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for Marc Lumer
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Paola Muggia
January 26, 2024
Even after all this time, I still miss Marc. I think this year is especially hard because of Anton Jungherr's recent passing. They were quite the duo at Making Waves. Wherever Marc is I know he's got a captive audience.
Rafael
January 24, 2024
Marc, It's been a minute but I want to let you know that you and Bill Evers were some of the best mentors I've ever had. Your humor and irreverent approach to the staid world of business showed me that it's important to have fun all the time. You are greatly missed amigo.
PS One of the punchlines from one of your best stories. "He didn't get high. He got normal..."
Bill Squire
August 19, 2020
Marc,
Ten years later and some immediate thoughts about you:
Great host
Trash talking with me about which one of us is a better cook
Your refusal to pass up a chance to give me a big sloppy kiss
The fact that you never met a recipe that you didn’t think you could improve
After years of giving you grief about your ratty basketball shorts, I now have an identical pair that I wear too frequently
Best brother-in-law ever!
Love, Willie
Mary Bennett
August 19, 2020
Marc:
Ten years gone.
Thinking about you and both how long and how short ten years are.
Impossible to describe how different the world is now than when you were with us. Even you, a voracious reader, could not have visualized the time we’re living in, a cross between science fiction, psychology, fairy tales, magical realism, horror fiction, tragedy, satire, myth, and alternative facts.
The things that were most important to you are the same things that keep us sane:
Family, friends and the belief that things cannot get worse. Of course, they can, and are, but we hold onto the optimism that always allowed you to look on the bright side and know that if you just worked a little harder it’d end up being better.
We’re so fortunate to all be in California and all be close. Nancy and Tanaka, still beautiful inside and out, are huge pluses in our lives. Bill and I have followed your example of being happiest when being home on the ‘crick’.
Ten years is a long time but you are definitely not forgotten. You are and will continue to be missed and loved.
Mary
Patti Brady
August 9, 2020
Marc - Your upbeat laugh and always "going for it" zest; your sense of right from wrong > you'd be berserk with the WH's and Congress's going's on. You are missed always -my eyes fill with tears per the void of your friendship. Patti
Mary Bennett
August 20, 2018
Hi Marc,
I was late sending your birthday greetings on time this year even though Nan, Willie and I had dinner together and toasted you often. Since I was already late I decided to post on my birthday instead of crowing about you being 6 weeks older than I am. Now we're the same age it seems to matter less, but somewhere your birthday greetings; sent on my birthday, disappeared into the ether. Thus my last attempt.
The last year has been good and bad. The issues facing our country have gotten worse: more corruption, more divisiveness, less respect and our treatment of each other has spilled into our position in the world. As a consistently inclusive person, your disappointment (and outrage) would be huge. Every day brings another shocking revelation about our lack of sense and civility to each other.
But, the good news is very good news! Willie and I are living on your beloved crick'- at number 56 to be exact. We hope it's our final destination and are absolutely loving being so close to Nan and able to see our long time community with just a short drive, or better yet a ferry ride. Also let's us be a more integral part of Matt and Tanaka's lives.
Nan continues to travel, do good works and be a huge asset to the community, and an over the top support to me.
As I tell you every year, your moral compass continues to act as a marker for us, you are spoken of often, and missed continually.
Today is August 20th. Not a celebratory day at all, but Nancy, Tanaka and I are lunching together. We'll tell Marc stories', including an exaggeration or two and remember how you impacted each of our lives.
Love, Mary
Shirley Vaughan
August 21, 2017
I know it's somehow more positive to celebrate your birthday rather than the day you left us, but this day just seems to come to mind more often. I know it has to be a tough day for Nancy, so I am writing this as much for her as to honor and remember you. I am sending healing energy to all of us, to our angry country, our suffering planet, our lost souls. Thank you for all you did for us, and with us. We miss you from the bottom of our hearts. You would know just how to lift our spirits on these dark days. Today is the solar eclipse. Maybe it was looking up to the sky that compelled me to write. Oh, and Jerry is going fishing Saturday. I know you preferred catching, like at the fish counter of 99 Ranch. Or is it Ranch 99? I do wish I could give you a big hug right now.
