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All great men seem to die soon after they stop writing. In August I wrote about Lee Sherman Dreyfus discontinuing his Freeman column, and now he's gone. I don't know if it was T.V. that killed him, but I'm not taking any chances. I plan on blogging forever.
I admired Governor Dreyfus greatly, but I didn't vote for him. I only came to know and love him these last 20+ years in sharing a community with him. I've always shared a name with him but one endearing thing I liked about him was that he chose Waukesha to live. The city was a better place with Lee Dreyfus living here. Not only was he kind and funny and smart, but he was such a wonderful example of helpfulness, besides faithfulness and stability in his long marriage. I didn't know him personally, but heard him talk and have seen his biography on Channel 10, not to mention years of incredible weekly Freeman columns.
Just the other day I was talking with a guy my age who's friend had recently been buried in Prairie Home Cemetery. The plot, he was saying, was close to the Dreyfus plot with it's seven foot red granite monument in the shape of Wisconsin. We both thought that was cool to be buried close to Lee. Even in death he brings joy.
In many ways Lee reminded me of my own father, and I will miss him almost as much.
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Public visitation is Sunday at the Lee Sherman Dreyfus State Office Building from noon to 5:00 with a Masonic service and brief prayer service at 5:00.
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