Poetic Obituaries: As he lay in bed at York Hospital on Tuesday

battling leukemia, Gerry Meisenhelder turned to a grandson and began dictating verse.

One more connection with the world to be recorded.

Since he began writing poetry in high school, Meisenhelder found and explored one avenue after another for these connections.

A chess player. A painter. A veteran of the second World War. A drawer. A creator of stained glass windows. A father to eight daughters. An actor. A playwright. A runner. A thinker.

Most of all, a poet.

from York Daily Record: York's first poet laureate dies: Gerry Meisenhelder never tired of exploring life

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