This tribute to my Father has some added slides and a few corrections.

1. A Tribute to My
Father
Cowboy Irving
Irving Schwartz -
A Jewish Cowboy
February 16, 1932 to
December 20th, 2012

2. Irving as a baby

4. His mother Lena Weinberg Schwartz

5. His father Julius Schwartz

6. Growing up

7. Irving with his brother Larry

8. Irving as a teen in the 40’s

9. 1950’s National Guard

10. Irving meets Dottie

11. Their Wedding

12. Irving’s first child,
Marc arrives February 20th 1959

13. His baby girl Libbi (Me)
arrives on July 11th, 1963

14. There were times of silliness

15. And more silliness

16. In the 1970’s Honoring his Mother on
her birthday

17. In the 70’s he took Dottie & Libbi to
Colorado for a vacation

18. Irving enjoyed target shooting

19. 1981 - His little girl graduates high
School

20. He enjoyed deep sea fishing

21. 1990’s – Diner on their first cruise

22. Irving proud of his daughter
graduating from Graduate School

23. Irving with Marc’s two oldest children
Mariah and Casey

24. 1994 – Walking his daughter down the
aisle

25. 2000 – Meeting his grand daughter
Alana for the first time at the airport

26. 1991 – Irving with his grand daughter
Alana on her 4th birthday

27. Being Silly with Alana

28. 2002 – Visiting our nation’s capital
with Dottie and Cousin Hindi

29. 2004 – Dottie and Irving in Israel

30. Dad did accompany Randy and me on
a river trip once.

31. Irving loved visiting the Jewish
Community Center Preschool to teach the
children all about the history of the
Cowboy

32. Member of the Comanche Valley
Vigilantes Cowboy Reenactment Club

33. Irving was Cowboy Poet Jim
His work is published on http://clantongang.com/oldwest/poem2.htm

34. My Father, Irving Schwartz, left this world
on Thursday, December 20th, 2012
We are going
to miss you
Dad.
You really took
a bite out of
life.