Not Hef, but my pop. Passed today at 95 after an extended illness.
WWII vet, fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Landed at Normandy D-Day +20. He was an army engineer. Mostly built bridges for our guys to get troops where they needed to be. He had no formal training as an engineer, but grew up on a farm in western PA and learned how to build damn near anything at an early age. Raised six children and got us all through college somehow even though he was self employed, never made much money and had little formal education. Three of us graduated from Penn State.
My dad loved Joe, and was fascinated by the research on farming and forestry at Penn State and was a big fan of the deer research pens. I took him to see the deer whenever he would visit. He could have attended PSU on the GI Bill after the war, but he met my mom at a dance, they fell in love and that was that.
I am what I am today because of him, whatever that is. I'm feeling a bit melancholy tonight so please forgive my rambling post.
You guys helped me through my wife's illness and death, and though this not nearly the same, it just helps me to post this.
Thanks
WWII vet, fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Landed at Normandy D-Day +20. He was an army engineer. Mostly built bridges for our guys to get troops where they needed to be. He had no formal training as an engineer, but grew up on a farm in western PA and learned how to build damn near anything at an early age. Raised six children and got us all through college somehow even though he was self employed, never made much money and had little formal education. Three of us graduated from Penn State.
My dad loved Joe, and was fascinated by the research on farming and forestry at Penn State and was a big fan of the deer research pens. I took him to see the deer whenever he would visit. He could have attended PSU on the GI Bill after the war, but he met my mom at a dance, they fell in love and that was that.
I am what I am today because of him, whatever that is. I'm feeling a bit melancholy tonight so please forgive my rambling post.
You guys helped me through my wife's illness and death, and though this not nearly the same, it just helps me to post this.
Thanks