Ruth Lowe’s dance career might have been nipped in the bud before it bloomed. Her father, James Adams, was West Berlin’s fire chief, no doubt used to alarms and other noises in the town where the family lived. But he didn’t always care for the sound his daughter’s tap shoes made at home.

It’s been more than a month since Dennis “Denny” Blake died, and his wife of nearly 40 years still can’t believe it. “He was just an awesome guy,” said Jeanne Blake, “and I loved him.”

“Sometimes you fall in love with an instrument as you’re building it,” Nevin Fahs wrote in a 2012 blog post. “In fact, I usually do, which can make it difficult to be objective when it’s all done. So I’ll leave others to judge it.”

At least one neighbor knew the sounds Kelsey Brown made when she sang. “I often heard her beautiful voice walking to my driveway,” Lillianne Eggers posted in an online tribute.

Linda LeBeau loved her TV reruns.  Her daughter Lisa Knechtel is pretty sure her mother knew all the lines from her favorite “I Love Lucy” episodes: The Vitameatavegamin commercial. The grape stomping. The candy factory.

To family and friends, Howard Bennett was simply Howard. But there’s nothing simple about being a hero. The 60-year-old Camden firefighter died in the line of duty on Feb. 5. Messages attached to his obituary poured in.