Lincoln employees' best friend...

When I was a library aide at Lincoln Elementary, this scary, official looking administrator came to the library and asked if there was anything we needed. I was trying to climb over the pile of returned library books blocking the door every morning. A few weeks later when I opened the library door there was a custom made rolling book drop under the return slot. Jonathan had enlisted a grandchild's help and built it himself. For years I told coworkers Jonathan Pearce was their best friend.

Later, there were memories of working at the District Office. Jonathan joining us at break time with his cup of tea, popping in at our office to sing, "We don't smoke and we don't chew, and we don't go with girls who do", hunting for a typo or error in his bulletins to collect a coveted trinket prize. I am just one person who's life was touched by this remarkable man.

~Ruth Macalutas