Robert Smith<\/span><\/a><\/div>This past year we lost my father-in-law Wayne Kaniper. Every new holiday without him is melancholy (he died in November). I hold faithfully in memory both my brothers–Tim and Keith–along with my father and mother, my grand parents, and many others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Memorial Day. Read moreRobert SmithThis past year we lost my father-in-law Wayne Kaniper. Every new holiday without him is melancholy (he died in November). I hold faithfully in memory both my brothers–Tim and Keith–along with my father and mother, my grand parents, and many others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-status","hentry","category-bio","post_format-post-format-status"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10513,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2022\/05\/memorial-day-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":3666,"position":0},"title":"Memorial Day 2022","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"May 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"In the U.S.A., Memorial Day is the day we set aside to honor those who died in the service of their country. 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