Son of Harold and Margaret · Husband of Anne · Father of David and Sarah
Born to Harold and Margaret Edwards on the north side of Columbus. From age seven he swept floors and weighed nails at Anderson’s Hardware, where Mr. Anderson paid him in quarters and life lessons.
Fix it twice — once fast, once right.
Enlisted at twenty-one. Four years as a radio operator taught him two things he repeated forever: check your equipment, and listen more than you transmit.
He met Anne at a church potluck and married her eleven months later. Forty-two years of Sunday crosswords began that June.
Twenty-nine years teaching history at Whetstone High School. Three generations of students, one unchanging rule: nobody leaves without being heard.
You don’t stop teaching when the bell rings.
Grandchildren, tomatoes, and the porch swing. He spent his last summers exactly where he wanted to be — waving the neighborhood in.
Be kinder than necessary — everyone is carrying something.
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