A family member said he had battled COVID-19 and pneumonia in recent weeks.
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Years ago, when both men were live-ins at the station on Davidsburg Road, Laughman baked the crew a cake.
Widmayer, known for his perpetual smile, thought it would be funny to take the first piece from the center, Laughman said Wednesday. It got me fired up, said Laughman, now chief at West Manchester Township Fire Department. He filled the center up with Tootsie Rolls and covered it over with icing to make me think he made a whole new cake.
There was a dichotomy to Widmayer, many recalled on Wednesday he was a fun-loving guy, but he was serious when it came to supporting his fellow firefighters and the community.
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“Just west of the City of Chatham, on the edge of the new industrial area, a bridge is nearing completion across the Thames River.”
So stated a blurb in a C&D Sugar Company publication in the 1950s. Of course, they were talking about what we know today as the Parry Bridge.
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Although we tend to take this bridge for granted today, that was not the case in the 1950s. The construction of this bridge was an important development at the time and it signified that Chatham was growing and the future of the city seemed without limits.