My dad

My dad died over Memorial Weekend and today I am missing him so very much. He turned 80 years old the beginning of May. He was not a great man and at times not a very nice man. He was not the best of fathers but he did the best with what he knew. He was an intelligent man who spent 20 years in the Air Force retiring as a Major. I use the word retiring very loosely. My dad never really retired. He was always involved in something. In the Air Force he worked on many different things including the Gemini and Mercury flights. While in the service he took us on wonderful vacations. And when I mean us I mean us 11 kids. I come from a big family. He also volunteered with sheriff's departments wherever we/he lived. When he retired from the service, he worked for Rockwell international as a sales man but he also helped get radio stations started. He served as a state representative, became a priest and worked with the Civil Air Patrol. All this after he retired. I was honored to have him perform the ceremony when I remarried almost 2 years ago. He was conservative in politics and we shared that in common. Often sending emails back and forth on the subject of politics. He was a patriotic man. He was also into computers while in the military and this is when they filled up rooms and spit out those punch cards. He would bring boxes home for us and we would use them, He never lost this love for computers. He also was an electrical engineer. Oh yeah he was also a member of Mensa and the NRA. He also spent decades tracing our ancestry through both his side and my mom's even though they divorced after 30+ years of marriage. My parents got along and I know it was for the sake of us kids, not wanting us to have to choose sides. Every family party and function they were both there and there were never any issues with it. In fact there were very courteous of each other and still had a connection, they shared 11 kids and alot of life together. My mom has been visibly affected by his death. They shared the same memories of our travels, of us kids and all the years they were married. He was buried with full military honors at the Veteran's cemetery in the state he live in. When he died he left 11 kids, 40 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. This man has left a legacy that spans the world. He is missed by us all and by his friends and the people whose lives he touched. My dad died over Memorial Weekend and today I am missing him very much