Saturday, October 6, 2018
MY CONDOLENCES TO TONY’S FAMILY FOR YOUR LOSS. MANY MEMORIES AT TONYS BARBERSHOP OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. MANY MANY LAUGHS AND GREAT TIMES WITH OTHER PATRONS OR OUR ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS THAT ALWAYS ENDED WITH A HAND SHAKE AND A HUG AND ON MY WAY OUT HE WOULD ALWAYS SAY “ BE GOOD “ WE HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP ALSO BECAUSE HE LOOKED AND ACTED LIKE MY POPS MY GRANDFATHER WHO WAS ARMY INFANTRY WWII 4 YEARS IN GERMANY FIGHTING HITLER. HE WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LONG BEACH NAVAL SHIPYARD AND LOVED GREATLY JUST LIKE TONY AND IRONICALLY HIS NAME WAS TONY ALSO. I BROUGHT HIS PICTURE TO TONYS SHOP AND HE PUT IT UP AFTER HE SAID ORALE AND PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS HIM. JUST ONE STORY OUT OF HUNDREDS OF GREAT MEMORIES.... HE WASN”T JUST A BARBER TO ME HE IS AND WAS A HEART TO HEART FRIEND, NO HE WAS FAMILY... THE COMMUNITY IS AT A HUGE LOSS FOR WHAT MY POPS USED TO CALL A REAL GUY... YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN MY FRIEND, UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN IN HEAVEN AT THAT BARBERSHOP IN THE SKY. PEACE AND THANK YOU FOR GREAT MEMORIES. SINCERELY, ANGELO LEYBA RDCS,RVT