Susan Edens
For The New Era
?Please excuse the mess,? said Ralph Martin 78, as he wove his way through an obstacle course of cardboard boxes, clothing, and linens that covered his living room floor.
Martin explained that he was trying to sort through the personal possessions of his lifetime buddy, Paul Hanneson, who had died the previous week. Hanneson?s daughter had asked Martin to perform one last favor for his friend and clean out…