May God bless you and your...
Miss you Kurt and gerry. Kurt I can still imitate your voice pretty good! Until we meet again.
David M Brickman
June 17, 2024


Chicago, Illinois
Feb 4, 1934 – Jun 21, 2019
Proud Schwab Kurt Eppler was a kind and loving gentleman. He loved his Lakeside Montana home of the last 20 years. He was born in Bissingen, Germany, and lived in Toronto and Pennsylvania before settling in Chicago and Lemont, Illinois. Fun loving Kurt high fived everyone at the top of...
Read MoreMiss you Kurt and gerry. Kurt I can still imitate your voice pretty good! Until we meet again.
David M Brickman
June 17, 2024
I think of you often my friend. I know you and Geraldine are dancing together in eternal happiness. Till we meet again
Cathy Jackson-Draayers
June 17, 2022 | Work
He was my boss, and my friend. He had a big party years ago at his home in Lemont. Bob Hass the union BA drove his car into a ditch. Kurt pulled him out with his tractor. We took golf lessons together.
george Ruzich
June 18, 2020 | Monticello, IN | Friend
Kurt I loved spending time with you on and off the mountain. All your friends at the Chicago Tribune and Sanctuary Ski club will miss you.
Rest in peace my friend
Cathy Jackson-Draayers
June 25, 2019
Kurt hired me at the Tribune in 1988. I skied with him a few times. I will miss him. Rest well my friend.
David Brickman
June 24, 2019
My deepest condolences to Geraldine and to Melinda. I fondly recall Kurt and Geraldine, who took me skiing for the first time in the early 70's. I remember that Kurt could fix anything and was especially in demand for his knowledge and skill. Kurt was smart, resourceful, kind, witty, and had a gleam in his kind blue eyes. He was soft spoken but firm and was the perfect compliment to Geraldine. Kurt and Geraldine completed one another as a couple, like no couple I have ever known. May you fly...
Mary Ellen Bowers
June 23, 2019 | Highland Park, IL
Many memories from the Nomad Ski Club days.
We had so many good times. I remember also
his great cooking (dumplings and venison)
Good Speed Kurt
Joan Sullivan
June 23, 2019 | Chicago, IL
I worked with Kurt for many years at the Tribune. He was always a gentleman and a guy who was calm under pressure.
Kurt, here's to all the good times and the many laughs
Franz Perfect
Franz Perfect
June 23, 2019 | Chicago, IL