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Tom Burr’s Obituary in The Record
The Record did a nice obituary on our friend Tom Burr today — it is on the newspaper's website under "Notable Obituaries." The link is here, and it includes information on the memorial service.
I always figured he must have had a big fan club among former students. The obituary confirmed it.
Scroll down this blog for my tribute to Tom.
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Beautifully written by Jay for Tom. I only knew him from the Farm and Jay talked about him as I knew him.
A teacher from his heart and soul
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Beautifully written by Jay for Tom. I only knew him from the Farm and Jay talked about him as I knew him.
A teacher from his heart and soul