Did he ever write to Pauline? Did he send her pictures too? And if he did, maybe those pictures and letters were confiscated by her parents and thrown away. We will never know what happened after that or was he being a good Christian, respectful of his elders, and did what was asked of him by Pauline's parents to stay away from her? We do know, however, that many years later after the death of his second wife, Opal in 1987, that he contacted Pauline and sent her flowers on her birthday. Pauline had been married for some time by then and her niece told me this made her husband furious. It was around that time Pauline probably felt the need to tell her children who this man was and why he was sending her flowers. He never got the chance to see her again, as far as I know.
Uncle Homer passed away on June 2, 1996, at the age of 71, and is buried next to His wife, Opal, in a small cemetary on base at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. Pauline passed away on August 19, 2000, at the age of 76.
I'll have some more beautiful stories about Homer's post-war romance with a beautiful lady whom I loved very much, Opal Juanita Plank. They were married in 1951, and loved each as much as anyone could love one another, I felt that love just being with them from time to time. I didn't feel that way at first, but that's another story for this blog. I believe Homer and Opal were truly made for each other. Our sweet Aunt Opal passed away on August 15, 1987, at a very young age of 57. They had two beautiful daughters, Joy and Cheri. Cheri has been helping me put together events I couldn't recall.
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