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for Michael Wolff
January 14, 2011
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Our Last Holiday Together Dec '09 We Miss You More Than Words Can ever Express.
JoAnne Wolff-Howell
January 3, 2011
Michael with his much loved son, "Mikie" Dec'08
JoAnne Wolff-Howell
January 3, 2011
Uncle Mike giving Grace Diet Coke Dec '08
JoAnne Wolff-Howell
January 3, 2011
JoAnne Wolff-Howell
January 3, 2011
Mike-
I missed you this Chrismtas. The world doesn't seem the same without my big brother in it. I love you with all of my heart. Love from your little sister,
Jo Jo (the dog faced boy)...(yukinahahaha) : ) See you one day soon.
Denise Wolff
December 21, 2010
November 08, 2010
Michael:
It's been almost a year and I miss you more today than I did yesterday. And I know I should have written something before this, but I wasn't really able to express my feelings until now. You were my quintessial husband. Nobody saw you the way I did. You were sweet and thoughtful in so many ways. You valued me and you showed that to me every day of your life.
I miss you terribly and I know in my heart, there will never, ever, be anyone else in my life that can hold a candle to you! How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Why did I think you were the "quintessial' husband? Because you were always considerate of my needs, and because you always went above and beyond to make me feel loved and valued.
I had never felt that before I met you. And yes..there were those that considered you an 'old fart'...grumpy and grumbling. I did see that side of you...but I overlooked it because I knew you as nobody else did. With me and Tuck you were different.
What I saw was a man who took great care of me...who brought me a glass of wine, lit some candles, turned off the bathroom lites and let me lounge in the tub...and just let me "be".
I saw man who always...and I mean always...remembered things that I said I liked even if we were casually roaming through a store. If I commented on something in the store that I thought was nice, in the end...it could be months down the road, but that item would appear as my birthday present, or Valentine's present. I was always amazed, that something I talked about months before, he filed it away in his brain and he remembered!! That clearly is not something the average husband does. But Michael was not the average husband.
So this is my tribute to you, my Michael. You are my better half and in the years remaining me, I will never see the likes of you again. There will be nobody today or tomorrow who will ever hold a candle to you. I love you today and tomorrow and always.
Mike Williams
January 18, 2010
I owe all my interest in audio to Mike, after which I bought his cords, interconnects, and speaker cables for my entire system '''' after which he bought a new truck, He taught me so much, I will miss him greatly, you just don't see or meet people like him very often, thanks good buddy,
Phil Wolff
January 14, 2010
Well Mike! You will be missed by all of us. Wow! Reading all of the entry’s in the guest book.
You are now up there with Dad, Mom, and Holly. I still can not believe it! The phone call I got, and it was even on your birthday. The day you came into this world, December 21, and the day you left this world December 21.
I have been praying for you for a long time and it seems as though that my prayers always got answered. You have always made it through it. Except for this time. I know that we have not seen each other since Dad died, and maybe a short time when Mom passed away. What do we do now? I know I will keep praying for you each and every day along with Dad, Mom, and Holly. At least there is no more pain, no more suffering and you got to spend Christmas with God. Since you have been gone, I often wonder now each day, if there was anything I could have done different.
I want to thank Dense and Mikey for all the help they have given you. All there support. Things are just not going to be the same for a long time.
Take care, my Brother,
Phil
January 9, 2010
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family on your loss. Michael and his products were evidence of his passion and talent. He will be missed. For those of us, like myself, who own his cables, we will ensure that his legacy in the audio community is remembered.
Please let me know if there is anything that we in the audio community can do to help you and your family during this time.
Michael Van Sloten
Cathy Lowe
January 7, 2010
Dearest Denise,
My heartfelt sympathy goes out to you and your family. The four of us (you, me, Mike and Tucker-can't forget my little Tucky) had a lot of fun together and I have many fond memories of Mike. He was a good man and I loved him dearly as I do you. Please know that I am here anytime you need someone. You are a special friend to me. I'm so sorry for your loss. You are in my prayers always.
Love you,
Cathy
January 6, 2010
I just heard about Mike's passing. To all his family and friends, please know that he was such a stand up guy who will be missed.
Barry
January 6, 2010
Ok. So Denise still can't operate the remote?
John boy
January 6, 2010
Do you hear what I hear?
Todd
January 6, 2010
I am so very sad to hear about Mike's passing. We were email friends for several years and our common denominator was our intense love of all things audio. Nobody could surpass his knowledge base. He was smart, witty and always willing to educate those of us who were still on the cusp of learning the ins and outs of the audio world.
I learned so much from Mike. He was a great teacher and a good friend.
Jerry Gallagher
January 6, 2010
What a loss to his friends in the audio world. Great product, great service, great guy.
He will be missed.
Larry T.
January 6, 2010
I just saw on Audiogon about the passing of Mike Wolff. He was such a great guy, a wonderful addition to our forum always ready to answer questions and help out anyone.
I have 2 of his power cords. Great product and great guy.
J.B.
