02/10/2026
This weekend I learned of the passing of a good customer, Lon. Both Lon and his wife Kay have been customer for years. In her slightly younger days, Kay made homemade Caramels, and always brought me a baggie full of them.
Lon and Kay were one of those odd couples, she is a TALKER, he is not so much. They almost always came in together, but he would take care of his business, and want to move on, but Kay liked to talk. He would excuse himself, and say he was going to wait in the car. He often ended up waiting for 15 minutes while Kay talked.
Because of the plants in my office, a few years ago Lon offered me a seed for a palm tree that he had in a blue pill bottle for animals. His sister had given it to him, he gave it to me.
I planted it, but it took forever to grow, it first looked like a blade of grass, then a w**d, so I wasn't even sure if it was the palm growing, but when he came in, I kept Lon updated as it grew. I am going to re-pot it this week.
Luckily Lon's sister came to town to visit last August or September, and he made a point of bringing her in to see the palm tree. He had told me he was going to bring her to see it, and he did.
RIP Lon.
https://dubuquetoday.com/obits/lonnie-b-eberhart/
