To: Mom-Mom <mmteeple@verizon.net>
Date: May 29, 2014 2:30 PM
Subject: Remembering Pop-Pop
Hi Mom-Mom,
Today I sat next to you on Grammy's lap for Pop-Pop's Military Funeral Honors. We huddled under a tent as it rained gently and I watched in awe as the honor detail folded and presented you with the American flag. We sat still through the playing of Taps and even I was quiet and mesmerized.
Pop-Pop was born in Detroit Michigan on May 14, 1922. He was born to Kenneth and Harriett Teeple who moved their family to Baltimore when Pop-Pop was 13, after Kenneth accepted a position with the US Fidelity and Guarantee Corporation.
You and Pop-Pop married at 19 and four months later he enlisted in the Navy. He served our country for four years in the Mediterranean Invasions. He was on his way to the Pacific when World War II was declared over and he returned home.
You had four children (in 6 years!) and Pop-Pop faithfully worked for Baltimore Gas and Electric for 40 years. You eventually became the proud Grandparents to 8 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.
Pop-Pop loved to travel and was an active member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was creative and funny, and enjoyed wood carving and building things. You spent your summers in Ocean City where he meticulously cared for his Grady White, appropriately named "My Dream". Daddy fondly remembers learning how to crab, fish, water ski and cruising the Assawoman Bay aboard the Grady with Pop-Pop. We loved Pop-Pop dearly and will miss him.
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