Thursday, November 16, 2006

"A Father's Legacy: Personal Portrait"

Years ago Darryl and I gave our dads a book called, "A Father's Legacy."  It is like a journal that you just fill in each page.  Every page has different questions that you write about.  Dad never wrote in the book until after his first surgery.  I snagged the book and I'm going to rewrite them in here.  There are a lot of grammatical errors (due to his mental state following his surgery) but I don't want to change it too much.  The first couple pages are called "Personal Portrait."  I'm leaving out any questions he didn't respond to.  Here is what he wrote:
  • YOUR FULL GIVEN NAME: Dahl LeRue Brown
  • YOUR PLACE OF BIRTH: Salina Hospital(now the Senior Center)
  • YOUR MOTHER'S FULL NAME: LeNea Elna Delange
  • YOUR FATHER'S FULL NAME: Dennis LeRue Brown
  • THE PLACE AND DATE OF HIS BIRTH: May 6, 1911- Box Creek
  • THE NAMES OF YOUR PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Ebenezier Corneleus Brown (Eb Brown)
  • THE NAMES OF YOUR MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Joseph Frank DeLange,  Rhoda Ann Bagley
  • THE NAMES OF YOUR SIBLINGS: Carolyn, Melvin, Marva Ann, Gwen, Ross, Lajune, Lajuana, Vivian, Connie.
  • THE DATE AND PLACE OF YOUR MARRIAGE: St. George Temple Dec. 29, 1967
  • THE FULL GIVEN NAME OF YOUR WIFE: Elaine Munson
  • THE NAMES AND BIRTH DATES OF YOUR CHILDREN: Wayne July 24, 1971; Warren April 14, 1973; Lisa April 2, 1975; Jennifer September 24, 1979
  • WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SPORT: Fishing and football
  • WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK: Book of Mormon
  • WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LEISURE ACTIVITY: Going to BYU games with Elaine
  • WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DESSERT: Ice Cream
  • WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR: John Grisham
  • WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BIBLE VERSE: 1Corinthians 11:1
  • WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HYMN OR SONG: I Stand All Amazed
  • WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE VACATION SPOT: Fish Lake
  • WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TYPE OF FOOD: Chinese
  • WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Jazz, Any BYU

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