Sad :(

First thing first, I’m feeling a lot better than I have been. I’m still taking it easy though, so I don’t end up relapsing again. Stupid stomach bug. I think the vertigo is mostly gone too. Just in time for it to be 90+ degrees outside *die*

Secondly, I’ve been reading and commenting vaguely, so if you want my comment on something, let me know.

And now to the subject line.. I picked up the local paper today and read a tribute to one of the sweetest guys around. He owned the only genuine diner in the area for over 50 years. He passed away last month and it wasn’t in the paper that we get daily. I went and found the info on the city paper and it made me sad. An era is over, really, now that Beach’s is gone forever. Walt was 93 and had been in poor health for a while, so it wasn’t a big shock, but it was a big sadness. Guess he’s up above serving his watery spaghetti to all his patrons that passed before him.. including my father.


Walter Beach
BEACH, Walter
Age 93, of Cayuta, NY, died Saturday, May 24, 2008, at Homestead Nursing Facility in Penn Yan, NY. He was born in Town of Cayuta, NY on November 18, 1914, the son of Heman and Meekia (Whitbeck) Beach. Walt served in the US Army during WWII in Europe. Upon discharge he built a garage that later evolved into Beach’s Diner, his trademark for 50 years. He drove school bus for Van Etten and Spencer-Van Etten Schools. He was the Superintendent of Highways for Cayuta for about 12 years. He was a member of the Van Etten-Spencer VFW Post #8139. Walt is survived by two sisters, Violet Stackhouse and Marjorie Harriger, both of Cayuta; many loving nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by five brothers, Herbert, Leland, Stanley, Wilson, Elmer; and a sister, Edith Allen. Funeral services will be Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at 8 p.m. at Allen-Manzer Funeral Home in Spencer. Calling hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. before the service. A graveside service will be Thursday, May 29, 2008, at 11 a.m. at Ennis Cemetery, Route 224, Cayuta, NY. Memorials may be directed to Ontario-Yates Hospice, 756 Preention Road, Geneva, NY 14456.