After many years with significant health issues my father passed away at 6pm on New Years Eve, 2008. He was 85. I’m going to miss him as are my sister in Fredericksburg Va., and my brother in Stuart, Fl.
I didn’t really get to know him until I hit my mid to late 20’s when I returned from a stint with the US Army in South East Asia. He loved to fish and he and my step mom had several seaworthy boats that saw time in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
In his later years, he was particularly proud of his service to our country – he served in the South Pacific in World War II.
I’m going to miss him but I know in my heart that he’s in a better place.
