Last Friday, Sept 11th 2009 my dad died. He was in Armenia pursuing his true love, my mom. Through her work to find her ancestors he made a selfless decision and left it all behind to scour the hillsides of Turkey and Armenia. He did not speak any of the languages there, and knew not where to go or where to start, yet he endured all these frustrations with that entrepreneurial spirit that led this man who sold rockets to get his masters and while there, helped invent the first man made diamond machine (tetrahedral press).
Dad left his comfortable job at Port-a-Pit and started Pro-Pit with a loan from Orange National Bank, and turned into a cash cow. He bought a few trailer loads of scrap metal parts and turned that into a world class window film company. Dad produced movies, made jewelry, sculptures, and was a faithful man in the gospel.
Dad officially died of a heart attack, although we all know now it was a broken heart, for his true love, Liz. The pain he felt missing her, the heartache he felt for his awareness of his relationship with her was joyous and painful all wrapped into one. How blessed we are to have such a great man as our Father.
The police took him to the morgue and the notified the consulate. Since they still had contact info in their database from mom’s sudden departure, they called Mara straight away.
We are working on more info. Funeral is in the planning stages as we are still trying to extract him from Yerevan, Armenia. Thank you all for your love, thoughts, and prayers.
Dave, Leilani and family
Dad left his comfortable job at Port-a-Pit and started Pro-Pit with a loan from Orange National Bank, and turned into a cash cow. He bought a few trailer loads of scrap metal parts and turned that into a world class window film company. Dad produced movies, made jewelry, sculptures, and was a faithful man in the gospel.
Dad officially died of a heart attack, although we all know now it was a broken heart, for his true love, Liz. The pain he felt missing her, the heartache he felt for his awareness of his relationship with her was joyous and painful all wrapped into one. How blessed we are to have such a great man as our Father.
The police took him to the morgue and the notified the consulate. Since they still had contact info in their database from mom’s sudden departure, they called Mara straight away.
We are working on more info. Funeral is in the planning stages as we are still trying to extract him from Yerevan, Armenia. Thank you all for your love, thoughts, and prayers.
Dave, Leilani and family
2 comments:
We are so sorry to hear of the passing of your dad.
WE love you ,and cry with you.
Let us know whats going on. We love
Terry & Cheryl
Dave, I am sorry to hear this news. I am happy for him though that he is now "with his true love". Hope the funeral goes well and know that our love and prayers are with you.
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