DEDICATION

TO MY

DAD

THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TO

MY FATHER, WHO DIED ON

JANUARY 11, 2000.

JUNE 1932-JANUARY 2000

"UTTON"

MY DAD'S NAME WAS

JOHN.

HE WAS 67 YEARS OF AGE AND DIED OF

HEART RELATED COMPLICATIONS.

HE WAS BORN IN CALGARY, ALBERTA,

CANADA IN 1932. THEN HE RESIDED IN

OREGON,USA SINCE HE WAS 6 YEARS OLD.

HE WAS A NATURALIZED AMERICAN

CITIZEN AND SERVED IN THE

AIR FORCE NATIONAL GUARD

SERVING PART TIME IN ENGLAND DURING THE

KOREAN WAR.

HE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN OREGON,

THEN ATTENDED

PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY

IN WASHINGTON.

HE RETIRED IN 1983.

HE WAS A RESIDENT IN BEAVERTON,OREGON

  FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS.

HE WAS MARRIED TO MY MOTHER,

SONJA FOR 41 YEARS

AND I ALSO HAVE A BROTHER, JAMES

WHO LIVES IN BEAVERTON ALSO

HE LIKED TO READ.

LOVED TO READ THINGS BY

STEPHEN KING,

HE LIKED SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS AND MOVIES,

HE LIKED MUSIC AND HIS COMPUTER

HE LOVED AND WAS PROUD

OF HIS FAMILY

AND WILL BE DEEPLY

MISSED.

DAD

YOU ALWAYS MADE ME LAUGH

YOU HAD A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR

AND WAS ALSO CREATIVE AND WITTY.

I HAVE SEEN YOU HAPPY,

I HAVE SEEN YOU SAD,

I HAVE SEEN YOU SERIOUS,

I HAVE SEEN YOU MAD.

I HAVE SEEN YOU LOVING

AND I HAVE SEEN YOU PROUD.

BUT MOST OF ALL

I HAVE SEEN YOU AS MY DAD.

I'LL ALWAYS BE PROUD THAT

I AM YOUR SON.

YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE WHEN

I HAVE NEEDED YOU.

I WILL ALWAYS CHERISH ALL THE

MOMENTS WE HAVE SPENT TOGETHER.

I WILL ALWAYS MISS YOU DEARLY

FOREVER.

I AM VERY GLAD YOU BROUGHT ME

INTO THIS WORLD AND TO KNOW YOU.

I WAS ALWAYS VERY PROUD TO

SAY THAT YOU WERE

MY DAD

I LOVE YOU!

"DAD"   BY MARK R.( A1PYRO) 1-16-00

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