Harold quit school in the eighth grade to go to work in the coal mines to help support his family. At the age of seventeen he joined the Army and fought in World War II and in the Korean conflict.
He married Edith Alberta Shoupe 7 March 1946. They had four children; Alberta Ann, Harold Danny, Clara Jean and Sharon Gail.
Harold was a Jack of All Trades and never met a job that he could not do; nor a person that he did not like.
On 14 January 1968, at the age of forty one years of age, Harold had a massive blood clot to his heart. Harold's loving heart stopped beating forever on that day.
Harold was buried in New Highland Cemetery on 17 January 1968; Sharon Gail, who had died as a three month old infant, lay close by.
Harold died fifty one years ago on 14 January 1968. For me the time has been short, the grief still with me every day. He was a father who was always ready for a pillow fight, a water fight or just a joke on himself or someone else that he loved. I still miss my father.
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