For those of you who knew him, I just learned yesterday of Dayton's passing on Friday morning, Feb. 14, 2014. His wife of 58 years, Betty, was at his side. I don't have a way to cross post the information from Heartvalvepatients.com, but there is more posted there.
Dayton was a real character - bigger than life. He never ran across anything he couldn't do for himself. His musings about growing up in the earlier part of the 20th century evoked my own memories of my childhood some years later. Dayton and I sometimes shared stories of the old cars we had and the miracles we had to work to keep them running.
I sort of looked up to him as the older brother I never had. Now I will have to look farther up to see him.
Our hearts go out to Betty and their family.
Dayton was a real character - bigger than life. He never ran across anything he couldn't do for himself. His musings about growing up in the earlier part of the 20th century evoked my own memories of my childhood some years later. Dayton and I sometimes shared stories of the old cars we had and the miracles we had to work to keep them running.
I sort of looked up to him as the older brother I never had. Now I will have to look farther up to see him.
Our hearts go out to Betty and their family.
