Where to start? Mr. Harry left an indelible and profound mark on my two brothers and I. Not a week goes by that we don’t speak of Mr. Harry related to our school memories with him at Folsom, related to the moral standards that he shared and insisted upon us, very funny occasions that we had with him in class, and of course, the life lessons and life skills that he lay upon us that will stay with us forever. We have the gift of having known Mr. Harry for many, many years and can take those life skills, those morals, the standards, those ways of life, and pass it on to our friends and family forever. This is a man that can no possible way be compared to any other that I’ve ever met. I am an educator and have obtained a PhD degree in large part, because of him. It cannot be put into words, The positive affect he had on my brothers and myself. looking back on our junior high days with Mr. Harry, we realize fully, that he treated us all with love, with dignity, with respect, and demanded the same. He is the one and only person that taught me that you can be a true friend to a student and his teacher- both at the same time. A task that very, very few educators take on. Most teachers take the highroad and refrain from being friends with the student as well as their teacher; mr. Harry, however, showed me daily that it could be done. It is one of the single most important things that helps me to be not only a successful educating professional but a very happy educator. My mom, my dad, and the three of us, spent a lot of hours with Mr. Harry at our house, at school, around town, as he was a person that we held in the highest regard. He was a gentleman of all gentleman, a man of all men, no possible way is there more than one Clemeal Harry. On behalf of my brother Charles Cannizzaro, my brother Sal Cannizzaro, and myself (Peter Cannizzaro) we send our heartfelt condolences to the family. We feel so blessed to have known and loved Mr. Harry. I’m proud to say that I visited with him in town just a year or two ago. We periodically kept up with Mr. Harry for over 40 years. Rest easy my friend. The Cannizzaro triplets. In the picture from right to left are my teaching partner, Bryant Laird, Mr. Harry, and myself. Taken at sams club not long ago
