Friday, February 08, 2008

Uncle Charlie and Dad


This past Saturday my Uncle Charlie (pictured right) passed away. My Uncle Charlie and my dad found each other later in life. They did not know each other during their younger years because my dad was abandoned at birth, being left on the doorstep of Falmouth Baptist Church in Massachusetts. Later on in life the two found each other.

Reading my Uncle Charlie's obituary was interesting. Both my dad and my Uncle Charlie were navy men. The obituary stated that my dad and Uncle Charlie had a business together in the 1970s (when I was between the age of 7 and 17). Apparently they provided radio receivers to hotels and hospitals. I never knew that.