I would like to thank all of you for the support and kind words that have been expressed the past few days regarding my mom’s passing June Marie Wagner Hesse on December 4, 2007. After fighting chronic COPD and emphysema, the body just could not ‘take it any longer’. Born as a depression baby in Buffalo, NY (June 1, 1929) she was a strong, avid supportor of aviation and the environment. I remember taking her on flights around Western NY, Niagra Falls and Canada. She loved aviation, morotcycles and people in general. I will miss her smile and gentle nature. She was a caregiver to so many.

A memorial service will be held in West Senceca, NY a suburb of Buffalo January 21, 2007 at Hoys Funeral Home. Visitation will be 10-11AM, memorial service 11-12PM with a get- together post service at a long time friends of my mom’s in Hamburg, NY, Heidi Dizer.

My mom’s wishes are to have a memorial, art scholorship fund for my brother Mark Allan Hesse who died in 1977 at the golden age of 21 from injuries in a motor vehicle accident. Donations can be made to that fund and I will let you know as soon as we get a bank account set up in the school district from hence he graduated.

Thanks so much again for all the calls, cards and support.

Paul