It is with great sadness that I post this. My step-father has passed away after a struggle with heart related issues. He was 77. He was the man responsible for helping me choose to join the Navy.
His obituary doesn’t mention it but he was a member of the Navy during the Vietnam war. He was a plank owner of the aircraft carrier CV-66 America. He was present during the U.S.S. Liberty incident.
He was a man who always tried to do the right thing and stuck to his traditional Christian values. I will remember him for all of the good things he’s done. There are probably far too many to list here. He loved his country, his family, and his lord, Jesus Christ.
I was his personal IT tech support person for a portion of his life. I remember splitting the costs of buying the next new Windows OS and the latest Apple OS with him because they were so expensive in the early 2000s.
I hope he is having a big ‘ole reunion with his father, mother, brother, and sister in heaven right now.
A few of my favorite pictures. Some are from a trip that he, my mom, and I took back in 2005. Some of the pictures were part of an archive that I kept for him being the IT guy and all that.
