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11 years ago

Best wishes to the Estler family in the loss of Robert Estler. He was the son of the original Mortgage Lifter man. Bob was 94 yrs young and grew the big pinks every yr and the seed provided plants for greenhouses in the Huntington W.Va area. Our thoughts are with the family

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carolyn137
11 years ago
Please see the thread below called End of An Era for the same announcement and I posted in that thread b'c many believe that Charlie Byles ( Radiator Charlie) was the first to develop Mortgage Lifter, but the Estler one was first and I explained why I like the Estler one over all other so called Mortgage ones.

Carolyn
bigpinks
Original Author
11 years ago
Hadnt read the other thread but Bob's obit was in the Huntington paper today. He was my boss for a short while at a metals factory and once got us all together at Thanksgiving and said grace for our meal right in the middle of the floor of the factory.
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