Police Officer Roland Kinlock

Dear Daddy,

So many times I started to write something but my eyes would fill with tears, I could not see, I would get choked up and unable to continue. I have just turned 80, and with the Coronavirus raging through America I don't want to pass away and miss the chance to tell you how much I love and miss you.

I was daddy's little girl for sure. I remember the train ride to Boston, feeding the pigeons, building snowmen, sitting on your shoulders at the beach, and our trip to Florida when I was 9. You were there to walk me down the aisle, and always encouraged me in my endeavors. You were truly a great dad.

We took Mama to Washington DC for HER 80th birthday and to the Memorial Wall where we all did a rubbing of your name. I have always supported the "blue," have quietly made donations to police causes, started a police award in your honor, given many of your police things to the Methuen PD for their little museum, and donated $2000 for the purchase of a police dog in your name. You have never, ever, been forgotten.

You now have four great-great-grandchildren, three girls and a boy. They know what a wonderful man you were, and they have pictures of you so they will know what you looked like. I have given the boy your police badge....he carries your name. I love you and miss you, and am so proud to call you my dad!

Jane
Your Loving Daughter

July 28, 2020