Yesterday, a good friend of my family passed away.  His name was Tom O’Dell.

I think I’d known Mr. O’Dell all of my life, as well as his wife, Pat.  Tom was always really involved in our church, and he was a wonderful, caring, hard-working, honest kind of person.  Even though I hadn’t been able to see him or his wife in several years, it made me sad to hear the news of his death.  He will be very much missed.