35 years of Marriage Below is a celebration of my Father & Mother Honoring the vows of their Marriage. Here is to the Both of you!. Our Father went on April 30th, 2004, due to a long fight with Lung Cancer. We were all able to be with our father when he departed from this earth. We are very proud of the Country we live in. We are very proud that our father served his country through the Air Force. An amazing mechanic he became, fixing every thing from my bike as a young boy to my first car as a young man. I will miss his knowledge greatly and I hope to have learned a portion of his greatness.