Just one more post on this and I'm done.
I thought it meaningful to mention that for Ed's visitation people stood in line for over 4 hours, lining blocks in Parkersburg to get in. And that for his funeral, they packed every nook and crany in the church, showing it via video in SS classrooms etc, and then opened up the Vets building in Pburg to let in more people. Literally thousands attended to honor Ed and hear the messages below, including Iowa's governor and the head football coach of the University of Iowa.
And, to make that seem small in the spreading of his story, here is next week's SI cover...
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