June 22, 2017
Happy Birthday Marc!!
Willie and I are celebrating you by staying 'on the crick'.
Nancy is in Paris, a city the two of you loved.
And, tonight I'm having dinner with Tanaka.
You'll be toasted all around.
While all of us are doing well, your beloved country is not as fortunate. The last election was disastrous. We have ceased to do the right thing and are no longer fulfilling our role of being a generous and compassionate part of the bigger world. For those of us who used you as an indicator, and admired your moral compass it has been difficult. We keep in mind your 'sniff test' while we contribute, donate, speak out against improper activities and refuse to believe false facts. How we wish you were here to share our outrage. It would be so comforting.
With much love, Mary
June 22, 2016
Marc,
This morning I sent you my regular birthday greetings and suddenly today all went upside down. Sent you have left us gun violence has become incredible. Mass shootings, constant murders, police brutality without paralell.
John Lewis, of our era and the Edmund Pettis Bridge, has rallied the House of Representatives to hold a house sit-in to vote on gun control. You know that this is not the Senate, no fillibuster process in the House. All is really upside down.
Never has this sort of thing been seen before (nor probably ever this state of division). You would be so disappointed in what has happened after you worked so hard for Obama to be elected and we thought we were entering a new era.
I wish you were here. You would recognize the model. Protest, demostration, jail. Worth every moment.
Love, Mary
June 22, 2015
Happy Birthday Marc,
Today would have been year 40 of our joint celebration! Forty years sounds old-40 years is old!
As always, lots going on on the creek. Things are good there. Nancy's traveling and involved in lots of different arenas. She's doing things at the Buck Institute which specializes in aging issues. Something you and I both need.
Tanaka has a new condo which she has done a beautiful job decorating and making it her own. Really reflects her personality. I try and see her on almost all of my Bay Area trips. She's become someone who's a lot of fun to be around. Very subtle, but sly, sense of humor and by the time you recognize it, you've been stung. She and Nancy are planning on PDX for Thanksgiving this year.
Julia and Jerry got married this weekend. Nancy toasted them with San Francisco Giants champagne. I don't think that included pouring over the head as we used to do at Candlestick, but with that group anything is possible.
Willie remains his usual low key but charming self.
Much love on our 40 years together!
Mary
June 22, 2014
Happy Birthday Marc!
Another year of you not being here to share us growing old together. And, this year we really are old! A milestone birthday that I am really dreading, and I so wish you were here to proceed me.
Life is good on all counts. Bill and I will be with Nan next week. She has done a fabulous job remodeling "on the crick". Everything you two talked about doing has now been done. You would love the results: the process would have driven you mad.
We seen quite a bit of Tanaka and you would be proud of the way she has matured and grown. She's much fun to be around, a savvy viewer and quite a good judge of character.
We think of you often and speak of you frequently.
Much love on what would be our 39th joint birthday celebration.
Mary
Karl Sjogren
January 24, 2013
Oh, how sad I am! I interacted frequently with Marc in late '90's, a few times in the next decade. He was smart, creative, kind and oh-so-witty. I just thought of something I want to share with him...and saw that he's dead. He was a very fine man who enhanced my life.
Cindy Bennett
August 22, 2012
Oh, Marc, I hardly knew ye. But I so wanted to. Nancy, I can't believe it's been two years. I remember asking you what brought you comfort. I hope those same people and things remain close.
