Not the Retiring Type
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May 17, 2015
Con Sheffer was fresh out of the University of Oregon in 1954 when he started urging folks to think about some future day when things might go terribly wrong. A tragic accident, say. Or perhaps a heart attack. Days when death rips a hole in the safety net of a hard-working family. Days that no one wants to consider for long, especially at an early age.
But Sheffer didn’t stop talking. A tight-budget upbringing and three years of military duty in Korea between his junior and senior years of college had delivered evidence of the fragile threads that hold youth...
“I'm writing because I want you to know how much I have enjoyed reading your articles in the Sunday edition of the Register Guard. Your writing is insightful and revealing about those of us getting just a little older than we thought was ever possible. I look forward to your next article to see what journey I'll take in this wild world of wonder.”
— “Not the Retiring Type”
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