I am surprised that Dad wasn’t baptized until he was 11 years old. I wonder why. I also wonder what church this was. It only says Plato Center.

This also was a surprise. I didn’t know Dad went to college for anything, but according to this, he went to Elgin Community College in  1959 to learn welding. I didn’t realize that ECC was part of the Elgin Public Schools either.

Dad was always willing to talk about being in the Navy, but in his later years, especially. Here is his certificate of Honorable Discharge.