and got down to a single digit handicap. Then I started getting Paul to come out and play a bit of golf with his younger brother. Then I found out that while Paul had a lot of natural skills in golf and was VERY coachable, he had a bit of hacker in him. In later life he never let that stop him. He worked his way around any issues later in life by liberalizing the rules here and there.  A PRIME example is the video attached here taken at a round I played with him at St. Andrews. He did NOT know I was videoing him!

Paul was always somewhere helping someone with something that needed to be done. He came out to Hilton Head to help me with some painting in our new home. I gave him the paint, brushes and directed him to a bedroom and closet that needed paint. I also lent him a blue sweatshirt since it was a bit cold in the house. He came out shortly after and announced "done"! That was all good but as I looked closer my blue sweatshirt now had a swath of white paint on the front AND the back..it looked like someone had taken a roller and painted him! I said, you painted yourself into a corner in the closet didn't you......answer (Pauls FAVORITE answer) ...."Maybe")