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Thoughts and Memories – My friend Stan

You can find Stan’s obituary here: http://www.korsmofuneralservice.com/fullobit.cfm?ID=1716 You can find my first post about Stan here. I sent an email out to everyone in Stan’s address book yesterday.  I started getting phone calls and emails this morning from those who knew him.  Here are excerpts of those: Stan was Stan. He didn’t apologize for who he was or his strong belief in God, a topic that he was more than willing to share with anyone. He had many difficult times in his life in the past few years with the deaths of his mother, father and daughter. But Stan’s faith kept him going. He kept his home in Lisbon even after he moved to teach in the western part of North Dakota. We always knew when he came back to Lisbon – our doorbell would ring and with an unexpected visit was Stan (even on Christmas Eve). We would laugh,

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my friend – Stan

My friend Stan could be difficult at times.  Never was there a more self-deprecating man.  On the other hand, his complete and utter faith that he would be greeted by Our Lord and Savior was refreshing, and I admit at first, off-putting. We had a disagreement a few weeks ago over his job.  He was obligated to report what he thought was a harmful environment for a student.  But didn’t want to make the call.  I told him that I wouldn’t speak to him again if he didn’t hold true to his ethics.  He was afraid he would lose a friend. In the end, he made the call.  He learned that the family in question was already doing everything possible for their kids. He did his job and held true to his ethics. The family he had to report was mine. I still consider him a friend. Stan passed away

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