[Magdalen] Arnie Palmer has died

[Kate Conant]

We were talking about Arnold Palmer at the end of August when Jim and I
went to Rock Island, Illinois, to celebrate the 90th birthday of my cousin
Clara's husband John Caldwell.  They were both born and raised in Latrobe,
as was my father, Tom Bailey.   Dad always liked to claim his fellow
Presbyterian minister, Fred Rogers, as well as the better golfer than he,
Arnold Palmer, as his hometown boys.   John had a picture of him with Fred
as choir boys.    Arnold has, of course, always been associated with
Latrobe, born and raised there and only later spending winters in
California.  Arnold Palmer Regional Airport was renamed for him in 1999.
The new Greater Latrobe Area High School is near the airport. (Well, it was
new when I went there with my dad in 1997).

*I always thought of Butler as a ways away but of course it is still
Western PA although not Westmoreland County! My great-grandmother is buried
in Saxonburg and my father's brother George lived in Slate Lick for years
and then in West Kittanning.


May Arnie's memory be eternal!


Kate


"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 11:57 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> The kid from Latrobe, as we liked to call him*, has died. He was a
> distinguished gentleman of the golf world.  Nobody seems to have not liked
> him.
> He consistently attracted a large following at tournaments. The group that
> kept following him from hole to hole was dubbed Arnie's Army.
> He was eighty seven, had a long, distinguished life, and few regrets.
> Think about him and the next time you're at a bar, order a tall "Arnold
> Palmer" in happy memory of a truly good guy.
>
> *I was born and raised in Butler, Pennsylvania, practically a stone's throw
> from Latrobe. (Well, you might need the mother of all drivers to get there
> from here, but we felt like we knew him. [The Driver is the golf club with
> generally the longest range])
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>