Throughout my life, there are only a handful of people who I’ve met who’ve had the impact John has. I was a 19 year old kid, fresh in the Air Force in 1979. John and his then wife Pat took me in and treated me like another son. John was Father figure, Mentor and Friend. The world is a little less exciting now for the loss of John. He will be sorely missed not by only myself, but by also his Air Force Band of brothers in the Strategic Air Command known as Bomb-Nav. God Speed John. Teach the Angels how to Fly.