Veteran Vietnam, Electricians Mate & Farmer. He exited this life due to Covid 19. His heritage includes Cherokee, Dutch, English, German, Irish, Scotch & Swiss. He graduated from Conotton Valley High School. He'd worked in his Dad's auto repair shop before enlisting in the Navy where he chose to be stationed out of San Diego, CA. There he completed his E School training, graduating honors man of his class! He served on the USS Lynde McCormick, a destroyer, enlisting 30 Oct 1962-22 Nov 1966 as Expeditionary & National Defense Service in Vietnam. He spoke of going up the Tokyo Tower & visiting Disney Land while on liberty.
In his car travels he would yodel. One tune was tailored as: as the dust mop goes rolling along (The Army Song).
Ice cream was his favorite. He would split a half gallon of vanilla ice cream on a hot summer's day on the way to or from Carrollton. At the Harding homeplace at a reunion he assisted in making homemade ice cream, churning it in an ice bath. He also enjoyed strawberry flavor as well. He loved his pies once eating 1/2 of a pie with pumpkin and apple his most favored. His favorite meals were his soups he'd make, heavy in vegetables always including celery, carrots & onions with a piece of meat or mashed potatoes & gravy with a squirrel or other game meat. He loved to hunt. Plenty of rabbit and deer, when in season, were consumed. Some of the pictures show his prized captures. He did his share of trapping and would sell the furs of fox, mink and other various animals. He would always say that the first thing to come out, before putting the garden in, was taking the meat out of it. He raised the most fabulous gardens. His last planting he raised a garden full of beans that we'd picked & ate. The next and following years he raised 8 foot poke berry plants with no effort. He raised over 40 kinds of beans & recently could name nearly all of them. He made hay each year, making 1st, 2nd & 3rd cuttings and raised & baled alfalfa. He sold some of the hay, but most he stored in his barns. He was a fisherman too, canning dozens of fish he'd caught & sharing his bounty with others. He lived life very practically, living and eating off of the land as his Cherokee ancestry came through. He was a farmer in addition to the jobs he'd had. He loved taking care of his sheep. He would tell anyone willing to listen, the stories of how his sheep would, after being born, would be growing so fast he'd feed them selenium to keep them from having heart failure. He shore his own sheep as well as others. He fed them with the corn he'd husked by hand. Every couple of days he had to get corn ground to feed them as part of the mix. He nurtured these sheep, clipping their nails, giving them shots for de-worming, to even on one cold winter, bringing babies into our house to remain over the warm registers as we hand nursed them from old glass pop bottles we'd stick a black nipple on to feed warmed milk. One very cold day when school was cancelled for low temperature, the sheep still had to be fed. When Bill came in, he had a nose sickle! On one good year he raised and brought up to weight 300 head of sheep! Lamb and fried mutton were consumed. One day he bought a hog and butchered it, ground his own meat making homemade sausage. There was a time where he had goats for fresh goat milk as 1 child could not drink cows milk. Fresh butter, cheese curd were made & milk was drank. We enjoyed feeding the goats apples & part of the locust tree they couldn't reach. He had chickens for a number of years as well. The year of the locusts, we captured locusts and fed these to the chickens as they eat anything thrown at them. Many chickens were eaten as he'd handled all the butchering & de-feathering. The eggs were fresh, as well as selling some at the auction. The auction was a weekly event. Bill would buy beef jerky sticks at the auction enjoyed by all. He would gather walnuts, dry them and crack them to extract the nut meats. He gathered various fruits and berries from the trees that grew on his properties for canning & pie or dessert making. For a number of years he would pick strawberries with many Amish families, until a chemical spill ruined the fields he picked.
He worked for his Dad at Harding's Garage, for Napa of Carrollton and for Dover Molded. He'd cut pulpwood from pine trees selling this in Coshocton.
He was also very philanthropic donating to the various causes he believed in. A few he most helped were American Bible Society, Help Heal Veterans, Disabled Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans, Nora Lam Intl, Judicial Watch, Boys Town, 40 Days for Life, St Jude, Smile Train & St. Labre Indian School to name a few.