January 6, 2010
I bought one of Mike's power cords back in 2007. To this day, it still remains the single best purchase I have made. The sound I get from my stereo using his cords is exquisite. Before I made the purchase, I called Mike over and over and over to ask questions because I was pretty new to the 'audio' game. He was always so patient, and kind and concerned. One of the single biggest things when I think of Wolff Cords is customer service. Nobody equalled Mike when it came to customer service. If you didn't like his product, he took it back. He even sent out cords to me on a trail basis letting me try them out for weeks at a time before buying. Trust was his hallmark. Some of his cords were well over a thousand dollars but he still trusted his customers to do the right thing and he would mail them off and let them use them before buying. I could call him at the drop of a hat with questions. He was always happy to help me out.
You may be gone Mike, but I have a little piece of you in my stereo.
God bless.
Corey McKevitt
John Beavers
January 6, 2010
I will miss you Michael Wolff. You helped me to appreciate the qualities and finer points of music appreication, that were just beginning to blossom in me at the time we met.
I met Michael when I was writing my first article for the Audiophile magazine that had brought me into its fold of writers.
His inventions, increased my listening pleasure,and in the discovery portion of writing the article, this increased my understanding of the scientific, even beyond my subjective perceptions. He would explain to me the process he used, what he and his established customers had discovered in listening with Michael's product in their audio systems, and the pleasure it was bringing to them.
Michael enjoyed the contributions he was making to the audio knowledge base. This first article I was writing was really the spur to my later success in evaluting audio products for my magazine.
So thank you my dear friend Michael, for all that your graciously shared with me, and for the expressions of "friendship" and the sharing of your feelings of "brotherly love" which you had for me.
Your being in my life has enriched my own life journey, and I wish you a speedy and safe trip on the next stage of your soul's journey.
John Beavers
My realtionship with Michael grew after our working relationship on the article was published. We became close friends thereafter. I spent a few weekends with Denise and Micheal, flying up from my home in Nothern California to spend time with them. My wife accompanied me on one of the trips, and she too found the Wolff family to be a warm and homey experience.
Some of my fondest memories of Micahel are quite humorous, others are of the times we spent in Electronic Shows, and are almost daily interactions over the internet and phone; and though I was planning on another trip up there soon, God had need of Michael in a place beyond our perceptions of the world. I expect he is watching over all his friends, and his beloved dog Tuck. I picture that loveable dog now, while sitting out on the back porch, watching his little pooch, as it caught a whiff or a sound that was a big bird, or a cat, or whatever critter was in the neihborhood. The dog would chase and bark, jumping up trying to get the bird, or facing down a critter that could have had that poor little loving mutt for breakfast LOL Michael would beam in appreciation for his courageous little dog. A smile of pure delight and love crossing his eyes. That came from soul of Michael, that precious place where we are all with God constantly.
Michael was a great man, I treasure the times we had together, and I will miss that gentle old soul much, till my time is called, and he and I can go play with Tuck up in the big backyard in the sky.
Judy Redfern
January 6, 2010
Mike Wolff knew more about music than I will ever hope to know in my lifetime. I admired him so much for that. It was just in his blood. He could surgically disect a song in ways that I could never dream of. And...he was always right. After all, he LOVED the Beatles. How could you not like Mike? I got to know Mike through my friendship with his sister, JoAnne. I admired him right from the start. I loved his wry sense of humor. But mostly, I just loved being around him, listening to music with him. Going to a Paul McCartney concert with him was such a treat. Talking about the music after the concert with him was as they say --priceless. Thank you Mike. My love and respect to you. My deepest condolences to Denise and all of your family.
Judy Redfern
January 6, 2010
Denise,
I got to know you and Mike through Jo and I am so glad I did. I spent several family celebrations with all of you and was happy to talk to Mike whenever I saw him. I'm not into fishing but I am a HUGE dog lover and could talk to Mike forever about Tucker and his antics! Both you & little Tucker were so lucky to have Mike to share your love and life with. You will all be reunited again. Until then, take care and know that you are in my thoughts and prayers.
Leslie Hazzard
January 5, 2010
Mike's sister JoAnne introduced me to him during our senior year in high school. Mike took my senior pictures in the spring and they are still my favorite photos of myself some 30 years later (and, I might add, far better than the Yuen Lui yearbook photo taken the previous summer!). Mike was fabulously talented; it seemed every hobby or interest he put his hand to turned to gold. I enjoyed Mike's dry sense of humor for many years and always realized he was a big old marshmallow inside that somewhat hard-shell exterior of his. God bless Mike for everything he did to help family and friends throughout his life. I am relieved his suffering is over and glad he is at peace, at last. My condolences to Denise and the rest of Mike's family. May all your good memories of him reside in your hearts the rest of your lives.
Tom Malizia
January 5, 2010
Mike was sometimes smiling, sometimes sad, and sometimes grumpy but always a very dear friend. I miss you buddy save me a place in your boat.
Char Westphal
January 5, 2010
Mike, you will be missed.
I hope we meet again on the lake. Save a cold one for me buddy.
Good fishing.
