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Friday, May 2, 2008

Great-Grandpa Gus

My great-grandpa was a game warden for the Texas Parks and Wildlife, and more than fifty years ago when my grandpa was a little boy, Great-grandpa Gus was shot and killed by an illegal duck poacher he was attempting to arrest.
They re-named the management area after him, and last year a new conservation center was opened at the Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area.
I never met him, but I know he was a wonderful husband and father. I look foward to seeing you in heaven Grandpa!
The Officer Down Memorial page has a page in his memory here:
http://www.odmp.org/officer/15956-game-warden-gus-a.-engeling

2 musings:

PiningForTheFjords said...

Strange to think about how life might have been different if he had not been killed. He would have really loved you if he'd been here. We can look forward to being united with him in Christ someday.
Love you,
Mom

Tricia Keierleber said...

How cool! Isn't it the best to know we will see them all again? ♥