Rolland R Pieper

Rolland was and will always be my grandpa. I think his sense of humor and playfulness was his greatest virtue. I think that's what I'll remember most about him -that he was absolutely hilarious! He always wanted to bring laughter into everything he did. I can see him now: walking into a crowded restaurant scene with light-up flashing glasses and sparkly silver cowboy boots on. And then giving his famous elephant call..."ffrrreeeeeeww!!!" and everyone in the room turns their heads. He...

I remember being a child and thinking my dad was the smartest man in the world! I put him on a pedestal...I always looked up to him, as if he was infallible. Whenever I asked him a question, he always seemed to know the answer. He told me, " it is important to ask a lot of questions in life, to never stop learning."

At his core, my father believed in providing for his family...making those financial and emotional sacrifices that many men of his generation made, it defined who he...