Sunday, July 7, 2024
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Joe Miller
I met Joe Miller soon after I started dating my wife, Terry Perrone, in 1966. Joe was a good friend of Terry’s brother Paul. Joe, Paul, myself, and my roommate, Terry’s cousin Eddie Perrone, made several trips to the MEN’s bar at the Clam Broth House in Hoboken, eating “piss’ clams dipped in melted butter and drinking a lot of beer. Two or three times a week, we four closed The Perrone family business, Rennie’s Liquors. After we would lock up we’d go upstairs for coffee, cake, cookies, or some other goodie. Joe loved to sing and blessed Charlie and Terry’s wedding by singing “Impossible Dream” from Man of LA Mancha. Here’s a picture of Joe, his mom, and Rennie at the store opening party.
Joe was very serious about his teaching. So, when Terry said she was having a bad year teaching, Joe corrected her; “Terry, good teachers never have a bad year, just difficult ones that require creativity and perseverance.’ Although Joe never married, he considered that he had many children from the students he taught.
Joe was almost always happy and optimistic. The only time I saw him sad was when his good friend Cosmo died after being married for a short time. Terry and I anticipate seeing Joe again in heaven. Joe’s life was a blessing to many.
