June 21,1952 – March 15, 2005
Paul felt community work was very important. In the community where he grew up, he was a volunteer Fire and Ambulance EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) for thirty years, president of his local fire company for eighteen years, and chaired the committee to build a new municipal building. In the neighboring community where he spent most of his adult life, he was Chairman for the Open Space Committee, the Planning Committee, and the Veteran’s Memorial. For bring these two communities closer together, he received the Community Links Award in 1998.
Although he felt community work was important, his greatest love was for his family and extended family. He enjoyed mentoring the young men (nephews and others) who worked for him in his general contracting business.
Paul was a star to many people – his family, those he saved from fires and those who needed the ambulance. He was and is a star to the people who received his organs so that they could live. As Pooh in A.A. Milne’s book “Winnie the Pooh” said, “Some people care too much, I think it’s called love.” With Paul it was love. That is why there are stars on his memorial quilt.