I joined the Army on Sept 7, 1954, two days after I turned 17.  I spent 3 years in the Army, most of it in Germany.  I was on the Regimental boxing team and later on I was part of a 5 man officiating team that traveled around Europe officiating fights.  When it wasn't boxing season, I was the Regimental Draftsman.

After I got out of the Army, there wasn't much work available so I just bummed around, raised a lot of hell.  I got married in 1958 and had two daughters, Barb and Toni.  I got divorced in about 1961.  My ex-wife, Marilyn, married a guy in the military and they moved to Germany.  I didn't see my daughters for over 30 years. 

I attended Weber State (Weber Jr. College then) for two years. I drove bus for the Ogden City Bus lines while I was going to Weber.  I spent a year in Denver and then came back to Salt Lake City to attend University of Utah.  I went to UofU for two years.  I was on the UofU track team (shot put).  While I was going to school I had many jobs, I drove bus for Lewis Bros Stages, drove ready mix truck, welder, hod carrier, etc.  Later on I went to college in Southern California and got my degree.

In 1962 I got married again to Evelyn Beldin, Evie was from Spokane, Washington.  We we're married for 22 years and had a son Mike.  We are divorced  now but we are still good friends.  We moved to Hollywood and lived there for three years and then moved to Orange County.  We lived in San Clemente for many years.  My son Mike attended 1st grade through high school in San Clemente.  Mike was on the high school golf team, played in the Junior World championships and later on played college golf.  Mike was a Northern California collegiate all star.  Later on he turned pro and played some mini tour events.  He tried to qualify for the US Open 3 or 4 times.  Mike currently works for Microsoft Support in Coos Bay, Oregon.

I took a job with Pacific Telephone in 1966, I hired on as a telephone installer but had many other jobs, including, telephone repairman, line assigner, pole climbing instructor, installation instructor, repair instructor, and taught basic electricity.  I was promoted in 1971 and was a manager for over 20 years.  I retired from Pacific Bell in 1991.  

Right after I retired my mother (Vivian) got a call from my first wife's brother, he was doing genealogy and wanted some information about our side of the family.  My mother said that she would really like to see my daughters, Barb and Toni.  One thing led to another and my daughters flew to San Francisco, I met them for the first time in over 30 years.  My son Mike met his sisters for the first time.  I found out that I had 5 grand children.  I have been really close to my daughters and their families ever since, I even moved back to Utah for 4 years.  I worked for Novell, Unisys and a company called Ovid Technology.

My daughter Barb Sweeten, lives in Roy and works for the Government at Hill Air Force Base.  Barb has a son David and a daughter Alyssa.  Alyssa is currently working for the 2002 Olympics.

My other daughter, Toni had two sons, Matt and Travis, and a daughter Michelle.  Toni and her husband currently live in Southern California.

Golf has been my passion for the last 30 years.  I recently went to Ireland with some friends, we played some of the best courses in the world.  When my son was 17, we went to Europe, we played all of the British Open courses in Scotland and courses in France, Italy, Spain and Germany.

I have been a computer professional for 19 years.  I'm currently a consultant for Bank of America and I am doing web development for several other companies.  I have my own company, OdieWare, I'm the president, janitor, etc.

I was involved with arm wrestling most of my life and one time I was introduced on the Steve Allen show as the "Arm Wrestling Champion of the Western United States".

My wife Evie and I once won a pool table and a bunch of other stuff on "Let's Make a Deal".

A little over a year ago I bought a new home on a beautiful golf course, things are going better for me than any other time in my life.  The problem is that now I'm too old to enjoy it, actually, I should be in a rest home someplace.