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Memories and Condolences
for Daniel Rudnicki
4 Entries
Glenn Potkowa
October 10, 2008
To Dan…A Tribute
I very much regret missing your “send off”. I know you wouldn’t have wanted it to be a dull, boring affair (and I hope it wasn’t) so…I would have warmed up the crowd telling of some of the ridiculous antics you (and us) used to get ourselves into…way too numerous to list here. If our parents only knew! LOL Maybe you and I were ahead of our time…I know there had to be a reality show in there somewhere.
You would have to agree, we had a long roll of the dice over all those years…the years growing up on Wolf Road in the ‘60’s, all us kids walking to the bus stop for the first day of school every year, the disco years of the ‘70’s, the fun times and people that worked at Your Host, the crazy ‘80’s when you taught at St. Stans in Buffalo, St. Johns in Rochester, OLSH and into the ‘90’s and beyond. Gosh…we’ve been friends longer than some Popes have been Popes…and through at least seven Presidents! That’s a lot of history!
After my father died, you became the other “son’ in our house and that’s when the fun really began. For the life of me, there was never a dull moment. You always had Al, Dianne and me in stitches about some ridiculous thing that happened to you that day…or someone that crossed your path the wrong way. It was always something…and you were never lost for words…oh no…not you! LOL If some mishap or catastrophe was going to happen, it was going to happen to you…and usually with hysterical consequences in the end. Even when you were living out of town, you would still call our house and Al or myself would talk to you and there would, again, be some sort of zaniness going on around you. Your life was a grenade range of laughs always waiting to go off…and whether you knew it or not…you tickled a lot of people’s funny bones with your quick wit and humor.
There is so much more I could say and it’s not easy trying to capsulize almost a half century of laughs and friendship into a few paragraphs. If the time should ever come and someone should ask me about you, I will ask them if they ever read the Reader’s Digest. The Reader’s Digest always had a section in it called the “Most Unforgettable Person”. I would tell them that Dan Rudnicki was probably the funniest and most unforgettable person I’ve ever known…and probably ever will know. I sincerely hope that when my time here is through, we will meet up again for an eternity of laughs, gags and friendship. Rest easy my friend…I will see you on the other side eventually…and remember the “Memories…for it’s the laughter, we will remember, whenever we remember…The Way We Were”.
Carrie Lynch
September 26, 2008
I was a student of Mr. Rudnicki at OLSH. He was such a caring teacher and always made learning fun. I have since become a teacher myself, and I frequently think back to Mr. Rudnicki's class for ideas for my own classroom. He was a world class teacher and I will never forget him.
Karen Kras
September 26, 2008
Dear Mary & Family,
We are so sorry for your loss. Keep your memories of Dan in your heart. You and your family are in our prayers. With our deepest sympathy. Love, Karen and Amanda
Bella Bolt
September 26, 2008
To the Rudnicki Family,
I am so sorry for your loss, Dan always had me laughing it was a pleasure to be a part of his life . He will be surely missed .
I have memories in my pocket.
They rattle among the change.
My memories of you are treasures I carry wherever I go.
They are stored in bits and pieces, parts of a beautiful whole
They give me comfort when I think I am alone.
Yes, I have memories in my pocket, like so much other stuff I keep there.
But of all the treasures I have, it’s the memories of you that are the most precious.
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