Dad's Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD.
My Dad, Raymond Marks L’Amoreaux, was born in Hillsdale, Michigan, 118 years ago today! Happy Birthday Dad! He was born at home, on a Thursday, January 23, 1890 - the seventh of nine siblings. I wonder what else happened of importance on that day?
He spent his whole career working for the New York Central Railroad. He liked sports - and was a good sport. He had a sense of humor which I enjoyed. He was a pleasure to be around. He was a good bowler. He was a good musician - plating both the violin and the e-flat horn - (a sound similar to the French horn). He liked to garden. In Hillsdale, he had a large garden and raised many different kinds of vegetables.
He died on December 21, 1963 in Ann Arbor, - a month after President John Kennedy was assassinated. He was only 73 - young by today’s death statistics. The following Christmas was the saddest of my life. He was always very supportive of me. I know that he was proud of me, and loved me, even though I never heard him speak these words.