Cindy
Patti Brady
July 4, 2012
Marc - your zest and embrace of so many of us as a friend is a gift never to be replaced. For us friendship was 40+ years. Not hearing your laugh or seeing you push your drooping glasses up onto your nose, not hearing you give forgiveness to some jerk (with my eyes rolling) and not hearing your clever line of: "can I trick you into..." is deeply, profoundly missed. Marc - to the meaning of friendship you are solid gold. Patti
Winter Yeung
July 3, 2012
I was trying to reconnect with some of my contacts in the Bay area and learned from Sam Berde that Marc has passed away. It was sad to only know about it after two years.
I worked for Marc at WTC as a volunteer intern after my graduation from Cal in 2008. I really appreciate the chance that Marc has given me. He gave me a lot of advice regarding career and study. His works and devotion at WTC has inspired me to help whenever it's possible. I will not forget the lessons that he imparted to me.
Mary
June 22, 2012
Happy Birthday Marc,
You've left me again missing our 37th year of celebrating birthdays and you getting to be "the oldest", (but certainly not the most mature). Now that role is mine. It's no where near as much fun as when I could point the finger and tell you that I was young.
We did do a lot of finger pointing at each other, but always, I hope, with the best of intentions. You were sometimes able to focus on something that I had not yet realized or perhaps was not ready to recognize. With that in mind I know you'll be happy to hear that I have rented a studio in order to go back to work. You were my biggest supporter in the arts community and it's time to rejoin. I know you're here cheering.
The hole you left looms as large as ever and you will be missed always.
Dave Speicher
May 10, 2012
Nancy I have been searching acquaintances and friends from my past and was very sadden to learn of Marc's passing. Marc and I were classmates and graduate research assistants in the Masters program at SUNY Binghamton in 1967/68. Since I was in residence on campus during the week and driving home to my family in PA on the weekend, I had the opportunity to spend a considerable amount of time with Marc – in class, on projects and “shooting the bull” in our off times. He was not only a good friend during this time but was an incredible source of intellectual support. My wife also thoroughly enjoyed his company and wit the couple times he visited our home. Reading all the comments posted here, it is clear that Marc never did loose the wit, passion and out right charm that Marianne and I enjoyed so much. A unique man! He is clearly missed.
Michael Guerrero
April 7, 2012
Marc - Baseball season opened quietly this year. I miss your smiling announcement of pitchers and catchers reporting to training camp, your analysis of why the Giants will win the pennant, and watching Giants games in your den, recorded by Nancy, not letting on whether we already knew the outcome.
I miss your enthusiasm and childlike fascination for baseball, family, friends, art, business, and all of life. In this season of renewal and hopefulness I hold your God given zeal and courage, warts and all, indelibly in my heart. Blessings my friend.
James Hand
April 6, 2012
Marc - you served as my expert witness in several trials. I enjoyed your company very much, and enjoyed meeting Nancy at one of your bashes. I will miss you.
February 24, 2012
Marc, I have all your baseball cards posted on my work wall with Larry's quotation;s. You are still my everyday day mentor. Thank goodness I had you in my life.
Kevin Daum
September 30, 2011
I went to call Marc today, unaware of what had happened. When his phone did not answer I went to the web to search and found this. I am sad for his passing but grateful to have known Marc.
Nancy and Tanaka, I do not have to explain to you how special Mark was. I am sorry for your loss.
I am honored to have called Marc my friend. Marc and I crossed in and out of each others lives for over a decade. He was there for me in difficult times and there to enjoy the best life had to offer as well. We spent our share of time at Giants games and over lunch.
My favorite story of Marc happened in 2006. We had not connected in a while since I had moved to New York City. I was leaving my apartment in Gramercy headed to pick up my car and walking past me on 3rd avenue and totally out of context was Marc. I yelled "Marc Lumer?" astounded to see my Bay Area friend on the East Coast. We were able to reconnect and spend time together over a series of lunches during the following year.
My last email exchange with Marc was February 14th 2010. Appropriately as he will always have a place in my heart.
Shirley
August 19, 2011
Dear Marc,
You will have been on your new journey one year ago tomorrow, and I still miss you dearly. You were my pal. And I still have questions from time to time that I would like to ask you. You always had good answers to the difficult questions.
