Earned It, Family, and Memes: My grandfather, Donald Siefert, died this week at 94 years old. 

He was a veteran of WWII and served under General Patton in Europe, fighting Nazis in the Fifth Infantry Division, earning a Bronze Star. No one in the family even knew about the Bronze Star until a few years ago, and even then Grandpa wouldn’t say how he earned it. 

He is my hero. He was kind beyond measure, hardworking, always ready to sacrifice for his family, caring, and ever prepared with a good joke (Grandpa loved the dirty kind). 

He embodied the Greatest Generation; fighting Nazis, earning a Mechanical Engineering degree from Michigan State, often working two jobs, loving his family, his Creator and his country. 

We rejoice such men lived and passed on their wisdom.

Nate Trefeis