Tori's baptism

Poppy and Ben oversee as the first granddaughter gets baptized :-)

A trip to the aquarium - 2004

After spending an exhausting day walking all over the aquarium, Ben was treated to the best seat in the house for the walk to the car.

More Tree Climbing - 2004

Christmas in Wisconsin - 2003

One of the presents that Grandmama and Poppy gave to Ben for Christmas was the start of a coin collection. Pops was a numismatist and wanted to share his excitement of coins with Ben. They spent a lovely day sorting through a big container of coins that was part of the present.

From Sheryl

Your Dad was a special man and will live fondly in my memory.

Sheryl H.

Christmas in Wisconsin - 2003

Grandmama and Poppy came to visit around Christmas 2003.

Ben got a marble run for Christmas which Poppy then took hours to assemble all 58,609 pieces into a spectacular array of loops and twirls and enchanted Ben for days.

From Paul C.

Even though we didn't see much of your parents in the last few years I
always thought of the good times we had in Baltimore at their house. He
was an amazing person and I learned a lot from him. His outlook on life and
his level headed demeanor is something I try to emulate.

from: Paul C.

Water Slide

In 2003, Grandmama and Poppy brought Joey and Evan to WI for some summer fun. We went to Mount Horeb's aquatic center for some great water slide times. Everyone enjoyed it.

The USS Constellation

Poppy loved sharing his love of boats with everyone.
Here he introduced Ben to the historic USS Constellation in 2003.

Poppy at Bud and Ann's 50th wedding anniversary party

A picture of Poppy taken on 9-24-10 at his brother's 50th wedding anniversary party.
Courtesy of Beth :-)

Always comfortable

Things could be crashing around him...

...but Pops could sleep through anything. Seen here dozing at Port Discovery (2003) while young kids all around him were squealing, building, knocking things over, and jumping into ball pits. He may look like he is reading, but he was sound asleep :-)

At home on the porch