Wife sees humor in toll booth snafu

Jack Roberts got a bill in the mail the other day for an unpaid $3.50 highway toll that came from driving one afternoon last month on Washington’s west side. This was a curious development for a couple of reasons: Jack’s wife, Terrie, says her husband wouldn’t be caught dead driving in the Seattle area. Jack Roberts is, in fact, dead. Though he quit smoking in 1990, lung cancer took the Spangle man on a September day eight years ago. He was 67. “He was absolutely the best friend I ever had,” says Terrie of her late husband. “Everyone liked him. He’d pull up a beer and a bar stool and could talk to anyone.” Not only was Jack a pal to all. But he was also blessed with a wicked sense of humor. Terrie believes nobody would be laughing harder about this posthumous toll bill than ol’ Jack himself/ Doug Clark , SR. More here.