Edmond Emmanuel LaCasse III

Edmond E. La Casse lll, Our Father was Born May 6, 1930 to Janet and Edmond E. La Casse ll in Seattle Washington. His parents were on the way from Vancouver B.C. where they were visiting his father’s relatives, (His father was by Birth a French Canadian and By choice an American Citizen) when he decided to make his entrance into the world.His father was an artist, song writer, soldier during WW l and was wounded. Edmond ll wrote newspaper Articles for the Glendale Times in 1934, he was a teacher and was a devout Catholic.At the age of three his parents decided to go their separate ways due to religious differences. He never had the chance to really know his father because he was killed by a driver while in a crosswalk who had a suspended license and was awaiting trial for hitting and killing another person in a crosswalk. He was 73 years old and in was in good health for he never drank or smoked. Janet La Casse moved back to Missouri to the home of her parents. She was born June 15, 1898 to Thomas Brown and Ruth Ann Blacklock. Our father lived with his mom and grandparents, who he called mom and pop till he was 5. Janet married Sidney Denham and they bought Sinclair Filling Station and Tourist Cabins on Hwy 40.Our Father told us a story about a Hugh Twister that came through the area when the family owned the Filling station. How it missed this place and took that place, how it took Mr. Agee’s New house and left his old one standing, they weren’t 100 feet apart. The story I liked best was of the old black man down the road who used to come to the store from time to time and have a beer, crackers and cheese and tell my Dad stories. His shack was situated behind a knoll on the south side of Hwy 40 just out of sight of the road. He always said that he wished that it sat on top of that hill so he could sit in his rocking chair on the porch and watched the cars and trucks go by. Well that terrible Twister picked up his shack and set it gently on top of that hill without disturbing anything inside. His sons put a new rock foundation under it and you would never convince him that the Lord had not answered his prayers. Our father also believed he did.The Depression got the best of the Filling station so the family moved to Columbia Missouri. The years were hard and his parents did all types of jobs to survive those years. They worked at Brown shoe Co., his mother washed clothes on the side for extra money and they raised 200 chickens. They made it through the depression. Our father later on joined the Air Force that took him to Washington State, California, Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Tripoli Libya North Africa, Massachusetts, Tachikawa Japan, New Mexico, Florida, Illinois, Arizona and Montana.He married Ann and they had one son Robert. Our father was divorced prior to his being stationed in Japan to participate in the Korean War. Robert married and has 2 daughters, and 2 granddaughters. Kristen his daughter, her daughter is Lilyana. Alyssa his daughter, her daughter is Shannon. Our father married our mom Lora, They had 4 children, Edmond E. IV, Carol , Michael , and Darren. Edmond IV/Susan - 1 son Edmond E. V (Eddie) Eddie/Amy have 3 children, Evan, Kayden, and Arianna. Carol/Bill have 3 children, Christopher, James, and Ariel. Christopher/Karissa have 3 children Emmalynn, Jackson, and Amelia.James - no children. Ariel/Kyle 1 son Logan. Michael/Sandy have 3 children,Nichole, Brandi, and Hunter; Nichole/Collin have 2 children, Brooklynn and Blake. Brandi/ Sean have 3 children, Carlee, Trevor, and Lexi. Hunter is 13 and is the Uncle to Brooklynn, Blake, Carlee, Trevor, and Lexi. Darren/Genevieve have 2 children Randall, and Katrina. Randall/Maria have 1 son Kai. Katrina/Ryan have 2 sons Noah and Rivers.Our parents bought the house on 64th in 1967 and soon after Dad was transferred to Tinker AFB in Oklahoma. We made the trip in a old Flexible bus that our Dad was turning into a motor home. We had a fun trip and our cat Sam loved riding on the dash board where he could see everything.Before we came back in 1969 we stopped in Missouri to spend the summer with Grandma Janet. Dad's Uncle Malvin was his favorite Uncle and he had taught Dad to drive a semi truck. Uncle Malvin had a pond on his farm that has fish in it. He told the boys not to fish on a certain side of the pond for due to there was a large fish he couldn't catch, but Michael had to fish that side and caught that damn fish with the help of his brother Edmond. Michael was so happy and when he shown the fish to Uncle Malvin, Uncle Malvin was madder than a hornet and wouldn't talk to Michael for a while. Uncle Malvin did get over it.Our father enjoyed his grandchildren and great grandchildren. In the summer he would have a BBQ at the house so he could see all of them.Over the years the one constant thing in his life was music. In 1954 he was lead guitarist in a country band on Television; KOAT Channel 7 Prime Time in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He had Bands of his own over the Years and played in others.Our father was a Flight Engineer for the Air Force for 21 years. After he retired, he went to school and became a school teacher at Ford Jr. High and he retired in 1992. During his years at Ford Jr. High he fulfilled a childhood dream to be a glider pilot, he rented gliders and flew there regularly until the airfield was sold as a business park and the gliders were sold off.At the age of 83, he decided to fulfill another dream and that was to fly a helicopter. After many lessons he was able to fly the helicopter proficiently and was able to hover it for a couple of minutes which was his true goal. That was the final great thing he did that was total enjoyment for him besides going to the Jam Sessions at Lady Luck every Sunday and then to the Mexican restaurant after words.Our Dad was a amazing man and we all will miss him dearly.Our father is now with his mother, father, sisters Gwen, June and Sharon.May they find peace and let the music play on!