Don Alderman

      As we celebrate the birth of our nation this weekend, let's remember how we got here.  We got here mostly with blue-collar people working hard and making our country special.  Not only was that happening in our nation, but it was also happening locally as well.  Yesterday we lost one of those local blue-collar people who was not only special to me, but to the community also.  I didn't know much about Don Alderman's personal life, but I did know about his professional life.

     Don was always at the other end of the telephone when I called 564-4747.  I started out at the Delphi Police Department in the mid to late 1980s as a radio operator.  I was given a list of numbers from Horn Funeral Home to summon an ambulance to Alderman's for a wrecker.  I didn't know much about either business because I sat in a small room with radios and telephones.  But it wasn't long until I was hired as a police officer and was exposed to those and other businesses and the people who operated them.

     After getting back from the police academy I began patrolling and started to have a need to tow cars that were improperly registered, wrecked, or whatever the need was to have them impounded.  Don was the one who showed up to do the impounding. I always enjoyed working with Don.  Don was a hardworking one-of-a-kind guy who was always polite and did a great job.  I knew when Don pulled up the situation would be handled correctly.  He would watch over me as I inventoried a vehicle, and I would watch over him while he hooked it up to get it out of wherever it was.

    I joke that I probably made Don a lot of money with as many vehicles as he towed for me.  (I was a little gung-ho.)  I always enjoyed the smile and laugh Don would have when he was working.  He was just an all-around great guy to work with over the years.  

     Many local men and women have passed since I came here.  Some were influential and some were just great people.  Don was a great person, and I will miss him a lot.  He was a hard worker, and no one could deny that.  Thank you, Don, I don't ever regret a time when we worked together. Thank you again.  Until we meet again...........

     

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