Tribute to WD 90

Ensign Farnsworth

                                                                                                               I just got back from a quick trip to Utah.  I had to be there when my dad turned 90.

He is my hero.
In 2003, Andy was sworn into the Navy by my dad.  Andy graduated from Officer Candidate School later that year.  My dad pulled out his dress whites (the originals from 1940something! The same ones in the first picture when he was an Ensign.) and let me take pictures of my Ensign with his retired Captain grandpa.






                                                                                                      This is my dad standing in front of a picture of the jet he flew.  He flew off a carrier in WWII and Korea.  He was a test pilot of the F-4 Phantom jets.

 No matter how we grew up, my dad always looked the same.  He never aged.  My little brother had grey hair before my dad.

Here he is at my wedding in 1974.  He looks the same as he did in the first family picture back in 1964 in Toronto at my Uncle's graduation from medical school.

Had to throw this picture in.  It snowed 3 of the 4 days I was in Utah for Dad's birthday on April 10th.  This picture was taken in April.  Can you guess which year?  You couldn't tell by looking at Dad.  He never changes.  It was back in 1974.
I love my dad.  He was the first one to help me when I smashed my finger in the screen door in Minnesota. (My very first memory at age 2.)   I caught the measles at 5 I think.  I wasn't to let any light get in my eyes.  That meant no watching television.  There was a special program on Sunday night on Walt Disney. I just HAD to watch it with my family.  He held me on his lap in my sunglasses and covered my eyes during all the commercials.
Dad taught me how to ride a two-wheeler.  He taught me how to drive.  He taught me honesty and integrity by his example.  I always had what I needed and much of what I wanted.  There is nothing I can't talk about with my dad.  He has become a very dear friend.  I SO love you, Dad.

WD Farnsworth, 90, dancing with sister Diane, 60.