I’m so glad that you found the website and my story about your grandfather. I’m sure that I’ve sent your grandmother the link on several occasions, but if not, then I am sorry. I’m glad that you were able to share it with her. She is very dear to me and will always be a very special person in my life.

As I hope you can see, your grandfather, Lonnie Harvey, was like a brother to me. We seemed to always be together from the very first day we met.

I always looked for him first whenever we would get together for a class reunion. We would sometimes hug for five minutes when we would see each other. He was loved by many people, including Mary Sands Miller and the other ladies that always gathered at our tables during those affairs.

I can not tell you how my tears flowed the night I learned of his passing in 2007. There were so many things I was hoping to share with him. All of my close friends of that period, Mel Sommer, Jeff Hough, and Lonnie have all passed. It is Lonnie that I miss the most. I feel bad that we lived so far apart through all those years.

I will contact you directly and tell you more, but I am so privileged to hear from you. Please give my love to your grandmother. Your father was just a little boy when I last saw him, but I know that he went on to do great things that made his father very proud. In 2001, I slept over at your grandparents home and slept in the room that your father would use on occasion.

I have another story about your grandfather and me that I will put up on this site in a few days. I hope that you will find it funny and interesting. He and I were like “Mutt and Jeff.” He seemed like he was 6 feet tall in the 6th grade and I was still 4′9″ in the 9th grade. I was the brain and he was the athlete. He was very, very handsome as a young boy, and still was the last time I saw him.

Above all, he was my friend – and my brother…

John Hoyle

My name is Jasyne Harvey and I am Lonnie’s granddaughter. My grandmother, Karen, and I came across your website and found your memory of Lonnie. We cannot thank you enough for sharing your wonderful memories of him and we hope you are feeling well. Take care
and God bless:)

Sincerely,

Jasyne

I wish we could come, but gotta get ready for Shangri-la.

bob

It’s been a long time since i’ve seen u. loved grandpa Jay’s bio and copied it to my msn spaces page. i was hoping u could give me the addresses to your daughters. i’d like to keep in touch with them and let everyone know i’m now a resident of las vegas after moving from tillamook last month. i’m getting married on the 15th to Kristyna Hitchcock and i’d like to send some invitations even if they can’t attend. Give me your email and i’ll send some pics if u’d like. love, your neph

IndyMac closed and then sold off their retail lending division a few weeks ago to Prospect Mortgage. Denny, as of this writing, is with Prospect and continues to serve his clients as before – but just not for IndyMac Bank. The FDIC siezed the assets of IndyMac Bank a couple of weeks ago and now manages its brick and mortar banking operations. As far as I know, IndyMac is not underwriting or funding any new home loans at all.

Denny continues to stay active in the lending business, as he has for the past 25 years. He is also still a cool guy…