On January 16th, 1928, my dad was born. He lived his life working very hard. His first job was working on his cousins farm. He dropped out of school to join the Canadian AArmy. In the Army he drove a tank. In 1951 he met a young lady name Joyce. In 1953 he married Joyce. In 1954 they had their first child, 1955 their second, 1960 their third and in 1966 their 4th child.  My dad gave up his Canadian citizenship to become a US citizen and moved from Ontario Canada to Chicago Illinois. He had odd jobs from working in a laundry mat to bus driver to die caster to finally a mail carrier.

In 1970, we moved to Portland Oregon. He worked as a mail carrier until he retired in 1988. Also he worked a second job in the evening at a gas station for a year an a half. After that had a paper route in the morning before going to the post office.

After 48 years of marriage my mother passed away. After 10 years after my mother's death, my dad passed away August 16, 2008. This was a day before my mother's birthday.

My dad is and will always be missed. Love you dad, always.