Dad - some family history notes and a little Geneology, too

Feb 07, 2009 03:41

While visiting with Mom, Dad's brother's Mike and David visited with my Mom, and helped out with my Dad, and helping with the arrangements and all the things that need to be done when someone passes away.

While my Dad was alive, he never really spoke about his own personal history, what he did before he met my Mom and such. It was a very empty feeling to know he had passed away, and I didn't know much about him growing up. I shared my feelings with Mom, Mike, and David.

As a great comfort to me, they were able to share some family history.

Dad's mom Joan
-used to ride on motorcycles
-grew up in N.Y
-met my Dad's dad in N.Y.
-was catholic
-loved to play bridge, was very good, and expert
-her Dad's last name was Pervis. Was a psychiatric nurse

Dad's dad George
-was a very tough guy growing up
-was Jewish
-was a welder before becoming career military.
-his military career started in the Army served in WW2, then he went to the Air Force after WW2. Retired as a Captain.
-changed his last name twice that Dad's brothers could remember: Dashkovitch to Dashkoff around 1966, then Dashkoff to Dash sometime after that.

Grandad to my dad was David Dubinsky

Dad himself in his youth
-used to love to do practical jokes
-drove a Prinz car (it's a tiny car like a Mini) while going to college, San Diego State University. He used to talk David into helping push start it every morning.
-served in Vietnam, and used to guard convoys as a patrol guard, was very dangerous duty.
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Mike and David Dash shared with me about growing up and being in the military a little. Mike has a good gift for crafting stories. He mentioned that when he was a young military officer, how many protocols there were.

One interesting (neat, really neat) thing I didn't know was that there are books out there, 'The Army Officers Wife' being one, that actually had spelled out all the rules for hosting parties, what to dress, what to do, when to bring gifts when invited to parties and social events, and just a wealth of protocol information.

I want to get a copy of that book, and the one for officers themselves, as I think it might be fun to know and adopt some protocols. I never have really known what the traditions are for things like being invited to dinner by a boss, or neighbor. Do I bring wine? A gift? etc. So perhaps knowing the military protocols for such things, I can adopt them into my own habits, and be a bit more 'cultured.'

geneology, dash, dad, dashkoff, 2009, family history, dashkovitch

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