Phillip Lucier … a Neighbor（英文）

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The death of our neighbor, Phil Lucier, on July 24th has been widely reported in the news media. His brilliant career as a business leader and his generous support of West End Townhouses have been recorded.

Here in the neighborhood where he chose to live and raise his family, he will not be remembered for his corporate successes, unless for the undisguised pleasure he took in them. Some will remember him as the spark behind West End Townhouses, Inc., whose incorporation in April, lit the entire area with a ray of real hope. As Phil said, he intended to succeed and to have fun in his efforts to help the neighborhood. His enthusiasm and his joy in the struggle encouraged others to similar enthusiasm and joyous combat. This is quite a memory to leave behind.

But the crowds who streamed in and out of his home, who gathered for his funeral, were not there to honor a brilliant executive or a civic leader. They were there to mourn a friend, and their numbers indicate the many hidden kindnesses, large and small, which Phil performed while in our midst. He liked to give the impression that he was a country boy who made good, but even a brief acquaintance revealed him as a man who extended himself to do good.

There will be talk of a fitting tribute or memorial to Phil Lucier. With his usual efficiency he has beat us all to the punch. No one who saw the courage and composure with which his family stood up to that shattering blow can doubt that Phil’s memorial is in full operation. His wife and family comforted those who came to mourn. Their unaffected and unfaltering behavior is a tribute to Phil which no one else can match. And it is the tribute in which, like all of his family’s accomplishments, Phil would take the greatest pride and pleasure.

Perhaps the example he set will enable each of us to call upon inner resources to work a little harder to bring about the true brotherhood of man. He began a good work in our community let us strive to continue it.

Originally published in The Paper, September 1970.

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Original source: SD_Times1970_09.pdf, printed page(s) 4.