Found This

It's my dad's obit. Note how the other half is notated as "friend". In truth, he is a friend, but that makes it sound so...flimsy. We did request "partner", but apparently that fell upon deaf (perhaps bigoted) ears. Alas. Read about my dad. He was a good guy.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1300&dept_id=156929&newsid=18565477&PAG=461&rfi=9