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Donald James Wickwire
January 29, 1921 - June 17, 2007
Visiting NYC while in the military during WWII
Worked for Corning Glass Works and he was an engineer during & prior to the early days of telecommunication at General Electric, Weston Instrument Company, & Digitronics. I also thought of him as a farmer since he kept a large garden in the small north central New York rural town where we owned 50 acres.
Age 84, retired in Florida.
He died in his sleep in his easy chair in his home where he lived with his son (my brother). He had 5 children (4 daughters), 17 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren.
January 29, 1921 - June 17, 2007
Visiting NYC while in the military during WWII
Worked for Corning Glass Works and he was an engineer during & prior to the early days of telecommunication at General Electric, Weston Instrument Company, & Digitronics. I also thought of him as a farmer since he kept a large garden in the small north central New York rural town where we owned 50 acres.
Age 84, retired in Florida.
He died in his sleep in his easy chair in his home where he lived with his son (my brother). He had 5 children (4 daughters), 17 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren.
Condolences
On the other hand, you may find you have not lost him at all. It has been nearly 18 years since my father died. He still visits me in his dreams, a handsome, vigorous man in the prime of life. And I find myself sometimes talking to him. Nothing mystic-tristic. No angels or ghosts. Just a connection that cannot be broken.
Peace,
Patrick
An Awesome Grandpa
I hope that I can display at least a few of the outstanding characteristics that my Grandpa showed to me, and have half the personality that he had. I know that my children and even their children, would benefit endlessly from the mark that my Grandpa left on me.
Even though this time is sad, I know that my Grandpa would not have wanted us to be so focused on his death, but rather on the life that is still here and going on around us. He was a very thankful man, that had a beautiful way of seeing the things that we have been blessed with in this life, instead of focusing on the things we are without.
From a grandson that is appreciative beyond words for the parts of your life that you gave up for me and the things that you have taught me, I love you Grandpa, you will be missed...... -Josh
Re: An Awesome Grandpa
That's a very special reply. When I create a real web site for him, I'd like to copy this message into it. Did you create a LiveJournal account just to be able to leave this memory? It would be nice to have more such memories, so I'll try to create a guest book for people to leave memories when I create the site.
I just got back from a week on the west coast, so I have some things to get out of the way before I can do that.
- Aunt Joyce