He loved to shop, especially at Aldi's & DrugMart, buying at the lowest prices. If he saw a lady in a dress he'd always pay them a compliment as he told them he'd never met an unfriendly lady in a dress, including the Amish & Mennonite.
His chosen religion was Church of God. There he had terrific friendships, considering some as family. He read his Bible daily. He enjoyed frequenting the library to read books by Wanda Brunstetter. He thoroughly read the newspapers and all the mailings he'd received.
He was an avid collector of many things. A favorite pastime was picking & collecting 4 leaf clovers. As he walked around the neighborhood, he lost many spoons from his pockets. He would re-use, recycle, and fix broken items. He believed in burning his trash to reduce it to the lowest common denominator.
He didn't have much free time in his peak years, but did take enough time to play checkers. In his later years he loved watching movies on his VCR player, then later on ME TV, particularly Gilligan's Island, Hogan's Heros, Mash, Andy Griffith & Carol Burnett. His most beloved movie was China Cry. As for music he listened to Country. He enjoyed listening to radio shows including Fibber McGee & Molly, the Shadow & "Rushie".
While he may not have gotten everything done that he'd wished, he lived life richly in the manner he felt fit.
Home is the sailor
Far and wide were his travels,
Full and rich his life
Restless as the sea,
Alive as the Earth.
In his car travels he would yodel. One tune was tailored as: as the dust mop goes rolling along (The Army Song).
Ice cream was his favorite. He would split a half gallon of vanilla ice cream on a hot summer's day on the way to or from Carrollton. At the Harding homeplace at a reunion he assisted in making homemade ice cream, churning it in an ice bath. He also enjoyed strawberry flavor as well. He loved his pies once eating 1/2 of a pie with pumpkin and apple his most favored. His favorite meals were his soups he'd make, heavy in vegetables always including celery, carrots & onions with a piece of meat or mashed potatoes & gravy with a squirrel or other game meat. He loved to hunt. Plenty of rabbit and deer, when in season, were consumed. Some of the pictures show his prized captures. He did his share of trapping and would sell the furs of fox, mink and other various animals. He would always say that the first thing to come out, before putting the garden in, was taking the meat out of it. He raised the most fabulous gardens. His last planting he raised a garden full of beans that we'd picked & ate. The next and following years he raised 8 foot poke berry plants with no effort. He raised over 40 kinds of beans & recently could name nearly all of them. He made hay each year, making 1st, 2nd & 3rd cuttings and raised & baled alfalfa. He sold some of the hay, but most he stored in his barns. He was a fisherman too, canning dozens of fish he'd caught & sharing his bounty with others. He lived life very practically, living and eating off of the land as his Cherokee ancestry came through. He was a farmer in addition to the jobs he'd had. He loved taking care of his sheep. He would tell anyone willing to listen, the stories of how his sheep would, after being born, would be growing so fast he'd feed them selenium to keep them from having heart failure. He shore his own sheep as well as others. He fed them with the corn he'd husked by hand. Every couple of days he had to get corn ground to feed them as part of the mix. He nurtured these sheep, clipping their nails, giving them shots for de-worming, to even on one cold winter, bringing babies into our house to remain over the warm registers as we hand nursed them from old glass pop bottles we'd stick a black nipple on to feed warmed milk. One very cold day when school was cancelled for low temperature, the sheep still had to be fed. When Bill came in, he had a nose sickle! On one good year he raised and brought up to weight 300 head of sheep! Lamb and fried mutton were consumed. One day he bought a hog and butchered it, ground his own meat making homemade sausage. There was a time where he had goats for fresh goat milk as 1 child could not drink cows milk. Fresh butter, cheese curd were made & milk was drank. We enjoyed feeding the goats apples & part of the locust tree they couldn't reach. He had chickens for a number of years as well. The year of the locusts, we captured locusts and fed these to the chickens as they eat anything thrown at them. Many chickens were eaten as he'd handled all the butchering & de-feathering. The eggs were fresh, as well as selling some at the auction. The auction was a weekly event. Bill would buy beef jerky sticks at the auction enjoyed by all. He would gather walnuts, dry them and crack them to extract the nut meats. He gathered various fruits and berries from the trees that grew on his properties for canning & pie or dessert making. For a number of years he would pick strawberries with many Amish families, until a chemical spill ruined the fields he picked.
