John LeRoy Schoolcraft

Thanks Al for tracking me down and passing the news. John was one of my closest friends in Lakeview High. As Allen described, the Schoolcraft home above the store was our key hangout in those years. Few parents would have been as gracious as Roy and Wilma, with their home, food, and television (which a number of the guys represented lacked at their own homes). Sports, and particularly boxing, were a big draw. John and I, and others spent many days hunting, hiking, and camping. On one...

I remember my Dad the way I saw him when I was young. He worked hard on his job at the mining company. But, what he really loved was being with his family, taking us camping, hunting and fishing. He coached us kids in baseball and football and Boy Scouts. He was larger than life. Even though his actions in later years weren't always those of the superhero dad we knew as little kids, I think my brothers and I will choose to remember him as he was in those days. Even in the more recent times,...

I'm sad to hear of John's passing, we were classmates from grade school, at Praireview on through high school. I remember John as being very smart and a very nice person. I worked at Roy's Market for one summer, his parents were the very best, a fine family. I'm sure John is safely home.

I remember when John was in high school and the Schoolcraft family lived over Roy's Market on Territorial Road, just a block or two from the high school. The Schoolcraft dining room daily became a minor cafeteria, with John's friends like (I may not get spellings right) Jim Lewis, Ralph Callidine, the LaMore brothers, Don Bain, Robert Preston (I think thats right), and many more, who often bought stuff to eat from the store and came up to shot the bull. Many of my friends often stopped by,...