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06
Jan

Remembering a Good, Decent, Hardworking Man

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Meet my grandfather Robert. He born in 1900 and was part of a generation that lived through two World Wars and a Great Depression and other hardships as well. Quiet, reserved and even tempered, he was respectful of others and a generous giver of his time to whomever was in need. A farmer, machinist, gunsmith, […]

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07
May

An Old Portrait of a Grand Lady, My Matriarch

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My mother, a grand lady in so many subtle ways. Mary Locke Davis Swayngim, 5-13-30 to 5-4-2014. She was our matriarch and here she is before she married the love of her life, a lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, Don. They met in Albuquerque, NM. She was a graduating co-ed from UNM, he was […]

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