John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home and Crematory
305 Roanoke Boulevard
Salem, Virginia
UNITED STATES
24153
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I'm not good at writing stories but I did want to say something about Mr. Robertson(I liked to call him Papa Bear). When we worked at the first building I would see him walking around the warehouse, he would always stop to say hi and talk. If he saw a piece of a pallet on the floor he would stop and pick it up, he told me that was one of his pet peeves, so everytime I see a piece on the floor I think of him and pick it up. He was in the warehouse one day I was moving some items with an old old pallet jack that didn't work well at all , he ordered me a new one and told me to put my name on it. Christmas dinner 2 years ago he sat next to me and we talked and laughed so much. I have great memories of him.