He worked for his Dad at Harding's Garage, for Napa of Carrollton and for Dover Molded. He'd cut pulpwood from pine trees selling this in Coshocton.
He was also very philanthropic donating to the various causes he believed in. A few he most helped were American Bible Society, Help Heal Veterans, Disabled Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans, Nora Lam Intl, Judicial Watch, Boys Town, 40 Days for Life, St Jude, Smile Train & St. Labre Indian School to name a few.
He loved to shop, especially at Aldi's & DrugMart, buying at the lowest prices. If he saw a lady in a dress he'd always pay them a compliment as he told them he'd never met an unfriendly lady in a dress, including the Amish & Mennonite.
His chosen religion was Church of God. There he had terrific friendships, considering some as family. He read his Bible daily. He enjoyed frequenting the library to read books by Wanda Brunstetter. He thoroughly read the newspapers and all the mailings he'd received.
He was an avid collector of many things. A favorite pastime was picking & collecting 4 leaf clovers. As he walked around the neighborhood, he lost many spoons from his pockets. He would re-use, recycle, and fix broken items. He believed in burning his trash to reduce it to the lowest common denominator.
He didn't have much free time in his peak years, but did take enough time to play checkers. In his later years he loved watching movies on his VCR player, then later on ME TV, particularly Gilligan's Island, Hogan's Heros, Mash, Andy Griffith & Carol Burnett. His most beloved movie was China Cry. As for music he listened to Country. He enjoyed listening to radio shows including Fibber McGee & Molly, the Shadow & "Rushie".
While he may not have gotten everything done that he'd wished, he lived life richly in the manner he felt fit.
Home is the sailor
Far and wide were his travels,
Full and rich his life
Restless as the sea,
Alive as the Earth.
Veteran Vietnam, Electricians Mate & Farmer. He exited this life due to Covid 19. His heritage includes Cherokee, Dutch, English, German, Irish, Scotch & Swiss. He graduated from Conotton Valley High School. He'd worked in his Dad's auto repair shop before enlisting in the Navy where he chose to be stationed out of San Diego, CA. There he completed his E School training, graduating honors man of his class! He served on the USS Lynde McCormick, a destroyer, enlisting 30 Oct 1962-22 Nov 1966 as Expeditionary & National Defense Service in Vietnam. He spoke of going up the Tokyo Tower & visiting Disney Land while on liberty.
In his car travels he would yodel. One tune was tailored as: as the dust mop goes rolling along (The Army Song).
Ice cream was his favorite. He would split a half gallon of vanilla ice cream on a hot summer's day on the way to or from Carrollton. At the Harding homeplace at a reunion he assisted in making homemade ice cream, churning it in an ice bath. He also enjoyed strawberry flavor as well. He loved his pies once eating 1/2 of a pie with pumpkin and apple his most favored. His favorite meals were his soups he'd make, heavy in vegetables always including celery, carrots & onions with a piece of meat or mashed potatoes & gravy with a squirrel or other game meat. He loved to hunt. Plenty of rabbit and deer, when in season, were consumed. Some of the pictures show his prized captures. He did his share of trapping and would sell the furs of fox, mink and other various animals. He would always say that the first thing to come out, before putting the garden in, was taking the meat out of it. He raised the most fabulous gardens. His last planting he raised a garden full of beans that we'd picked & ate. The next and following years he raised 8 foot poke berry plants with no effort. He raised over 40 kinds of beans & recently could name nearly all of them. He made hay each year, making 1st, 2nd & 3rd cuttings and raised & baled alfalfa. He sold some of the hay, but most he stored in his barns. He was a fisherman too, canning dozens of fish he'd caught & sharing his bounty with others. He lived life very practically, living