Dr.Amos E. Friend died on June 11, 1983 at the age of 84 of cancer,having retired two years previously upon learning of his inoperableillness. Despite the debilitating effects of his sickness and itstreatment he walked erect and with his accustomed vigor until shortlybefore his death, and he never let the grim nature of his afflictioninterfere with his love of life.

Noone among my acquaintances had a greater love of life nor a greaterzest for living than Amos Friend, and it radiated to all about him.His "joie de vivre" was expressed in his great love of travel; forthe pleasures of a good yarn, story or book; for the excitement ofthe theater and the concert hall; for the joys of an upland game huntor a successful cast into a stream or lake; for the thrills ofroughing it on foot or horseback in the mountains; for a round ofskeet or trap shooting; for a bit of singing; or for an occasionalsocial game of golf. He was, in many respects, Manchester's "Man forAll Seasons or "Renaissance Man".

AmosFriend will be remembered by his medical colleagues and his legion ofpatients not only for his superb artistry as a physician and surgeonand for the high esteem in which he was held by his colleagues in hisprofession, but also for his endless kindnesses, his never-failingcourtesy, his graciousness and good manners, and for histhoughtfulness for all at all times. He was a rare man among men!

ThoughAmos Friend lived a full four-score and four years and should haveshown some of the effects of the ravages of time, he will always beremembered as one who was always youthful in appearance, young in hisideas, interests and activities, and boyish in the sense that he wasconstantly seeking and exploring and traveling as befits a boy; apleasant paradox that explains his inability to grow old.

Alarge unfillable void now exists in our community, for we have lost"a man to whom was given so much of heaven and so much ofearth".