Butch, uh I mean Uncle Jon

This is Dad's older brother, Jon. Dad always called him Butch, until his wife said, "His name is Jon." Well, that was the end to that tradition. Dad and his brother were always very close growing up. (Jon just told me that he and Dad never went to the same school) It sounded like they had a lot of adventures. One time Dad was climbing a tree and it was time to go. So Jon said, "Jump down." Dad did. Then he threw up on the neighbor boy's shoes because it was a far jump and it hurt so bad when Dad landed. But then they ran off and continued to play.

Dad's dad (and his dad)were civil engineers and so was Jon. My dad is an electrical engineer. He always wanted one of his girls to be an engineer, but he is still proud of us. Maybe Sam will carry on the tradition.