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for Burgy Tomasek
Karen Key Liebenow
March 13, 2002
My sincere sympathy goes out to Burgy's family. I attended OPA Baptist Church and knew the Tomasek family. My Mom, Arline Key was a good friend of Ruth's. I also went to Haley School, but I am a few years older than Burgy. I think I remember that I accompanied Burgy for a trombone solo contest when he was young. My thoughts and prayers are with your family.
Donna & Greg Manning, Amy Kaylor, Mary Ann & Dennis Marcinek
March 4, 2002
“I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for
that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy.
Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.”-- Charles R. Swindoll
You will never know how much it hurts to know you are no longer with us. We took for granted the good times we had, and we always expected that another day would come… another chance to get together and create some more happy memories. We came together because of our daughters, but we stayed together because of the bond that we forged as friends. How many people could spend so many hours together in such close quarters and still look forward to the next time we would see each other again? We have commiserated about coaches, ached for our competitive girls when things didn’t go their way, and cheered for them when they did well. We have supported each other as we felt the pain of being parents. How much we have shared in the short time we have known each other! What wonderful memories we have that hurt so much now, but will make us smile in the future. You helped put that smile on our faces. You will always be in our hearts.
Memories we have—Power Leagues, bad hotels, good dinners together, road trips, airplane trips, Kalamazoo, Tampa, Minneapolis, San Jose, Denver, Dallas, Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, sucking crab, parties, picnicing in the SPRI parking lot--too many to name. You gave us such joy. You were our volleyball angel, the thread that tied us together even though we might have been split apart on different teams. You showed us how much you loved life through all you did. You never hesitated to do a favor for a friend. And even though you always gave others a chance to talk, when you had something to say, we all listened.
You will be with us through the seasons. Our time together would start in late December—the annual SPRI Christmas party when we didn’t know what teams we would find our girls on (Blue? Red? White? Or maybe the Plaid team?), our “favorite” wreath sale, Power Leagues, grabbing lunch together, qualifiers—those long days in many gyms when we looked forward to our breaks together. We took all the trips together wherever the girls were sent. As the club season drew to a close, we would plan that trip to Nationals. We would stay together and play together--always making sure we would get up to make warm-ups for those 8 a.m. matches (even if we stayed up till 2 a.m. talking and laughing together!) We would take a break during the summer, catch up as the high school season progressed, and then the club tryouts and holidays would be upon us again. When our girls went their separate ways during college, we made it a point to get together throughout the year, always strengthening our friendship. In the future none of us will ever be able to listen to “The Twelve Days of Christmas” without hearing Burgy’s voice sing out: “BASS FISHING LURE!”
There will be many more memories that will come to us. I am sure we will all see you, Burgy, walking somewhere or maybe riding in a car that passes us on the road. We will hear your voice in a crowd and look for you. And perhaps, one day if we are very lucky, we will look out of the window of an airplane and see you sitting on the wing watching the flaps go up and down. You are a very special part of all of our lives. Thanks for being with us. We will never forget you.
Love, Mary Ann & Dennis Marcinek, Amy Kaylor, Donna & Greg Manning
Pat and Kathy Gower
March 4, 2002
We were saddened to hear of Burgy's death. Our daughters were involved in volleyball, and that is how we met. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
Jim Gray
March 4, 2002
MY CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THE TOMASEK FAMILY. MISSING THE REUNION LAST SUMMER HURTS MORE NOW THAN BEFORE. I'LL NEVER FORGET BURGEY'S GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR. REGARDS JIM GRAY
Doris Graham
March 3, 2002
My children and I offer our condolences to Burgy's family. Not only did 4 of my children attend Carl Sandburg and had him for a teacher, but I also worked in the office there the whole time he worked there. He was always so up beat and such a fun loving person. He will be missed by all.
Tony Bicek
March 3, 2002
My condolences to the Tomasek family on the loss of my childhood friend. Every class has a clown and that was Burgy. He was always up to something that would make everyone laugh,even the teacher. It was great to see Burgy at the reunion over the summer. We had talked about my band and he was looking forward to seeing us. A few weeks after our reunion,we had an outdoor parkdistrict gig in Aurora. We had just played our last song and I Looked off the stage and there was Burgy.I just had a gig in Aurora tonight, and all I thought about was Burgy, and how he will be missed but never forgotten by myself and all his classmates. God bless you Burgy.
David Washburn
March 3, 2002
I didn't know Burgy as well as some of his classmates who have written here. I was one of his teachers in either 7th of 8th grade. I did see him at the reunion last summer. May God bless Burgy and his family.
Bob Poeschl
March 3, 2002
Burgy brought the gift of laughter and the warmth of friendship to our school days and to last summer's Haley reunion. His loss is real because he was real, and none of us who knew him will forget him. Peace be with you.
