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My name is Goat ropper ; a name ( fondly I think ?? ) given to me by the men in the Erpelding family. I was a young girl when I first met the Erpelding family, and knew imediately that I wanted to be part of their family. I had never met a closer, more loving, more accepting family as they were......and I had SO many brothers and sisters I could call mine.
Dan ( to me he was always Danny cuz I think he hated it so ) was the onery brother I never had. He and his sister ( Marjie who is the most dear friend to me in the world ) would let me tag along where and whenever they went. I would spend the summer with my great grandmother so I learned to love all the things that went with living in the small town of Lancaster. I learned the art of folding newspapers, mowing HUGE lawns the quickest ways, snapping peas, shucking corn, making pickles, leaning to love rubarb pies, an unending supply of frest tomatoes, ( and I learned to can those too ).
It was also here I learned to love the country, I learned about " Snipe Hunting " and "Submarine races", playing ditch'em in the cemetry , sitting under the train tressel as the train roared overhead ( my heart still races when I remember that :-) , baseball games and fireworks at the ball diamond. Some of my most favorites tho was learning to hunt for mushrooms and watching the herds of deer in the full moonlite.
I was fortunate to have the oppertunity a few weeks ago to get to talk with Dan. I got to tell him what a wonderful part of my life he had been, and how much I had enjoyed having an extra brother. I also got to tell him how much I loved him.
Dan was a wonderful man, my heart breaks at his passing, however I know he has been blessed with a glorious new life, and when we meet again, he will be my onery brother again.
May God shine his grace upon you all, and give you Peace
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