They were my Friends

Sherwood (Moon) Mullen

Moon posed for this portrait March 5, 2011.  At that  time his cancer was in remission, he had lost more than 100 pounds, but he said he was feeling better than ever.  He liked to talk and was very proud of his service as a police officer and his career with the railroad.  

He told me the most interesting things he had done were jumping out of airplanes and working narcotics with the Detroit Police Department.  The one thing he would most like to do again was take one more jump with the C-47 club.

Moon died January 14, 2012

Gary Larson

Gary posed for me the same afternoon Moon did.

He was suffering with chronic back pain and thought it  was a spinal alignment problem.  In January, this winter, he was informed that the problem was cancer. 

Gary served with the U.S. Army's occupational forces in China and Korea.  He told me the most dangerous thing he ever did was serving with the U.S. Army in Korea where he was a weapons and supply specialist.

The most exciting thing he ever did was to take flying lessons, although he never completed the training.  The thing he would most like to have accomplished was shooting par golf.

Gary and his wife Joanne served as King and Queen at the Sleepy Valley RV Resort for the 2009 season.

Gary died February 12, 2012