He was a curious traveler, an avid reader, a green thumb who planted beautiful gardens wherever he lived, an artist, a photographer, an educator and a man who loved communing with nature in all it's glory, in all it's seasons.
He climbed mountains. He loved music and taught himself to play a number of instruments. He baked whole grain breads and made homemade yogurt back in the 1970s. He acted in and directed many local plays wherever he was. He had a playful sense of humor and he laughed often.
He used to joke that he was born in a blizzard in a neighbor's farmhouse pretty much in the middle of nowhere in LaPorte County, Indiana. It turns out to be a true story, with the additional fact that a fire started in the stove where water was being boiled in preparation for his birth. It caught the house on fire, mother and her newborn had to go out in the blizzard to find another shelter. I, his daughter, have a newspaper clipping about this event.
He moved many times in his life. He lived in Illinois, Spain, Turkey, Berlin (he witnessed history there when the wall fell), Italy, Vermont, North Carolina, Pohnpei (an island in the Federated State of Micronesia) and, sadly, Kansas. While in the military, he lived in Japan and Korea. Wherever he laid he hat, he explored everything, both near and far. As a teacher, he had summers off and would spend them camping across Europe with his family or exploring Morocco, Gibralter and Portugal.
He walked El Camino, starting in southern France and hiking over the Pyrenees as a start to the trail, when he was in his mid-70s. He taught at Project Bold in the German Alps during the 1970s and loved hiking the Dolomites while living in Italy.
[He never went by his first name but always by his middle name]
He climbed mountains. He loved music and taught himself to play a number of instruments. He baked whole grain breads and made homemade yogurt back in the 1970s. He acted in and directed many local plays wherever he was. He had a playful sense of humor and he laughed often.
He used to joke that he was born in a blizzard in a neighbor's farmhouse pretty much in the middle of nowhere in LaPorte County, Indiana. It turns out to be a true story, with the additional fact that a fire started in the stove where water was being boiled in preparation for his birth. It caught the house on fire, mother and her newborn had to go out in the blizzard to find another shelter. I, his daughter, have a newspaper clipping about this event.
He moved many times in his life. He lived in Illinois, Spain, Turkey, Berlin (he witnessed history there when the wall fell), Italy, Vermont, North Carolina, Pohnpei (an island in the Federated State of Micronesia) and, sadly, Kansas. While in the military, he lived in Japan and Korea. Wherever he laid he hat, he explored everything, both near and far. As a teacher, he had summers off and would spend them camping across Europe with his family or exploring Morocco, Gibralter and Portugal.
He walked El Camino, starting in southern France and hiking over the Pyrenees as a start to the trail, when he was in his mid-70s. He taught at Project Bold in the German Alps during the 1970s and loved hiking the Dolomites while living in Italy.
[He never went by his first name but always by his middle name]
He was a curious traveler, an avid reader, a green thumb who planted beautiful gardens wherever he lived, an artist, a photographer, an educator and a man who loved communing with nature in all it's glory, in all it's seasons.
He climbed mountains. He loved music and taught himself to play a number of instruments. He baked whole grain breads and made homemade yogurt back in the 1970s. He acted in and directed many local plays wherever he was. He had a playful sense of humor and he laughed often.
He used to joke that he was born in a blizzard in a neighbor's farmhouse pretty much in the middle of nowhere in LaPorte County, Indiana. It turns out to be a true story, with the additional fact that a fire started in the stove where water was being boiled in preparation for his birth. It caught the house on fire, mother and her newborn had to go out in the blizzard to find another shelter. I, his daughter, have a newspaper clipping about this event.
He moved many times in his life. He lived in Illinois, Spain, Turkey, Berlin (he witnessed history there when the wall fell), Italy, Vermont, North Carolina, Pohnpei (an island in the Federated State of Micronesia) and, sadly, Kansas. While in the military, he lived in Japan and Korea. Wherever he laid he hat, he explored everything, both near and far. As a teacher, he had summers off and would spend them camping across Europe with his family or exploring Morocco, Gibralter and Portugal.
He walked El Camino, starting in southern France and hiking over the Pyrenees as a start to the trail, when he was in his mid-70s. He taught at Project Bold in the German Alps during the 1970s and loved hiking the Dolomites while living in Italy.
[He never went by his first name but always by his middle name]
He climbed mountains. He loved music and taught himself to play a number of instruments. He baked whole grain breads and made homemade yogurt back in the 1970s. He acted in and directed many local plays wherever he was. He had a playful sense of humor and he laughed often.
He used to joke that he was born in a blizzard in a neighbor's farmhouse pretty much in the middle of nowhere in LaPorte County, Indiana. It turns out to be a true story, with the additional fact that a fire started in the stove where water was being boiled in preparation for his birth. It caught the house on fire, mother and her newborn had to go out in the blizzard to find another shelter. I, his daughter, have a newspaper clipping about this event.
He moved many times in his life. He lived in Illinois, Spain, Turkey, Berlin (he witnessed history there when the wall fell), Italy, Vermont, North Carolina, Pohnpei (an island in the Federated State of Micronesia) and, sadly, Kansas. While in the military, he lived in Japan and Korea. Wherever he laid he hat, he explored everything, both near and far. As a teacher, he had summers off and would spend them camping across Europe with his family or exploring Morocco, Gibralter and Portugal.
He walked El Camino, starting in southern France and hiking over the Pyrenees as a start to the trail, when he was in his mid-70s. He taught at Project Bold in the German Alps during the 1970s and loved hiking the Dolomites while living in Italy.
[He never went by his first name but always by his middle name]
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