Sometimes a video is just too precious not to
share. The family has talked about this scene
many times. When Cleo's name is mentioned this
scene is always mentioned.
Cleo was a very special kind of man. He never
saw a kid that didn't fall in love with him at
their first meeting. He would always take them
for a ride if the tractor would start and in
an earlier time he let them ride the horses,
always there to protect them of course.
Cleo never married and he stayed on the family
farm until he passed. Cleo was in his early
80's when he died. He fought in the Second
World War and got severe frost bite on his
feet at the "Battle of the Bulge" and had to
be carried to some of his battles. He had
Diabetes an could have lost his feet during
that time. Cleo smoked "roll your own" cigarettes
until he was 70, then quit cold turkey. the
damage had been done so he wore an oxygen
tube, starting when he was in his 80's.
Cleo had some of the best honey in the county
and would use it if he took too much insulin.
He was a small man in stature but a Giant
of a man where it counted. He helped take
care of his mother and a couple of his brothers.
In all the years that I knew him I never heard
a bad word spoken of him. Cleo is missed, God
speed Cleo. Socratease8
