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Tom Takach lit a candle
Monday, July 30, 2018
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In the 50th anniversary video for you and Mom that we kids had put together some years back, there is a very old black and white snap that shows you and Grandpa Takach sitting at a small table in a small kitchen, sharing a cup of coffee. It didn't hit me until about two nights ago that now you and your Dad can resume where you left off so many decades ago. Not sure if the blend will be Chock Full O' Nuts, but it gives us all a very warm feeling to know that the two of you will be sharing your thoughts face to face once again. We love you, Dad.
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tom takach lit a candle
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
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Jim remembered that when you were here with us you used to say" Who put this ice cube tray back empty?".
Where you are now, awestruck, you can know who filled the oceans with water.
We miss you a lot, but we smile a lot, too, when we think what a much, much better place you are in now.
We love you, Dad.
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Elizabeth Strandquist lit a candle
Monday, July 9, 2018
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I love you, I miss you. Till we meet again.
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James Teske posted a condolence
Monday, July 9, 2018
Sorry to hear of your passing. You were a devoted man of Science as demonstrated by your nearly 30 years as a lab technician at Jim Walter Research Corp. Bill came in 1968 after the center was open for 2 years. He was with the company for nearly 30 years and was loved by everyone. To your wife and children you were a great loss and to whom we send our deepest sympathy.
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James Teske posted a condolence
Monday, July 9, 2018
I submitted my thoughts on Bill's life at Jim Walter Research and nothing has appeared.
So I'll repeat, I knew Bill since he started to work at JWRC in 1968 about 2 years after we opened our new labs and offices in 1966. Bill was a well-liked and diligent addition to our staff which eventually numbered 189 scientists, engineers and others. Bill fit in perfectly and got along with everyone and earned the respect of
all. A job well done Bill, your reward will be the respect of all with whom you worked.
Godspeed!
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James Teske posted a condolence
Monday, July 9, 2018
I, too, worked at Jim Walter Research and began there when it opened, Bill was hired a few years later and he was a dedicated, competent and knowledgeable Lab Tech. I enjoyed talking with Bill on a variety of subjects. He was a respected employee, loved by everyone. He took part in company picnics and always brought his plate to the communal, annual Thanksgiving pot luck we had. The company had a good man in Bill and over the 30 or so years that he was there he made a big contribution to our branch of the corporation.
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Saturday, July 7, 2018
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Saturday, July 7, 2018
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Karen and Rudy Fraraccio & Family posted a condolence
Saturday, July 7, 2018
We are so sorry for the loss of your beloved father. I have many happy memories of our families meeting on Sundays at Gladden Park for picnics and baseball games. It was so much fun for all of us "Ummarino" cousins to spend time together. Our thoughts are with you. We will miss our kind Uncle Bill!
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Tom Takach posted a condolence
Friday, July 6, 2018
1.) Bedtime – when we were very young, Dad would turn on the phonograph and play songs like How Much is that Doggie in the Window or western songs like Cool Water. As he leaned over us in bed and we kissed his stubbly cheek, he reassuringly wished us - Pleasant dreams. Sleep tight. Have a nice day tomorrow.
2.) Fifteen cents allowance in the mid-1960s – woo hoo! This taught us thrift; you could get either a comic book or a pack of baseball cards + a candy bar, but not both!
3.) Knowing that he was there – either by the sweet smell of his pipe or, at other times, the gripping aroma issuing forth from his cigar. Perhaps even the lingering scent of the Old Spice after shave that he received on most occasions throughout the year – birthday, Fathers’ Day, Christmas, etc.
4.) Family vacations – driving to Canada or repeatedly between NY and Florida with Mom and 5 kids in a station wagon, almost the entire trip the little devils excitedly screaming that they wanted to stop and eat at every red and yellow sign signaling a Stuckey’s or just once pull in at the South of the Border motel in South Carolina to see what all those intriguing, colorful billboards had been advertising for untold miles.
5.) Sacrifices to send all 5 kids to both Catholic elementary and high school; taking the time to help us with/check our homework – especially those infernal “story problems” from arithmetic class - he also helped us see what was important – I was not allowed to read any more comic books, and, in fact, Dad had placed my brand new 80-Page Giant issue of The Justice League of America in his dresser drawer, until such time as I got my grades up. It made for a very long first year at college, I can tell you – no, wait; that was grade school.
6.) Staying up with bleary eyes until the wee hours of the morning with us as we kids excitedly got set to watch Channel 13’s Shock Theater, which presented a double feature horror show every Friday night at 11:30. Showing enviable resilience, he recovered from this sleep deprivation nicely, also watching old Sherlock Homes movies featuring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce after church with us on Sunday morning.
7.) Teaching us all to drive in the parking lot at Bishop Barry High School and delighting in the ingenuity of his children who seemed to discover limitless variations on how to improperly hit the brakes!
8.) Picking me up from my restaurant job at 11:30PM five nights a week – when he himself would be getting up five hours later to attend daily Mass – at which he might be the lector, the Eucharistic minister, or the altar server.
9.) My 1st hospital operation in the late 70s for a knee injury that would require anesthesia and was therefore a bit unsettling – Dad in the hospital room before the operation with his kind, gentle, reassuring manner.
10.) As you can see by these recollections, Dad discovered early on, and never lost sight of, those things which were most important – family and faith. Displaying a wisdom that many of us never attain, he spent the entire treasury of his most precious gift, the earthly days allotted to him by God, on these two timeless essentials. We love you, Sir. May God Bless You. And finally, Dad - our wish for you today, as you humbly, hopefully trod the path that we ourselves will one day come to know – Pleasant dreams. Sleep tight. Have a nice day tomorrow.
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