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a civil engineer.
But like any love story, the marriage had its difficult chapters, too.
Chauncey left home for two years in 1942, to break ground on the Al-Can Highway.
When he returned, the U.S. Navy took him away again—to the Pacific—where he saw active duty on the battleship USS Colorado.
Lila was expecting daughter Sharon at the time.
Chauncey and Lila have had their share of happy, and memorable, homes.
The second year into their marriage, they lived in a tent at 13,000 feet—above the treeline—while Chauncey helped engineer TrailRidge Road in Colorado.
Year* later, when Lila brought the kids to Manila, a Quonset hut was waiting.
Today, the couple passes time doing more mundane things.
“Mom has become a proficient knitter of afjghans and makes a mean coconut cream pie; Dad stays active helping to make roads, dig ponds and foundations for folks in the country,* daughter Sharon recently wrote.
Welcome to Rappahannock, world travelers. Welcome home.
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