George Boker
March 2, 2002
My heart felt condolences to the Tomasek family. I haven't seen Burgy in many years (I was unable to attend the reunion last August), but thoughts of Burgy have never been far from my mind. When I think about all of my classmates during those formative years who were really more like family than friends, Burgy is at the top of the list. He brought us much joy with his presence then, and the memories for which he is responsible continue to do so. He will be missed, but never forgotten.
Paul Zarbock
March 2, 2002
What a shock...from a great reunion in August to hear this news about a great friend. I was looking forward to the next reunion.Please accept my sympathy.
Karen (Kinsfather) Lemme
March 2, 2002
Burgy's passing was shocking news to
all of us who visited with him at our August Haley reunion. He looked
terrific with his great tan and bright smile. Seeing him again brought back memories of his humor.
I'll never forget how he enter-
tained us in 1st grade by wiggling his eyeballs. My sympathy and prayers to his family.
Corrine Stranski
March 2, 2002
My condolences to the entire family. I know that Burgy will be missed much. Seeing Burgy at the reunion was a happy time for all of us and I'm glad I had a chance to visit with him and the others again.
Ken & Rhonda Johnson
March 2, 2002
I’m sure that Burgy touched many lives, I know that he touched ours. We were blessed to be Burgy’s next-door neighbors for a number of (formative) years. Our memories of Burgy are rich and countless. Here are a few that come to mind: Burgy was the heart, soul and inspiration that led the families on Sylvan Lane to participate and rule numerous Fourth of July parades in the Windings. He helped to establish a neighborhood tradition that exists today and will live forever; Burgy and I worked very hard to install a basketball hoop at our house. It was perfectly level, perfect height and beautiful. We did it “for the kids”, who were really too young at the time to appreciate it. Afterwards, Burgy and I dominated the basketball court with regular games of horse, that went well into the summer evenings; Burgy was extremely generous with his time and talents. He helped us to sod our front yard on a Friday evening (after a long week), starting at about 7:00PM. We worked well into the night, as we illuminated the front yard and our work with the headlights of our cars. Burgy was purely motivated by friendships, a good laugh and sharing a cold beer.
God Bless the Tomasek family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Ken, Rhonda, Matt & David
Melissa Pershing
March 1, 2002
My prayers go out to all your family. Your family is in my thoughts and prayers. Please remember all the good times that you all shared. God bless
Larry and Cindy Kahl
March 1, 2002
Our hearts and prayers go out to you and your family. We know how sudden loses affect everyone.
Ron & Denice Kinsley
March 1, 2002
Just thought of another thing
The 12 boxes of clothes you gave us were most welcome when we adopted our 2 sons aged 2-1/2years and one 6 months old when my 29 year old sister died.
Alan Berg
March 1, 2002
Dear Family,
I was stunned to hear about Burgy's passing from Mike Merrion. I will be praying for you in the difficult days and weeks to come. We have a growing number of OPA "alumni" already there. All our love, Alan & Linda Berg
Barbara Barnes (Vondra)
March 1, 2002
Please accept my deepest sympathy. Seeing Burgy over the summer at the Haley Reunion brought back memories of a lot of great times. His humor and "antics" turned our school days into fun!
Mike Merrion
March 1, 2002
Dear Ruth and Family:
I just saw Burgy last summer at the Haley School Class of '63 Reunion. We had such a good time visiting with each other again. He passing will leave a big space in all of our hearts.
MIKE MERRION
George Havelka
March 1, 2002
I'm so sorry to hear about Burgy's death. Many of us had a blast last August at the Haley School reunion where I finally ran into Burgy after over 30 years. He put us all to shame with his fit physique and great tan. As kids we played, and played, and played, and drove his mom crazy. He still had that same playfulness about him when we visited at the reunion, most of us in slacks and shirts and Burgy in shorts and Hawaiian shirt! Burgy was one cool dude! I'm sure sorry that you've lost such a wonderful character. What cool memories he so graciously handed out to us all. Here's to Burgy! And peace to you.
Sue Gould
March 1, 2002
I am sorry to read of Burgy's death. I taught with him at Carl Sandburg Jr Hi a long time ago. He and Ken Sutula always kept us laughing, which is the only thing that kept us sane some days! He was a great guy and will be missed by everyone who knew him.
God bless you.
Sue Gould
Kerry Markowski
March 1, 2002
Your family is in our thoughts and in our prayers. May God bless.
Ron & Denice Kinsley
March 1, 2002
Thanks for being such good neighbors
A thought,you introduced us to "chiminaguas" and helped us design and plant bushes around our house, put in the our garage door opener and helped us in many ways around our hose. Remember the big snowfall and the baking we did and shared.You will always be in out thoughts and in our hearts. God be with you.
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