| I was quite the cowboy in my younger
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Me at my one-room
schoolhouse
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My high
school graduation picture
May, 1949 |
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I was in Air Force uniform for
College graduation and was immediately afterwards sworn in as a
Second Lieutenant. May, 1954 |
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| This is Jacquie and I in October,
1952 before we were
married. Manhattan, KS |
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Our wedding day. We were married
for 51 years and had 6 children December, 1952 |
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The Collier Family in 1965. Back
row from the left: Michael, me, Jacqueline. Front row from
the left: Jeffrey, Janet, Kathryn |
I was in the Air Force for 12 years. This was taken for my 201 file. |
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Our
Children: From the left, Janet, Sara, Jeffrey, Michael, Kathryn
Christmas, 1973 |
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In 1994 I was diagnosed with a Fibrous Sarcoma and given a 40%
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I had surgery followed by several months of serious intravenous
chemotherapy. On one sleepless night during this time I wrote a
poem. It is the only poem I have ever written. Click the
link below to read it.
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Sadly saying good-bye to Jacquie in May, 2004, after being married for
51 years. From left to right: Michael, Me, Kathryn,
Sara, and Janet |
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| My three daughters visiting their
mother's inurnment site
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Kathryn is on the left, Sara is in the
middle, Jan is on the right |
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| My backyard Winter Wonderland |
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A deer in my backyard. I once spotted a cougar
back there. |
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| On the way to Sara's wedding I had a
car accident |
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The On-Star system in my Cadillac saved my life since it would have
been impossible to find me in the dense trees where the car had
flipped over |
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| Here I am (in the green shirt) at the
Hoe Down , a country music show, while my friend Myrt (in red)
is being serenaded
2007 |
Our friends, the Petersons looked on. |
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My new Car 2007 Saturn Ion
with On-star August, 2006 |
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| Flowering trees in my front
yard |
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More front yard flowers |
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| A suspension bridge near my home in
Holiday Island |
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Nice artistic features on a house near
me |
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| Peachtree Village - the Retirement
Community where I live |
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Another picture of Peachtree |
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My duplex in the
Ozarks at Peachtree Retirement Community |
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More flowering trees |
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| New car 2008 Saturn Aura
December 2007
Exterior
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Interior Also with Onstar |
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| Myrt and I Ringing in the New Year
2008 |
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Myrt Greeley and I were married on
Jan. 23, 2008, at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas |
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| In September, 2008, we traveled to
Hawaii, visiting the islands of Oahu and Maui. |
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Me on board the submarine "Nautilus"
off Diamondhead. It has not dived yet. It did later.
All hands survived. |
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| New Hobby: Collecting
vaseline (uranium) glass items
They glow under a black light
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