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Carol Kraus-part 2 posted a condolence
Thursday, November 11, 2021
But no matter how much I think about, and love, the memories of Dad from childhood, in the time since his passing, it is my adult memories of dad that I reflect on the most. Not just the memories of MY interactions with dad but an accumulation of memories of all family interactions… Some of my favorite memories you may have seen in the slideshow we watched a few minutes ago. Memories of time spent with grandkids. To see the joy and amusement Dad exhibited as embraced in his role of grandfather and great grandfather. When DAD was the parent, he was responsible for taking action when we did something bad, he was required to take a serious approach to it but as the grandparent, his role was different. He had the opportunity to laugh at it a little. I think he took some mischievous delight when one of us shared stories of our personal parental challenges, kinda like we getting a dose of what we gave to him. When we were kids, Shannon used to sit on one of dad’s feet, I would sit on the other and then wrap our legs around dad’s leg like we were boots. Then he would try to walk with us attached. When Cody was young, I got to see dad do the same thing him and then 10 years later with Joshua. Then there were the various woodworking projects. Cutting boards, jewelry boxes, and bud vases for the adults, wood puzzles, or rocking horses or rocking snails for the kids. Dad designed and made a sand box in his back yard for the grandkids to play in when they came over. Or if you needed something to be built, Dad was the person to call. Whether it was a handicap ramp, a squirrel cage, or a composting container, Dad would help you research, draw up the plans, and make it happen. -We also had several the running family jokes like the ones about his lack of hair, height or age, or dad teasing Michelle about taking too many pictures or being late. SO today as family and friends are here to celebrate his life and thank him for having a positive impact on all of us, we remember the good times. We are never ready to lose someone we love. There is still so much for us to accomplish in life that we would have wanted him to be part of. We always wanted to make dad proud of us. But as we say goodbye to Dad, I know that even though he in not here in person, he will still know what we accomplish. Only now, he has the best seat in the house! I miss you dad!
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Carol Kraus-part 1 posted a condolence
Thursday, November 11, 2021
If anyone would have asked me to describe dad when I was growing up, I would have described him as the strong silent type. He didn’t talk about how he felt or show a lot of emotions but you could tell he loved us. This love was conveyed to us in so many different ways, even if we did not realize what it meant at the time. We felt it at family gatherings, or when he would pull out his guitar for a family sing along, or when he came to watch us participate in sports when we were growing up, or when we became parents and he came to events for the grandkids. I felt it when he taught me how to write and run very basic programs on the computer or in 5th grade when he helped me memorize and recite the all 50 states from West to East, or when he taught me to sail, or came to watch me compete in school sports. I even felt it when he used the nicknames “Dad I want a Dolla” or “Magic II” because I disappeared like magic when it was time to clean up after a sailing. These are ways he demonstrated his love. We had a poster on the wall at our house on Ambassador, “Give me a fish and I will eat for a day, Teach me to fish and I will eat for a lifetime. “ I thought that was a pretty amazing concept and one that DAD actively applied to the task of raising us. He never just wanted to give us the answer to the problem, he wanted to make sure that we knew how to get the answer ourselves. We didn’t always appreciate it at the time but he was trying to give us the tools we needed to go out into the world and be successful and independent. Sometimes those lessons were not fully understood or appreciated until we were adults but were there waiting for us to use them when needed. They were part of the tools we carry through life, including the knowledge that no matter where we were or what the problem was DAD would always be there. He always tried to be fair and taught us to investigate before determining guilt. Or at least tried to. We did not always make it easy. Like the time he tried to figure out how the TV in the living room got broken. He brought us all together and starting the oldest asked “What happened”? When Sherry passed the buck to Angela, she passed it to Michelle, who passed it to Shannon, until being the youngest, it finally got to me. Everyone else has already been questioned so what could I say?? In a serious and determined manner, I replied, “Mokey did it”. Essentially, I blamed our cat Smokey. Despite the initial resistance, he kept at it until eventually the culprit was identified.
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Sherry Moore Stoltz posted a condolence
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
My dad was a motivator of men, or I should say motivator of young obstinate girls. It did not take him long to figure out I was the kid that was money motivated. Examples: To teach me to swim and open my eyes under water he threw quarters to the bottom of the pool. It worked well, not only did I learn life survival skills my piggy bank got fatter. When he wanted me to learn to play chess and I showed no interest he gave me a queen advantage as well as the promise of $5 if I beat him. I don’t think I ever beat him, but I was really motivated to try. He taught me I should save at least 10% of everything I earned for retirement or rainier days. He taught me honesty and being a person of my word added great value to being me. My dad was always so ready to teach and tutor me through my struggles with math when I was younger, then later math-based computer languages in college. His patience was unending as I fought math concepts every step of the way. I much preferred reading a good book or writing an essay, maybe a tooth pulled without Novocain. Dad was never intrusive or bossy, but woe to anyone making the mistake of asking his thoughts or opinion if you were not ready to hear the truth. Once asked he did not beat around the bush, ouch! I was so blessed to have this man named Jim to be my father, guiding and preparing me for life. For good or bad I would not be who I am without him. Thank you, dad, you are and will always be loved and missed.
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