THE THE THE- Eye Ants Vi View w BY AC C 1 The month of March has become become become be be- come a month of sadness for My Lady Fair and me It has In hi recent re- re cent years marked the death 01 of three of our our parents patents In March March 1954 1954 mother died In March 1956 Mother Mae Mac passed away And Sunday Igat my Dad died in a h hospital In Longmont Colo There Dere Is U not too much sad- sad Bewla t the the death of D Dad cL He war 88 88 yean years yean old he he had lived a foil IaU and aDd unusually Christian are a and cI alDe since sheet Mother Mothel Wed died ending 62 year yean ean of an Idyllic p. p which was waa the he e envy and Ana marvel manel of 01 all who knew hem he had lust Just been waiting around naad Dad would have loved it In Utah when he was younger He was was was-a a cattle man from start to finish He Introduced some some of the earlier methods of feed tot fattening He could guess the weight of a steer within 15 pounds and he didn't believe in n betting He was unhappy away from the a smell men of cattle When ui they the thevis y visited visited vis vis- lt d us In the city he disappeared for six Ix hours one day We thought J he e was was lost but he turned up happy he hippy h he had been at the stock I stockyards stock stock- yards yards yards-IN IN IN the stockyards My Dad was the har work hardest ing man I ever knew Our family family fam fam- ily axiom is This will never do It was was Dads Dad's remark to signal thed the end d of oi any rest period We all aWl un use it He e was a perfect specimen He could perform perform perform per per- form teats feats of strength at his tf which lt younger bigger area Ma found impossible His only relaxation and hobby was reading Be lie was from the old line Une of 01 I Presbyterians which was too at elto to be true When I was Val man mall we could read nothing but the Elbe Bible on Sabbath No cards card In inthe the house bouse Hired men men were were Fred fired f for loJ o r sw swearing ng Family payer rayer eJ every morning mostly morning mostly I II I 1 remember for salvation of nay any y one who was not a a. a good I i I Iy Presbyterian lie He melt mellowed wed In later years yean br became ame broadminded broad- broad I minded but minded but never liberal e lie was very very proud of his Childrens Children's attainments and quick to defend their shortcomings He had a very good tenor and he I and and Mother loved to ro sing er They They even sang a duet at atthe the their r sixtieth wedding anniversary ary ary to the delight of a huge crowd of open open open-hous-e visitors He loved to ride in airplanes and always got airsick air He covered most of his food foed with a solid layer of black pepPer pepper I was the youngest of of six kids and probably probably probably ably got to to know him him best beet Oh he was was human human very He had a vicious temper and he would would and and nd COULD COUL COULD fight He had an Itchy foot and moved to the far horizons too often to pile pileup up any Important worldly goods He lie had days of of Intense melan melan- choly What What well weD always remember the best beat I think Is the beautiful ful IW romance In which he and aDd Mother lived for fol 62 IZ years yean They set et an almost Impossible example ex ex- ample They never quarreled Without her ber he didn't want to live How can ean we be sad lad that he be Is le dead Mac dead f Mae