He researched the original family crest, the earliest one he could find, and had it tattooed on his back. He did this shortly after my nephew, his cousin, drowned in Lake Michigan. They were the two remaining Vromans on our side of the family that were still likely to carry on the family name.

This early crest is different than the one I grew up knowing as ours, but it is pretty, too, just less colorful. RIP Jonathan.