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| In memory of Roy T. Devoe (photo by Dick Bergeron) |
The yellow police tape is gone now, and the businesses of the Bridgewater Towne Center on Route 202 South are getting back to normal, despite the incomprehensible violence by which this community lost Roy T. Devoe, owner of a jewelry store near Wegmans.
One of my readers had sent me an e-mail shortly after this brutal act occurred, informing me of what had happened, saying that she had been at that establishment only days before to have a watch battery replaced.
Shortly after noon today, when I visited the site, people were passing by on the sidewalk in front of Mr. Devoe’s business, two of them commenting respectfully upon this senseless murder, as they proceeded to their destination.
His loved ones and his friends, as well as others who did not know him, will not forget: Fresh flowers sit at the entrance to Mr. Devoe’s store, and a message for his eternal rest is hand-written on a large sheet of paper behind the glass door.
His memory will live on.
No community loses someone like Mr. Devoe without leaving a hole, not only in the hearts of the relatives and friends who knew him intimately, but even in the minds of all Bridgewater residents who never met him and who, this evening, are wondering why this could ever have happened. Why this senseless crime? Why here? Why anywhere?
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