God bless
Char
JoAnne Wolff-Howell
January 4, 2010
Dear Mike-
You and I shared a unique bond. You were the oldest and I am the youngest, yet I feel, in a lot of ways I was closest to you than the other brothers. Maybe this was because you were involved in my life in a more direct way than they were. You coached my softball team, took me camping when I was younger and I feel, in many ways, I was a part of your family due to all the time I spent with them, watching over little Mike and helping out when I could. I loved you so much. I know you went through a lot the last couple of years. I got to feeling that you were invincible – that you were ornery enough to not let anyone or anything get the better of you. In the end you lost your battle in this life, but won it in the next. You spent your first Christmas in heaven and what a glorious celebration it must have been, being reunited with Mom and Dad, Holly and others. I know you are looking down on us wishing we could feel how happy and healthy you are now. You told me before you died, that you were ready to go and that I should not be sad for you. The selfish side of me can’t help but be sad for the incredible loss of my big brother who shared a part of my life that no one else can ever replace, but I am happy that you have crossed the finish line. Until I see you again dear brother, as I told you the night before your last surgery, I have loved you through it all, continue to love you and will always love you.
Love from your one and only little sister. Jo
Tom Howell
January 4, 2010
You never know.
Mike? Tell me again, how do I hook this Senko rubber worm on this hook?
OH MY GOD!!! Bass fishing. My fly fishing friends will never forgive me.
Mike tells me to throw it by the stump.
Nothing. 200+ more casts and still nothing but a sore arm and countless back lashes.
Hey Mike, should I cast into those cat tails?
“You never know.”
Three and a half pounds of large mouth that looks like it could eat an NFL football explodes from the water. Releasing the fish several minutes later emotionally and physically exhausted when Mike says “yeah… that was a small one”.
Shoot. Mike hooked me.
You never know.
Last year I watched Mike release a fish 2 ounces shy of 7 Lbs. on Renton’s Otter lake. From the exact same spot where I had just retrieved my last cast. Mike was using the exact same size and colored (Pumpkin Seed Green) Senko. Mike calmly says after weighing and releasing the gigantic fish. “That was a big fish”. Mike!!! I just cast to that same stupid spot!
“Yeah... You never know.”
I met Mike in 1979 while dating his sister JoAnne. Mike supported our marriage, put up with me and finally our children through the years. It was not always pretty but it was family. About 5 years ago Mike finally convinced me to look past my fly fishing arrogance. Bass fishing was a wonderful median which we shared many days together. We never solved world peace but we shared a lot of stuff in-between the thousands of casts. We had many more casts and journeys to mysterious bass filled waters planned.
Gods plan called my friend early but his journey made all our lives so much richer.
God Bless Mike,
One more cast.
You never know.
January 4, 2010
Mike, I pray we will all be on a lake again, just another place and time.
You just got a head start. Good fishing..............
Rick
January 3, 2010
Dear Denise, these times are so hard for family and close friends and I am so sorry for your loss. I will always think of Michael and you when I look at the wonderful garden wall Michael built me.
Prayers and love your way,
Kathie
Michele Fette
January 3, 2010
I only know Mike trough his loving wife, Denise, and I must say that I'm so happy that these two loving souls were able to share precious time with one another.
Denise, I wish you only peace and fond memories of Mike for I know you are such a fine person and Mike was a gift to you!
God Bless!
Love,
Michele
Papa Mike, Luke & Tucker
January 3, 2010
Mike & Grace
January 3, 2010
This one didn't get away!
January 3, 2010
A Fisherman’s Prayer
God grant me a little more time
To pick up my rod, and cast my line.
Work and worry disappear
When I pick up my fishing gear.
With boat on trailer, I will go
Anywhere the fishing’s not too slow.
Work just doesn’t seem so fine
When I see what’s at the end of my fishing line.
When I am feeble, old and grey
Please don’t take my pole away.
When the Pearly Gates open wide
Please find this old fisherman, one good lake inside!
January 2, 2010
Sending sympathy to Mikes wife, son, brothers, Dennis, Phillip, sister, JoAnn and all his family...
We have been friends and back gate
neighbors to his Mom Francis, Dad
Therral since 1975.
I know they will be there to greet him at the Heavenly gate..and what a reunion that will be...
May the Lord grant you His peace, comfort and strength at this sorrowing
time...
We are sending love n hugs n prayers
to you all..
Jim and Jody DeVries and family..
Houston, Tx.
January 2, 2010
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I always caught
More fish than you.
I'll never look a bass fish in the mouth again..that I don't think of you.
Rest well my friend.
gary nichols
January 1, 2010
Mike Wolff was one of my best friends for over 30 years, we spent some glorious times together bass fishing , we also shared a passion for photography and music,,we both loved music and I spent many hours listening to his stereo system he loved so much, at times I even talked him into playing some of my country music cds on it even though country was not really his thing, he liked classical and I liked classic country. Our friendship was over 30 years old and almost like a marriage at times , we would argue and not talk to each other for weeks or months sometimes, but we always made up. I loved Mike Wolff and will miss him forever. I wish him sunny warm days in heaven , I know that must be a good bass lake there with no wind and no backlashes, happy fishing my friend we will meet on the lake again in heaven ,,Gary
January 1, 2010
I'm so sorry Wolfman...
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