Monday, June 30, 2014
My Uncle, Jarrette Radebaugh, was a man that you don't find to many of any more. As a teenager I went out to Oklahoma and it was there that my uncle would "mentor" me on life and how a man should conduct himself. He did this not only by words but by me watching him. He led by example. By deeds. He would first tell me, then by his day to day life, show me how a man and eventually a husband would put his family first. During my 4 summers out in Henryetta, traveling between jobsites, he would talk of the responsibility of being a good husband and of being first a good father and then a good grandfather. I can testify that he loved his wife, my Aunt Henoveva, his 3 children and their spouses and all of his grandchildren, more than his own life. Next to my own father, I loved and respected this man more than any other. Uncle Jerry, some of my fondest memories will always be of the times I spent with you and with all of my Oklahoma extended family. You will always be in my heart.