Remembering a great man....

Today is the birthday of a really great man,
our father Dennis.

He started off as the youngest child in a family of ten children.
He and his sister Mardene were always great friends.

He grew up handsome and athletic. He loved sports and was good at them, especially wrestling.

He married his high school sweetheart, Mildred, and then left for war
(World War Two).
He served in Washington state at Fort Lewis and thankfully, the war ended
before he had to go abroad.

He was a great father who loved his family (who also adored him)!
He ran a dairy farm which provided us with a good living,
but
unfortunately, he never had any sons to help on the farm.
(We helped a bit, but I'm sure it was frustrating working with silly girls and we were spoiled as far as helping with heavy duty farm work. He finally hired some local boys to help him.)

(Diane, Linda, Dennis, and JoAnn)
Our sister Julie was to come later and our mother was probably taking the picture.

He was always kind and generous. It was not unusual to see him take a big box of meat to someone needy, or a load of hay to a struggling neighbor. He offered people his car, his time, his money, and whatever they might be needing during a crisis in their lives.
His heart was as big as Texas.

He also knew how to have a great time!
He loved spending the day up in the canyon with friends and family, or traveling to Yellowstone with a caravan of neighbors. He often pulled a train of sledders behind his tractor around the country miles. Everyone loved him!

He served faithfully in the church and had a strong testimony of the gospel.

He loved his wife.
(Remembering a Great Lady)
(Click here)

Interestingly, he passed away one month before our mother.
Within a three month period they both got sick with cancer (different kinds)
and passed away quickly.

They were much too young!

We miss them!

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Guess who gets to share his birthday?
Great-granddaughter Julia was born today
to Kelli and Jared.

How cool is that?