Presently, January 2008, I live in New York City, where I have lived since 1955, and for the past 40 years have lived at the same address on West 82nd, a half block from Central Park, and block from the American Museum of Natural History.

When I retired in 1990 from UNA/USA, where I worked for 23 years, I wondered what next! Music
was and still is very important to me, but who wants to hear a 65 year old singer/actor perform.

I decided to learn more about my ancestry, which at that time I knew practically nothing other than my immediate family. I purchased a "Town & County Chrysler", grabbed my camera, and took off looking for relatives of which I found many more than I expected. Visiting with them was really great and I recorded much information. I also found that cemeteries held a world of information. I loved this new adventure.

I was born May 25, 1925 on a farm in Erie, Neosho
County, Kansas. My father had to hitch up the horse and buggy to go for the Doctor. The Doctor came in his own buggy from Galesburg a few miles away. And would you believe, he only charged $25. Oh well, those were the "good Old Days". From Erie we moved to Dade County, Missouri in the Cousin City Community, which was on Route 2, Greenfield, Missouri, where my Brother Gene and I when to the Mt. Zion grade school, and then to Dadeville High School in Dadeville, MO were we graduated in 1943.

From there we went into service, Gene into the Infantry and I into the Army Air Corp. After being discharged, i went to live in Watsonville, CA. where my parents were living and I went Hartnell College in Salinas, CA., and from there to San Jose State University where I graduated in 1955.

Presently, January 2008, I live in New York City, where I have lived since 1955, and for the past 40 years have lived at the same address on West 82nd, a half block from Central Park, and block from the American Museum of Natural History.

When I retired in 1990 from UNA/USA, where I worked for 23 years, I wondered what next! Music
was and still is very important to me, but who wants to hear a 65 year old singer/actor perform.

I decided to learn more about my ancestry, which at that time I knew practically nothing other than my immediate family. I purchased a "Town & County Chrysler", grabbed my camera, and took off looking for relatives of which I found many more than I expected. Visiting with them was really great and I recorded much information. I also found that cemeteries held a world of information. I loved this new adventure.

I was born May 25, 1925 on a farm in Erie, Neosho
County, Kansas. My father had to hitch up the horse and buggy to go for the Doctor. The Doctor came in his own buggy from Galesburg a few miles away. And would you believe, he only charged $25. Oh well, those were the "good Old Days". From Erie we moved to Dade County, Missouri in the Cousin City Community, which was on Route 2, Greenfield, Missouri, where my Brother Gene and I when to the Mt. Zion grade school, and then to Dadeville High School in Dadeville, MO were we graduated in 1943.

From there we went into service, Gene into the Infantry and I into the Army Air Corp. After being discharged, i went to live in Watsonville, CA. where my parents were living and I went Hartnell College in Salinas, CA., and from there to San Jose State University where I graduated in 1955.