Dad's favorite song
It's that time of year again. The yearly anniversary of Dad's passing. Dad actually happened on January 5th, 1999 and I've been tossing around ideas on how to honor his memory this year. Today while driving home from work I came up with the idea of introducing Dad to Daily Kos. I know he would love this site and I'm sure he would be a contributing writer.
Below the fold you will find a full copy of a speech I wrote for his memorial service in October 1999 or 2000 I honestly cannot remember which. It actually happened one day before what would have been his birthday that year. It was held at the Newberry Library where Dad spent countless hours researching the family history. It was a great experience. The speech is fairly long. I think it took me about 15 minutes to get through it, so there's a lot to read. I've become a better writer since then, but I want to present pretty much as I typed it with a few minor edits to protect identities of some friends and family.
Without further ado, I give you... Walter...
