Memories of our fellow Coast Guard Auxiliarist, Flotilla member, Pirate, and shipmate, John Molnar:
the infamous "Molnar Award", a very damaged propeller (from a grounding), donating by John to the flotilla, mounted and turned into award given out at flotilla meetings, to the flotilla member who committed some kind of goof while underway (I "won" it twice), nameplates were made and affixed to the award, all in jest, with a telling of the "sea story", John as the first recipient always joined in the lampooning;
building a potato gun out of plumbing supplies, no one thought he would really do it, let alone showing up with potatos, and testing it - it really worked!
going on patrols with John, he kept the morale up with his humor, and had a unique way of looking at things, a very competent and steady crewman - it was always a pleasure to have him aboard;
John always enjoyed our annual Pirates Ball and dressed the part;
his out -of-this-world sausage and peppers at our Flotilla picnics;
he was one of the "Class of 98" pirates we recruited from my first Public Education class;
John was a warm and generous person, he had a way of telling it like it is, always willing to give a hand - we will miss him.
Our prayers are with his family,
Tom & Dee Egizi
