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Jennifer West
February 25, 2021
I just learned of Neil's death. I was a student of his in the 1980's in Toledo. I have 2 of his paintings in my home. My condolences to his children.
Steve Bishop
October 7, 2019
Steve Bishop
October 7, 2019
Steve Bishop
October 7, 2019
Karen Petersen
October 7, 2019
Neil touched so many lives over the years with his teaching abilities. He was especially delighted when one of he students found a previously unknown talent. He encouraged his students to try new techniques, and to look at our world with a new eye for shape, color and shadows. Playing classical music while we worked...he told jokes to keep things lively. He will be remembered by so many . Sail on, Neil, we will miss you!
Marcy Kaptur
October 7, 2019
To the dear Frankenhauser family-
On behalf of the Kaptur family, and especially my brother Stephen and myself, we wish to express deepest sympathy to the family and friends of our dear neighbor of many years, Neil. We are very sorry for your loss and for the illness he endured so stalwartly for many years. Please know we will remember him for his quiet lifestyle and dedication to the arts, including repairing an oil painting that we treasure that had been damaged in shipment. We also enjoyed his easy humor and never saw him out of sorts but once when some out of control children were beating up our driveway with skateboards. We appreciated his intervention. He would have none of that roughhouse. Another time, we observed at least three chipper skunks in a single line heading out for lunch from under his front porch. When we informed him later that he had new guests living under his house, and we'd better do something about it, he said he doesn't pay any attention to them and that they would go away. Amazingly, they actually did.
We who live in Reynolds Corners near Common Space Arts Center, where Neil had frequented, will remember him as a friendly and enjoyable neighbor. He was a quiet presence.
May the angels carry him very high to a place where peace reigns eternal.
With fond memories of Neil and comforting thoughts for Neil's family,
Stephen Kaptur and
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur
Toledo
Christopher Werkman
October 7, 2019
It's with sadness I read of Neil's death. My sincere condolences to his family and all who were fortunate to know him. I am ten years younger than Neil, but I have memories of him when we were both children living on Durango Drive in South Toledo. We shared many laughs together over memories of those times. One of my favorite stories Neil related involved using a tree branch or some such to pin (hold down) the horn ring found on pre-70's cars in the middle of the night. There was a rash of that on Durango back in the early 50's, and according to Neil, my father's car was a target. Apparently my father decided to sleep in the back seat of his prized Pontiac convertible one night, the very night Neil decided to pin his horn. Neil said the shock of my father grabbing his arm when he reached in through the open driver's side window was something he would never forget. Neil is a man I'll never forget. When our paths crossed, it was always all good. I so admired Neil and his art.
Evie Deselms
October 6, 2019
Many of his students at the Monroe Community College Whitman Center will miss him; we all learned so much from him, and enjoyed his many stories of things he's done during his life. He was more than just a teacher to me; we became friends and shared things from our lives, so it was a special relationship for me. My sympathy goes to the family and his friends.
kathye zaper
October 5, 2019
To The Family,
I was very Saddened to read this, I have know Neil a long time, We did many business transactions together, he was a good and loyal friend to me, Heaven has gained a talented Artist, my thoughts and Prayers to the Family....My sincere Sympathy,
Kathye Zaper
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