DADDY

Today is his birthday...117yrs. He died when he was 89, as Aunt Carol has already written. I want all to know that he was a good man. And he was a hard worker. He had cataract surgery when I was in my late teens and that is what made him start getting old. His eyes were not much good after that, so he couldn't drive, and he couldn't do close work. So it was hard for him.

He loved to laugh and tell jokes. And I loved to hear him tell jokes. When I was 10 or so Daddy was called into the Presidency of the Calif. Mission. Pres. Bryan L. Bunker was the President of the mission and he used to love to hear Daddy tell jokes, too. One of my favorites was the one about the two drunks walking along the railroad tracks. One of them said, "This is the longest stairway I've ever been on." The other one said, "It's not all the stairs, it's these low banisters that get me." (I was young.)

We had a fox terrier named Sweetie Pie. She loved Daddy and he loved her. Daddy had an office in the front of the house and Sweetie Pie would often be found lying on the floor of the office next to Daddy's chair. She would do anything for him and he taught her lots of great tricks.

Most of all, I want to share some pictures of him. He was 52yrs old when I was born, so I never knew him with a lot of hair. But I always loved him. Aunt Carol says she thinks I was his favorite. I don't know. But we had good times.