Tom Melrose was the husband of my cousin Betty and a heck of a nice guy. He gave me my first job, at the Richton Park, Illinois Gee Lumber, a local lumber and hardware chain that was later put out of business by national chains such as Home Depot. Betty and Tom were kind enough to let me stay with them for a month or two when I was changing school districts at the start of high school, and hosted countless family gatherings at their home in Country Club Hills. Sadly, Tom suffered a debilitating stroke at a pretty young age and passed away a year or two later, lending credence to the old saying that the good always die young.
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