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Saying Good-Bye to Bert
Bertram Justice Naumann, 1931-2009. Retired Pastor of our small congregation, the man that married my wife and I and baptized both of our boys. Father of five sons and one daughter, with 31 grand children in all. One of the finest men I have ever had the privilege of knowing.
Besides being our pastor for years (retired in 2000), he was a great friend and almost a father figure for me. I lost my own dad when I was 18, and as a young man getting married and trying to find my way in this world some years after that, Pastor Naumann was always there with just the right advice. We became good friends, despite a 30 year age difference, spending a lot of time just hanging out, b.s.-ing, maybe having a beer and just talking about life. He went from "Pastor Naumann" to "Bert" over the 25 years I was privileged to be his friend.
I'll miss him a lot.
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Jeff
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"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
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