That evening we were all gathered outside for dinner (we always ate outside because their house was too small to hold us all). During the evening, someone commented that Grandpa Hurst had made a new flycatcher and how effective it was. Grandpa Hurst spoke right up and said he couldn't have done it without me. There are no words to describe how I felt when he said that. I hope I can make everyone around me feel just that good every day of my life.
Knowing my great grandparents makes me one of the lucky ones. My great grandfather and great grandmother were George and Mary Hurst. My grandfather and grandmother were Lynn and Inez Rogerson. My father was William LeRoy Conant and my mother is Phyllis Colter. I have one brother, William LeRoy Conant, Jr. and one sister, Inez Dale. I am the youngest, born in Ft. Richardson, Alaska, December 31, 1946, in the hall of the hospital on an unsanitary gurney.
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