• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

• School Info
• Academics
• Activities
• Alumni
• Athletics
• Offices
• Calendar
• Central Issue
• A-Z Index

• HOME
• Back to Hall of Honor
• 1993
• 1994-95
• 1995-96
• 1998

Poem by Richard Stahl

1995-96

Making the Water Marks

For George Duvall, Dr. James R. Marks, Marion Bowman Tonn & Reinhardt G. Tonn, Karl W. Wagner

Like the Mississippi that's always working,

moving sand and sediment downstream,

making islands, that stretch their long beauty

for miles, you flowed into our lives,

drawing water from many

inland states. This river's course

made a runway for your career, starting

a take-off that soared

with Pope Paul VI from Rome

to New York, a flight lifting

your passengers to trust

the pilot's hands. You too knew the spirit

of water, how it ministers to the soul.

One baptismal drop fills oceans

of emptiness with a sprinkle

of hope. This Navy chaplain healed

the wounds of servicemen

with the "Word" over water. Earning a Bronze Star

was its own word for bravery. You showed

how dedication to family

and community marked

the courage stamped like a seal

into metal. You nurtured

three children, rising above

a disease to effect

a buoyancy of spirit that awarded you

Wisconsin's Polio Mother of the Year

for 1957.You printed your name on paper

for years, your company's logo

a bond with the best

graphics. Your business,

always straight as water marks,

awarded you the name,

master printer. This gathering calls

home master pilots and artists of achievement.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

• Home
• Print
• Search
• Contact Us
• Bookmark