Kenneth Dement died this weekend after
years in the Veteran's Home. He was president of the Board of Regents while Bill Stacy was President and he was something. I went to Nunnelee Funeral Home in Sikeston with Bill Holland and Jay Wolz and we spoke with the kids, Kenny Jr. and Jerry and Mary, among the others.!
One of the daughters-in-law, Toni, came up and said, "Oh how he loved you!" and Jerry said, "You were the only person in the world who would take him on". I guess I was because he was as tough as nails and he put the fear of God in everyone around him.
But he did not scare me. If anything, I scared him I could not help but laugh as I walked in and Steve McPheeters was standing there -- I taught him in the 3rd grade in Malden. How fast time goes by and how fast ties are broken when you do not see people.
I love you, Kenny. I even told you so a bunch of times!
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