I know you are off doing something wonderful, important, and fun, and that makes me smile. But we sure did like having you here. And it sure does seem like you left way too soon. And you sure did leave a gigantic hole where you used to be.
I am blessed to have known you. I love you. I miss you.
Mary Bennett
June 22, 2011
Dear Marc,
Happy birthday today! Your birthday was always a reminder to me that mine was coming up. I always liked it that you were the oldest (by 6 weeks) and it always made me feel like I was still young.
Last year we were lucky to all be together and have a really wonderful, "birthday-BBQ-Father's Day-thingy" just where you liked best to be, - "on the crick".
"The crick" is quieter these days, but your presence is still active. It's still the go to place, and it still resonates with your Giants, red wine and open door policy.
This would have been our 36th year of commonly shared birthdays, we started in 1975, and I so wish we could have continued on for many more.
Many thoughts of you today and most days,
Mary
Michael Guerrero
April 28, 2011
It has taken me awhile to digest how much Marc influenced my life.
I first met Marc in 1976 in Montana when he was in charge of an accounting project for the Blackfeet Tribe. It was an opportunity to watch him operate and when he learned I was mildly familiar with accounting, he instantly made me his gopher. It was both fun and extremely educational. Marc was a teacher at heart, a very savvy man, and a fearless champion of the underdog. Eloise Cobell, then Treasurer of the Blackfeet Tribe, attributes Marc as instigator of her recently successful $3 billion plus class action suit on behalf of the Indian Nation. It took over thirty years from when he first laid out the case against the Bureau of Indian Affairs for mishandling lease and royalty payments, and it’s sad he didn’t live long enough to see fruition.
We returned to the Bay Area and Marc helped me get a job as a junior accountant in a sleepy SF CPA firm. In time Marc had started another partnership and I moved to be his first employee. It didn’t take long to realize it wasn’t working. I stubbornly wouldn’t give him the satisfaction of making me quit from miserable assignments and his nastier side, and I made him fire me. It was our first time out and there were one or two later. As much as I loved Marc, I think many of us who knew him well, would say that there was sometimes a disparity between the way Marc described reality so convincingly and actual reality. We learned the right focal point, with Marc; too close risked getting caught in a whirlpool of chaotic energy, and too far away was boring.
And Marc didn’t let things get in the way of friendship. He was an incessant intellectual provocateur. Much of what I know about practical world accounting, auditing, and tax, and whatever is currently GAAP, I learned from or with Marc. I wasn’t an accounting major and never took a course in Auditing. Early on he threw Montgomery’s on ¬Auditing at me and taught me the meaning of such things like balance sheet to balance sheet, cradle to grave, and tests of internal controls. After I decided to leave private accounting and start a CPA practice in Marin, he asked me to join an in house Continuing Ed program at his downtown firm. I spent more than one Saturday morning with him in SF watching CE Videos eating Pork Buns from Chinatown. For the twenty years I had my practice, he was always there and always had my back.
As fate would have it about the same time, Marc and Nancy married and bought a house in Larkspur, Susan and I did the same…five blocks away. For fourteen years, until we moved out of town, we shared many wonderful occasions together or just hung out watching a game or two. Marc and Nancy’s love and dedication to each other and family was and still is a gift. I’ve never known two people more loving, accepting, and steadfast. I was adjusting to step-parenthood, and needless to say Marc wouldn’t let me off the hook.
I’m a practicing believer. I know God put Marc in my life for many reasons. Although I knew long ago I never could match Marc’s zeal for “the cause” whatever it be, his spirit still nudges me. What good am I doing in the world, he asks. The other night at a frustrating committee meeting of a volunteer effort, I envisioned Marc, biting his finger, squinting his eyes, saying, “This just doesn’t make sense”. You made sense, Marc… lots of it.
I’ll keep trying to do my thing, Marc, and maybe do some good. I know you got my back.
