Donald A. Mannila: Aug. 5, 1944 – March 20, 2021

Dear Dad,

We hate that you’re gone, it’s way too soon, but we know you stayed as long as you could. You left the mundane on the first day of spring, mowing the grass and chopping the wood and keeping the old pump running. We’ll be listening …

Dad was born in Coos Bay on the coast. Born to Fred and Rho, he also had a sister Carolyn, and two brothers, Fred and Richard. They…