and eating off of the land as his Cherokee ancestry came through. He was a farmer in addition to the jobs he'd had. He loved taking care of his sheep. He would tell anyone willing to listen, the stories of how his sheep would, after being born, would be growing so fast he'd feed them selenium to keep them from having heart failure. He shore his own sheep as well as others. He fed them with the corn he'd husked by hand. Every couple of days he had to get corn ground to feed them as part of the mix. He nurtured these sheep, clipping their nails, giving them shots for de-worming, to even on one cold winter, bringing babies into our house to remain over the warm registers as we hand nursed them from old glass pop bottles we'd stick a black nipple on to feed warmed milk. One very cold day when school was cancelled for low temperature, the sheep still had to be fed. When Bill came in, he had a nose sickle! On one good year he raised and brought up to weight 300 head of sheep! Lamb and fried mutton were consumed. One day he bought a hog and butchered it, ground his own meat making homemade sausage. There was a time where he had goats for fresh goat milk as 1 child could not drink cows milk. Fresh butter, cheese curd were made & milk was drank. We enjoyed feeding the goats apples & part of the locust tree they couldn't reach. He had chickens for a number of years as well. The year of the locusts, we captured locusts and fed these to the chickens as they eat anything thrown at them. Many chickens were eaten as he'd handled all the butchering & de-feathering. The eggs were fresh, as well as selling some at the auction. The auction was a weekly event. Bill would buy beef jerky sticks at the auction enjoyed by all. He would gather walnuts, dry them and crack them to extract the nut meats. He gathered various fruits and berries from the trees that grew on his properties for canning & pie or dessert making. For a number of years he would pick strawberries with many Amish families, until a chemical spill ruined the fields he picked.
He worked for his Dad at Harding's Garage, for Napa of Carrollton and for Dover Molded. He'd cut pulpwood from pine trees selling this in Coshocton.
He was also very philanthropic donating to the various causes he believed in. A few he most helped were American Bible Society, Help Heal Veterans, Disabled Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans, Nora Lam Intl, Judicial Watch, Boys Town, 40 Days for Life, St Jude, Smile Train & St. Labre Indian School to name a few.
He loved to shop, especially at Aldi's & DrugMart, buying at the lowest prices. If he saw a lady in a dress he'd always pay them a compliment as he told them he'd never met an unfriendly lady in a dress, including the Amish & Mennonite.
His chosen religion was Church of God. There he had terrific friendships, considering some as family. He read his Bible daily. He enjoyed frequenting the library to read books by Wanda Brunstetter. He thoroughly read the newspapers and all the mailings he'd received.
He was an avid collector of many things. A favorite pastime was picking & collecting 4 leaf clovers. As he walked around the neighborhood, he lost many spoons from his pockets. He would re-use, recycle, and fix broken items. He believed in burning his trash to reduce it to the lowest common denominator.
He didn't have much free time in his peak years, but did take enough time to play checkers. In his later years he loved watching movies on his VCR player, then later on ME TV, particularly Gilligan's Island, Hogan's Heros, Mash, Andy Griffith & Carol Burnett. His most beloved movie was China Cry. As for music he listened to Country. He enjoyed listening to radio shows including Fibber McGee & Molly, the Shadow & "Rushie".
While he may not have gotten everything done that he'd wished, he lived life richly in the manner he felt fit.
Home is the sailor
Far and wide were his travels,
Full and rich his life
Restless as the sea,
Alive as the Earth.
In his car travels he would yodel. One tune was tailored as: as the dust mop goes rolling along (The Army Song).
