Father's Day |
Third Sunday in June
"Can you think of anything as magnificent
~ from Love at Home ~ Starring Father (1976) |
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The Father of Girls When you’re the father of boys, Words and Music by Ervin M. Drake, 1967 |
Sunday, June 20, 1982 | ||
"My father didn't tell me
how to live.
~ Clarence Buddington Kelland |
400 Elm Street Hillsboro, MO 63050 |
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Brent - age 10; Lewis - age 11; Nathaniel -
age 2; Paul - almost 39; Joshua - age 5; Randolph - age 8 |
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"A girl's father is the
first man in her life, ~ David Jeremiah |
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"A father's calling is eternal,
and its importance transcends time." – Ezra Taft Benson |
Sunday, June 17, 1990 | |
501 Hillsboro Street Taylor Springs, IL 62089 |
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marvelicious.com/fathersday.html | ||
http://our.homewithgod.com/bunny /ohmypapa.html |
Brent - age 18; Paul - almost 47; Adrienne - almost 3; Randolph - age 16; Nathaniel - age 10;
Joshua - age 13; Dale - age 6; Lewis - age 19 |
The bottom photograph was taken on the morning of our
Our family was asked to give all the talks in church that morning. As the song progressed, Lewis began to choke up.
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Love Is Spoken Here I see my mother kneeling with our family each day. I can often feel the Savior near Words and Music by Janice Kapp Perry, 1980 |
Oh, My Papa
Oh, my papa,
to me he was so wonderful,
Music by
Paul
Burkhard for a 1939
musical called Der Schwarze Hecht |
One of the
hardest things I've ever been asked to do was to sing "Oh, My Papa" at the funeral of a close friend several days before Father's Day of 1981. To make matters worse, I was several weeks pregnant, and in my case that meant that my emotions were extremely fragile.
(If you're doing
the math and wondering which child this might The main
reason this was such a difficult thing for me to do, - 06/20/04 |
"Oh, My Papa" lyrics and midi courtesy of http://www.redsal.com/papa.htm - 06/20/04