My grandpa loved to tell us he was a caveman because he was born in a cave on the Snake River in Idaho. His parents had taken work on a sheep farm and Quentin decided to come along on March 1st, 1918. He was named after Quentin Roosevelt, a son of Teddy Roosevelt, who was was so popular at the time. Ironically, Quentin Roosevelt was killed in WWI just a short four months after my grandpa was born.
Grandpa was a true war hero in WWII. He was a tank commander with the 755th Tank Battalion that was in North Africa and into Italy. He received the WWII Victory Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the American Service Medal, The Bronze Service Arrowhead, the Croix De Guerre with Palm, Six Overseas Stripes and One Longevity Stripe.
Grandma and grandpa were married October 5th, 1945. I think theirs was a true love story, and they were married for almost 50 years when my grandma passed away in 1993. They raised two daughters, my mother Darlene and aunt Eva, and had four grandchildren; Patsy, Jim, Ron and Kathi. Grandpa loved his girls and his grandchildren. He delighted in funning with us, being a jokester but also reading to us, playing with us and helping us figure out how to entertain ourselves. He and grandma also loved to travel and loved to take their grandchildren along with them, so we all had a lot of great times with them.
Grandpa moved to Wenatchee, Washington shortly after grandma died to live with granddaughter Patsy and her family and to be in weather that was better for his allergies and emphysema. He lived there for 21 years until he passed away on September 27, 2014. Aside from his daughters and grandchildren, he is survived by great grandchildren Julie, Jason, David, Tyler, Lauren, Amy, Heather, Kristopher, Trevor and Jeremy. He was going to be a great-great grandfather in 2015.
I will miss him calling me a knucklehead and getting to call him a whippersnapper. I will miss funning around with him about being a good boy and staying out of the hospital. I'll miss his concern about how my life was going and his pride in my accomplishments. And, I will miss his no-nonsense attitude about life. Most of all, I will miss his unconditional love.
Grandpa was a true war hero in WWII. He was a tank commander with the 755th Tank Battalion that was in North Africa and into Italy. He received the WWII Victory Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the American Service Medal, The Bronze Service Arrowhead, the Croix De Guerre with Palm, Six Overseas Stripes and One Longevity Stripe.
Grandma and grandpa were married October 5th, 1945. I think theirs was a true love story, and they were married for almost 50 years when my grandma passed away in 1993. They raised two daughters, my mother Darlene and aunt Eva, and had four grandchildren; Patsy, Jim, Ron and Kathi. Grandpa loved his girls and his grandchildren. He delighted in funning with us, being a jokester but also reading to us, playing with us and helping us figure out how to entertain ourselves. He and grandma also loved to travel and loved to take their grandchildren along with them, so we all had a lot of great times with them.
Grandpa moved to Wenatchee, Washington shortly after grandma died to live with granddaughter Patsy and her family and to be in weather that was better for his allergies and emphysema. He lived there for 21 years until he passed away on September 27, 2014. Aside from his daughters and grandchildren, he is survived by great grandchildren Julie, Jason, David, Tyler, Lauren, Amy, Heather, Kristopher, Trevor and Jeremy. He was going to be a great-great grandfather in 2015.
I will miss him calling me a knucklehead and getting to call him a whippersnapper. I will miss funning around with him about being a good boy and staying out of the hospital. I'll miss his concern about how my life was going and his pride in my accomplishments. And, I will miss his no-nonsense attitude about life. Most of all, I will miss his unconditional love.
My grandpa loved to tell us he was a caveman because he was born in a cave on the Snake River in Idaho. His parents had taken work on a sheep farm and Quentin decided to come along on March 1st, 1918. He was named after Quentin Roosevelt, a son of Teddy Roosevelt, who was was so popular at the time. Ironically, Quentin Roosevelt was killed in WWI just a short four months after my grandpa was born.
Grandpa was a true war hero in WWII. He was a tank commander with the 755th Tank Battalion that was in North Africa and into Italy. He received the WWII Victory Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the American Service Medal, The Bronze Service Arrowhead, the Croix De Guerre with Palm, Six Overseas Stripes and One Longevity Stripe.
Grandma and grandpa were married October 5th, 1945. I think theirs was a true love story, and they were married for almost 50 years when my grandma passed away in 1993. They raised two daughters, my mother Darlene and aunt Eva, and had four grandchildren; Patsy, Jim, Ron and Kathi. Grandpa loved his girls and his grandchildren. He delighted in funning with us, being a jokester but also reading to us, playing with us and helping us figure out how to entertain ourselves. He and grandma also loved to travel and loved to take their grandchildren along with them, so we all had a lot of great times with them.
Grandpa moved to Wenatchee, Washington shortly after grandma died to live with granddaughter Patsy and her family and to be in weather that was better for his allergies and emphysema. He lived there for 21 years until he passed away on September 27, 2014. Aside from his daughters and grandchildren, he is survived by great grandchildren Julie, Jason, David, Tyler, Lauren, Amy, Heather, Kristopher, Trevor and Jeremy. He was going to be a great-great grandfather in 2015.
I will miss him calling me a knucklehead and getting to call him a whippersnapper. I will miss funning around with him about being a good boy and staying out of the hospital. I'll miss his concern about how my life was going and his pride in my accomplishments. And, I will miss his no-nonsense attitude about life. Most of all, I will miss his unconditional love.
Grandpa was a true war hero in WWII. He was a tank commander with the 755th Tank Battalion that was in North Africa and into Italy. He received the WWII Victory Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the American Service Medal, The Bronze Service Arrowhead, the Croix De Guerre with Palm, Six Overseas Stripes and One Longevity Stripe.
Grandma and grandpa were married October 5th, 1945. I think theirs was a true love story, and they were married for almost 50 years when my grandma passed away in 1993. They raised two daughters, my mother Darlene and aunt Eva, and had four grandchildren; Patsy, Jim, Ron and Kathi. Grandpa loved his girls and his grandchildren. He delighted in funning with us, being a jokester but also reading to us, playing with us and helping us figure out how to entertain ourselves. He and grandma also loved to travel and loved to take their grandchildren along with them, so we all had a lot of great times with them.
Grandpa moved to Wenatchee, Washington shortly after grandma died to live with granddaughter Patsy and her family and to be in weather that was better for his allergies and emphysema. He lived there for 21 years until he passed away on September 27, 2014. Aside from his daughters and grandchildren, he is survived by great grandchildren Julie, Jason, David, Tyler, Lauren, Amy, Heather, Kristopher, Trevor and Jeremy. He was going to be a great-great grandfather in 2015.
I will miss him calling me a knucklehead and getting to call him a whippersnapper. I will miss funning around with him about being a good boy and staying out of the hospital. I'll miss his concern about how my life was going and his pride in my accomplishments. And, I will miss his no-nonsense attitude about life. Most of all, I will miss his unconditional love.
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