Dory and Francis, hours after his birth

Francis Aaron Van Bockel

Friday January 27, 2006

2:42pm

7 lbs 9 ozs

20.5 inches 

Group Photo

 

"Uncle Aaron"

Aaron, Sara, and of course, Francis 

I'm Thrilled!

I hope I'm a good uncle for Francis. 

Cute little guy

 

Proud Grandma...

 

Cristina likes babies.

Cristina was enthralled with him. 

Welcome Francis Aaron

A beautiful, healthy, young man.

Congratulations Dory and Jeb! 

Dr. David T. Hellyer, In Memory

1913-2006

It was an honor to have been a part of his life.


Below will be some links to Uncle David's obituary and some of the articles and such that have appeared recently:

Obituary

Article in the Tacoma Tribune

Article in the Seattle P.I.

Article in the Eatonville News (scroll down).

Op-Ed in the Tacoma Tribune

Letter to the Editor in the Tacoma Tribune

Message from the Northwest Trek Foundation

Message from Northwest Trek

David and Connie's 2003 Washington State Senate Resolution, acknowledging their contributions to the State of Washingon

There were also mentions of Uncle David on NPR and local TV stations

The Model Train Extravaganza

Annual event at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma.

The sun even came out.

 

David scooting into the Covered Bridge

Look how full the Gray's River is. It rained 14 inches the week leading up to Christmas. 

Christmas in Gray's River

Grandma and Grandpa in their present distribution garb

New Scooter

Looks like David was a good boy this year. 

Stockings: My favorite part

 

Twas the night before Christmas....

David, Abo, and Taryn.
I love this picture 

Christmas Eve at the Malm's. A present orgy!

 

Margo and Cristina

Margo just turned 1 too. 

That was good!

Que rico! 

Iliana y Monica repartiendo el pastel

Mmmm.... 

David and our friend Jimmy

Nice flower Jim! 

This is how a 1 year old eats cake

Very dainty... 

Beautiful Cake

 

That's Mine?

 

Queremos Pastel

Cake Time