I miss you guy. I love you.
Thank you and God bless you.
Peter Anderson
January 17, 2011
Marc was Peter Pan at his best, a little boy who never would grow up to forget the succulent inner joys of life and a wonder of what was going to come next. A centrifugal force of nature, who so movingly loved the centering that Nancy imparted to him, which made it possible for him to realize the best in himself. And in doing so he provided a model for deep and abiding love to inspire us all.
Tanaka Lumer
December 28, 2010
Letter to Dad. Dad not one day goes by that I do not think of you. You left us all too soon and I am sooo badly missing you. It's my 30th birthday and you are not here to share with me and I always thought you would be. Thank you so much for coming into my life if it were not for you and Christine I would not be here today and I will thank you forever for that.I know we did not always tell each other how we felt but it is so nice to know that you were proud of me....thats all I ever wanted from you. I hope you had everything out of life that you ever dreamed of. I love you. Wait for us well be lookin for you when it's our turn.
Jani Sullivan
December 27, 2010
I really miss you Marc! I have all your baseball cards on my wall at work. You remind me to maintain the fortitude to do the right thing and how often do you have to take the high road? Always! You live in my heart and keep me strong. Thank you so much for caring and sharing your strength and believing in me and Nicole. You are in my heart!!!! Thank God for your guidance!!!!!
Duane Frederick
October 11, 2010
Marc Lumer will be sorely missed. A good man and a good friend. I will always remember the Friday night times of hanging out.
Alvin Begun
September 28, 2010
Busted Flush:
Remembering Lumer
You left us as you lived life – impulsively, quick, with surprise.
But not really.
You were always in for the long haul, until the last card, for the whole evening’s play,
Right there for your family, your friends, the good causes, Nancy.
Maybe sometimes late for the train, but always showing up,
Forgetting the bet and flow, but mysteriously aware.
You did know that poker and life were the same,
You did know that poker and life were very different.
I feel fortunate I got to play both with you for many years,
I am very sad that we can’t have a few more hands.
Shirley Vaughan
September 27, 2010
We Are the Lucky Ones
We are in shock. We are deeply wounded. The world is somehow less interesting, colors are not as vivid, and our burdens are heavier now that he is gone. His was a very big life, well-lived. He was the most joy-full spirit I know, who did exactly what he set out to do, and who must have ended each day knowing at least he gave his all, and not a moment was wasted. Everyone he touched knew that they were loved. And we thought he would always be there.
With this bright light extinguished, we are stumbling in the dark, crying buckets of tears, and wondering when it’s going to stop hurting so much. And it occurs to me that all of us who knew Marc, who are feeling this profound loss, have within us a tiny flame ignited by his magic. And if we add up all those tiny flames, it is still a very bright light. And in a way, Marc lives on.
I know I am a better person for having known Marc, and I feel obligated to make him a promise: I will play more, give more, and love more. And he showed me how. He showed us all how. We are the lucky ones. We knew Marc Lumer.
September 27, 2010
He was such a warm, friendly guy. After I had met him only once or twice, I saw him at a conference and he ran up to me and gave me a hug. I'll miss him for this and for his hard work on behalf of the poor.
Nathaniel Norton
September 27, 2010
He was such a warm, friendly guy. After I had met him only once or twice, I saw him at a conference and he ran up to me and gave me a hug. I'll miss him for this and for his hard work on behalf of the poor.
Phil Nicholsen
September 26, 2010
Marc was a truly, truly great guy. He was like a big brother to many people, including myself, and I was very lucky to have him as a friend.
I worked with Marc for over 20 years. His generosity, boldness and creativity made many of the biggest cases I worked on successful. When times were good for me, it was in large part because he had the know-how and contacts that made that possible. When times were hard, he picked me up, dusted me off, bought me a beer, and pointed me in the right direction. Thank you Marc! I will never forget everything you did for me over the years.
