Dear Editor: The reason I am writing is I had this friend who lived his whole life in Jersey City and then recently moved down to Tampa, Fla. with his son. He wanted to start a new life in Tampa. His name was George Bryne, Jr. He used to be a residence counsel for the Mt. Carmel Guild in Union City; that was about 18 years ago. Then he went back to college to learn how to make up dead bodies in a funeral hall. His mother died about a couple of years and then his father died this past November. Well anyway, the last telephone conversation I had with him was March 31, 2000. He moved down to Tampa in February and in March he had a very bad accident. He misstepped from his truck onto the street and tripped and fell and broke his ankle, leg and arm and I would call him every day to see how he was feeling. I called the whole month of April but didn’t get an answer. Then I sent him a get well card and on May 1, it came back to me, address unknown; so I called the 411 directory to see if I had the right address and I did. So I became worried. So I called the Tampa police to do a well check and they called me back and said that he died. So I called the medical examiners and I asked them the cause of death and they said because he fell, he had a heart attack, and I asked them where his body was and they said in the crematory. So I wanted to do something so nice for him, something I could be proud of, so I called the Jersey Journal and asked them what do I have to do to have the Journal put his name in the obituaries and they said we need proof that he did die. So I called the crematory back and gave her the Jersey Journal fax number and she faxed over the death notice. And this past afternoon I called back the Journal and I asked them if they received the fax and they did. So I told the woman who handled the obituaries what I wanted it to say and she said to me “you’re not family, you can’t put anything in the obituaries, I am sorry.” So I thought of the Hudson Reporter; they could put in this story of how much George Byrne meant to me as a person. He was a very caring person. So I would like everybody in Jersey City and in other towns know what I think of this man. So I want to say that this is a memory to you from me. I wanted you to have a little dignity. Brian Silvani