Monday, March 30, 2009
IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT I LEARN OF LOUIS PASSING. IT HAS BEEN MANY YEARS SINCE I HAD SEEN LOUIS OR MANY OF MY OLD FRIENDS FROM SCOLA PRINTING. IN MY MANY YEARS IN THE BUSINESS, THE ONE THING THAT ALWAYS BROUGHT A SMILE TO MY FACE, AND NOW A TEAR TO MY EYE, WAS THE RELATIONSHIP WE ALL HAD WITH LOU. FOR ANY OF YOU WHO WERE PART OF OUR CREW, YOU WILL ALL REMEMBER HOW LOUIS AND I WOULD DO GROUCHO MARX ROUTINES ON A DAILY BASIS. HE HAD A SPECIFIC ROUTINE THAT HE DID WITH EVERYONE IN THE SHOP. DO YOU REMEMBER LOUIS COMING UP TO YOU AND ASKING "IS THAT A BOOK?" HE ALWAYS ASTOUNDED ME WITH HIS MEMORY OF YANKEE BASEBALL. THE FACT THAT HE HAS PASSED JUST PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE NEW STADIUM IS NOT LOST ON ME. I HOPE THAT HE WILL BE GIVEN A GREAT SEAT TO SEE HIS BELOVED YANKEES IN THE NEW PARK. I LOVED LOUIS AS A FRIEND, AND BOB, BARBARA AND FAMILY, PLEASE ACCEPT MY DEEPEST SYMPATHYS. AND NOW, ONE LAST TIME FOR LOU. "HEY LOU, I SHOT AN ELEPHANT IN MY PAJAMAS, HOW HE GOT IN MY PAJAMAS I'LL NEVER KNOW" CAN'T YOU SEE THAT SMILE? THANKS FOR LETTING ME SAY GOODBYE. I'M SORRY I WILL BE UNABLE TO PAY MY RESPECTS IN PESON DUE TO WORK, AS I WORK NIGHTS. GOD BLESS YOU LOUIS STEVE BOSCHETTI SCOLA PRINTING EMPLOYEE.
