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“Fantastic!” — A Remembrance

by scribe | Oct 23, 2021 | current news, endings, people, ruminations, Uncategorized

Walter through the years. Last Sunday, my father Walter Nance passed away at the age of 88. Walter taught me to play chess when I was about 7 years old, and I can still remember how excited I was when I beat him for the first time when I was 9 years old. He was a...

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