O T Tribute to Dad on Dad's day

Posted by Jimmy King on June 19, 2005 at 14:47:42 from (207.69.137.207):

I lost my Dad in Aug, 1986,we had worked side by side for the preceding 15 years on the farm. Dad would have been 90 last Nov 17. He was raised 1/2 mile west of where I live and he lived in the next house to the east of me, in which my 89 year old Mother still lives in, and I was born in. Dad was 27 when I was born, and 10 days later Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Mom and Dad were married April 12, 1936. Dad had 7 cows and a team of horses. He did a lot of carpenter work in the early years, milked cows did custom machine work. Dad, his Dad, and and his oldest brother did a lot of work togather. Of course Granddad owned the land. Dad kept all the machinery working. Granddad had a 1929 Reg. Dad was not afraid to tackle any thing. He had a hobbie of working on watches. He was a very good machanic, He loved to combine most of all but loved to do tractor work in general. It always got him that he could not master the round baler, proabley because he could no longer turn his neck very far. He did not get along good with horses. He had a voice that when he found you with your hand in the cookie jar, you walked away with the feeling you hand was still there. He served on the local School Board when I was in grade school, was Sunday School Superintendet for a few years. Was the president of the Greene County Milk Producers for several years, which found him in Rep. and Senater's offices in Wash. DC a couple of times. He was always ready to help his neighbor in a time of need, or just to help. He was a very good dad and granddad, and I miss him just as much as I did 19 years ago.

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• Re: O T Tribute to Dad on Dad's day scotty 04:42:58 06/20/05 (0)
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• Re: O T Tribute to Dad on Dad's day So. IL. Farmer 16:02:36 06/19/05 (1)
  • Re: O T Tribute to Dad on Dad's day Harley 21:42:38 06/19/05 (0)

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