I do have many memories...I do think mom loved Dan best, she cooked his favorite foods well done to the point of being burnt...I would have done anything for Dan as I idolized him.  My friends all thought he was so cute.  We all thought he looked like Beaver's big brother Wally on the T. V. show  "Leave It to Beaver".

Thanks Dan for the memories you are the best big brother I ever had.
Dixie  

I'm your youngest sister.How lucky you are to have 5 of us and oh how mom spoiled you. I guess i have you to thank for Rick-and Drew and Ricci, Jordan and Taylin. Little sisters idolize their big brothers. i remember how scared i was when my brother had to leave to go and fight in a war i did not understand. Never sure if you were ever coming home again. Having lost my father a few years earlier, being a girl of 14 it was hard for me to accept that my big brother was leaving also. thank god you made it through the army days and came back to us. I am not only proud of you for the time you served to help to protect us all but also for the man you became and the success you have enjoyed in your life. If you never accomplish another thing in life, i will always be thankful for you for giving us Mike and Shari.  Love ya always and forever! BEV

Dan is my big brother and has always been like a father figure since our father died before I was born.  As long as I can remember, I have always tried to make him proud.  To say the least we have never been overly close and I will always regret that.  But he is still my one and only brother and I will continue to try and make him proud.  I was young when he was in Vietnam, but I still have a color postcard packet he sent me from there and I still often look at it.  His being a soldier led me to also serve in the U.S. Army, because I was so proud of the sacrifices he made, even though I know he didn't want too.  If you ask guys we played ball with we never acted like brothers as we always tried to out do each other or could never please each other.  But, some of my best memories are of those noon basketball games with him.  You can't take away memories.  All my love Big Brother!!!  MIKE