John E. Pearce

[LARGO]

Without going into my day, I was up Barnegat Light today, a town I am so fond of, and in speaking to one of the keepers of the Barnegat Light Museum & Garden, I found a little depressing news.
This past year John Pearce retired from service and has moved on, no longer a fixture at the Zion Lutheran Church he presided over. Kind of a bummer.
I still parked the family in the church lot like last year and hung out at the beach but I had hopes of seeing him again and engaging in a little palaver.
I guess he will be missed after his few decades of presence. I am pleased to have read his work and met him. He was very pleasant last year when asked If I could use his lot.
That's about all I know really, just wanted to share.

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[Ben Ruset]

I think he moved out of state as well.

 

[Teegate]

He has. That was why he was not at Sweetwater this year.

Guy

 

[LARGO]

He has. That was why he was not at Sweetwater this year.
Guy

I wondered about that. Never occured to me. I truly had no idea.
Just finding this out yesterday when I'd hoped to maybe see him again was
a bit surprising.
A lot of times when folks have such roots and seem connected to the region they've called home, it's hard to imagine them not living out their lives there.
There are a lot of lifers in Barnegat Light and I'd be likely to live out my time there if given my druthers.

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