Jim Frejofsky
My Dad was the finest man I ever knew. I told him that once and he replied that I must not know many men. He was funny and humble. He was such a good man and I learned so much just by watching the way he lived his life. He and my Mother started dating when they were teenagers. He then had to go off and fight in the Korean war. When he returned my parents got married. That marriage lasted 71 years until they passed away just months from each other. I learned how to be a man and I learned how to be a husband by just copying him. He always put my Mother ahead of himself. He treated her so well. He was a truck driver and always said he drove New York to St. Louis. He worked many hours to take care of all of us and never complained. He just did it. He grew up during the depression and had to quit school to help support the family. It always amazed me how intelligent and wise he was for somebody that did not finish school. When I was a child, he had a band and they would have weekend gigs, playing Hank Williams and Hank Snow songs among others. Some songs he wrote himself. Sometimes in the evening he would build a fire behind the house and we would have sing alongs while he played his guitar. It was a wonderful way to grow up. When I left the house at nineteen, I had all the tools I need to build a good life and I did. Thank you so much Mom and Dad!
Jim Frejofsky