Born Eidsel Cleston Stanford, the oldest of 4 in Mississippi. His Dad was a farmer and a carpenter.
Granddaddy put 4 kids through college on his income. Called Eidsel by Mom, Cleston by southern family
members and friends and Ed at work. All of us kids called him Dad.

Dad died in 1991 of a heart attack quite suddenly. We were all shocked.

Dad was knowledgeable about everything! You asked, he knew the answer AND if he
didn't he got you the answer! Usually more than you wanted to know.

He worked in the space industry for many years. Worked on a Apollo rocket or two,
helped with other rockets. Also worked on submarines. When he died he worked
for Boeing. That is the reason most of the family is in the Seattle area.
Dad had been laid off and after returning to work from Mississippi where
he had been living with Mom, Mom decided that she was going to move
to Seattle also. At that time Chris and Dad had been sharing a house so Mom
and the younger 2 moved in there and Chris moved out!