Harlan went to Washington High School and became enamored of planes, wanting to fly for a living. His father continued to work hard and put Harlan through the University of Southern California where Harlan majored in Zoology, was ‘High Alpha” (Fraternity President) for Lambda Chi Alpha, and joined the Navy to become a carrier pilot. He met and married Lyddia Ptitsin, who stayed with him throughout her life until she passed this mortal coil on Good Friday, April 10, 2009. Along the way, they had three kids, Deb (now Farmer Deb), Harlan II and David, traveled the world, and lived in many ‘duty stations’ while Harlan served on Pacific and Mediterranean cruises for six to eleven months at a time for his 22+ year Naval career. Harlan II followed his dad into the Navy, becoming a nuclear reactor operator and earning “Sailor of the Quarter” for the Pacific fleet. Harlan died on the farm in 2017 of a brain tumor while David passed years earlier at the age of 37 from drowning. But before he left us, David found his wife, Karen, and they had two kids, Grant and Madison, which is how Harlan became “Poppy”.
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