Ice cream was his favorite. He would split a half gallon of vanilla ice cream on a hot summer's day on the way to or from Carrollton. At the Harding homeplace at a reunion he assisted in making homemade ice cream, churning it in an ice bath. He also enjoyed strawberry flavor as well. He loved his pies once eating 1/2 of a pie with pumpkin and apple his most favored. His favorite meals were his soups he'd make, heavy in vegetables always including celery, carrots & onions with a piece of meat or mashed potatoes & gravy with a squirrel or other game meat. He loved to hunt. Plenty of rabbit and deer, when in season, were consumed. Some of the pictures show his prized captures. He did his share of trapping and would sell the furs of fox, mink and other various animals. He would always say that the first thing to come out, before putting the garden in, was taking the meat out of it. He raised the most fabulous gardens. His last planting he raised a garden full of beans that we'd picked & ate. The next and following years he raised 8 foot poke berry plants with no effort. He raised over 40 kinds of beans & recently could name nearly all of them. He made hay each year, making 1st, 2nd & 3rd cuttings and raised & baled alfalfa. He sold some of the hay, but most he stored in his barns. He was a fisherman too, canning dozens of fish he'd caught & sharing his bounty with others. He lived life very practically, living and eating off of the land as his Cherokee ancestry came through. He was a farmer in addition to the jobs he'd had. He loved taking care of his sheep. He would tell anyone willing to listen, the stories of how his sheep would, after being born, would be growing so fast he'd feed them selenium to keep them from having heart failure. He shore his own sheep as well as others. He fed them with the corn he'd husked by hand. Every couple of days he had to get corn ground to feed them as part of the mix. He nurtured these sheep, clipping their nails, giving them shots for de-worming, to even on one cold winter, bringing babies into our house to remain over the warm registers as we hand nursed them from old glass pop bottles we'd stick a black nipple on to feed warmed milk. One very cold day when school was cancelled for low temperature, the sheep still had to be fed. When Bill came in, he had a nose sickle! On one good year he raised and brought up to weight 300 head of sheep! Lamb and fried mutton were consumed. One day he bought a hog and butchered it, ground his own meat making homemade sausage. There was a time where he had goats for fresh goat milk as 1 child could not drink cows milk. Fresh butter, cheese curd were made & milk was drank. We enjoyed feeding the goats apples & part of the locust tree they couldn't reach. He had chickens for a number of years as well. The year of the locusts, we captured locusts and fed these to the chickens as they eat anything thrown at them. Many chickens were eaten as he'd handled all the butchering & de-feathering. The eggs were fresh, as well as selling some at the auction. The auction was a weekly event. Bill would buy beef jerky sticks at the auction enjoyed by all. He would gather walnuts, dry them and crack them to extract the nut meats. He gathered various fruits and berries from the trees that grew on his properties for canning & pie or dessert making. For a number of years he would pick strawberries with many Amish families, until a chemical spill ruined the fields he picked.
He worked for his Dad at Harding's Garage, for Napa of Carrollton and for Dover Molded. He'd cut pulpwood from pine trees selling this in Coshocton.
He was also very philanthropic donating to the various causes he believed in. A few he most helped were American Bible Society, Help Heal Veterans, Disabled Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans, Nora Lam Intl, Judicial Watch, Boys Town, 40 Days for Life, St Jude, Smile Train & St. Labre Indian School to name a few.
He loved to shop, especially at Aldi's & DrugMart, buying at the lowest prices. If he saw a lady in a dress he'd always pay them a compliment as he told them he'd never met an unfriendly lady in a dress, including the Amish & Mennonite.
His chosen religion was Church of God. There he had terrific friendships, considering some as family. He read his Bible daily. He enjoyed frequenting the library to read books by Wanda Brunstetter. He thoroughly read the newspapers and all the mailings he'd received.
He was an avid collector of many things. A favorite pastime was picking & collecting 4 leaf clovers. As he walked around the neighborhood, he lost many spoons from his pockets. He would re-use, recycle, and fix broken items. He believed in burning his trash to reduce it to the lowest common denominator.
He didn't have much free time in his peak years, but did take enough time to play checkers. In his later years he loved watching movies on his VCR player, then later on ME TV, particularly Gilligan's Island, Hogan's Heros, Mash, Andy Griffith & Carol Burnett. His most beloved movie was China Cry. As for music he listened to Country. He enjoyed listening to radio shows including Fibber McGee & Molly, the Shadow & "Rushie".
While he may not have gotten everything done that he'd wished, he lived life richly in the manner he felt fit.
Home is the sailor
Far and wide were his travels,
Full and rich his life
Restless as the sea,
Alive as the Earth.
