Mary Tonkovic shared a story about Gerald Diebold

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Gerald William
Diebold

1939 - 2019

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New Orleans Road Trip, October 2004

There are so many wonderful memories of Gerry that I could recount but after going through some photo albums at home, I stumbled upon my New Orleans pics and decided to share some memories and a pic from that adventure. On a two-week road trip Down South with Gerry, Joyce, and Shelley, only 10 months before Hurricane Katrina hit, I discovered many remarkable things about Gerry. Gerry never failed to impress or rather gross me out with his appetite for all things unsavoury. He devoured as often as he could for breakfast a bowl or two or three of grits, a quintessential Southern cuisine, which looked to me like a bowl of pasty white, watery slop a farmer might serve up in a trough. Each time he ordered it, he slowly and deliberately relished each spoonful while all I could do was look away for fear of getting nauseous. Later on the trip, he couldnt resist the temptation of Gator on a Stick. Yuck! I will always remember him as the man with the stomach of steel. Not only did Gerry have a tremendous appetite for cuisine, but for living life and being adventurous. He braved a two-week road trip with three women, navigated our way across several American states, met and spoke with countless locals unabashedly, took hold of a baby alligator on a swamp tour while Joyce and I recoiled from the idea, and put up with our compulsive souvenir shopping, without ever getting grumpy or short-tempered. A brave and kind man indeed! Thank you for making me feel a part of the family. I will never forget you.

Posted by Mary Tonkovic

Wednesday October 30, 2019 at 9:02 am

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New Orleans Road Trip, October 2004