My deepest sympathy to Nancy and all of Marc's family. He will be sorely missed by all of us who knew him, but his spirit lives on in the hundreds of lives he touched and made better in too many ways to count.
Jeff Greendorfer
September 25, 2010
I had the privilege of knowing both Marc and Nancy, two wonderful, loving people. His kisses on the lips of most people he met, his smile, playfulness, "funnily"-ness, his generosity, his intelligence and willingness to always help the underdog and downtrodden were among Marc's unique and endearing qualities. He was a very special guy. I, too, will miss knowing that Marc is not around anymore. He was one of a kind.
Emma Wall
September 25, 2010
The most remembered moment I ever had with Marc made me famous. My mom would always bring me to his parties. I always sat next to Marc at the Baseball games. He always took the time to make sure that I knew what was going on. After the Game my mom and I would meet up with everyone and Continue the party. One time when I was at one of his party's he taught me how to work the beer Keg. And I'm proud to say that when I was six that I was the only one of my friends who could work a beer keg.
Julia Bledsoe
September 24, 2010
I keep trying to write something here that properly conveys how important Marc is in my life, the lives of Juliana and "Oh Suzanna"...It is impossible to sum the one and only Marc Lumer. So I ramble about the "duck whacking" the day the Giants lost in 1986, the freezing (3 degrees) night in the motorhome in Smith Valley Nevada when I first met the future Mrs. Lumer, the many visits to "Dimpley" bakery, opening day, cooking, unbirthdays, those beer laced mustache kisses, Marc, aka Playa name "Miss Daisy"at Burning Man and off the grid. No you can't imagine. Everyone of our lives was enriched in indescribable ways by the honor of his unique friendship. We love you Marc!
Julia, Juliana & "oh" Suzanna
Matt Powell
September 24, 2010
The Little Things.
All who knew Marc have their own long list of these Little Things. Memories of moments filled with humor and intimacy.
The week before he died, I hopped a ferry and went from my home in SF out to Nancy and Marc's to spend the night...we try to get together once or twice a month to hang out and catch up. Despite their busy schedules, they have always made time to have me out to 50 L. for dinner and have welcomed me into their home many times over the past few years, providing me with much-needed support, laughter and love.
Knowing the Giants were in town, I was not surprised when Nancy picked me up and told me we'd have to figure out dinner for ourselves and Marc would be arriving home late that night after the game...
Well, we had just settled down and were chatting away, snacking on raspberries and trying to figure out what to do about dinner when the phone rang. It was Marc, who had decided to skip the game and come home and watch it on tv. Wow. That must have been a first!
In all fairness, it was a truly foggy, windy, cold SF summer night (I guess that Mark Twain guy was right.)
Anyway, I was blessed with an unexpected few hours and a nice meal that would be the last time I would see Marc.
So, a few innings in front of the tv and that bowl of soup...
Those are my Little Things.
Pat Shaw
September 21, 2010
I first met Marc when I moved here from NY in 1983 and needed a job. He immediately hired me and took me under his caring wings. Marc was more then my boss--he was my true friend. He not only attended my wedding to my husband Scott in 1986 but a year later when I became pregnant with our son he surprised me with a Baby Shower at the Palace. Unfortunately I lost touch with Marc after I left my job to stay home full time with our son. Many people come and go in our lives but it takes that special person you will always remember and be thankful that you did and Marc is that person. My sincere heart felt feelings go out to his family and other friends. Pat (Cipriano) Shaw--San Rafael, CA
MK Sweeney
September 21, 2010
Marc Lumer: Out of this Park
We’re all having a hard time with the past tense,
talking about when he did this or that or
was that kind of person or
how he made outrageous statements coming
from a mind in perpetual motion.
Well, he certainly knocked this one out of the park;
no resuscitation, no CPR, no nothing but gone.
How he wanted it; how we didn’t.
He might have said, “that’s the way the game is played.”
We might say, “Yeah, but that’s not the game we wanted played.”
It’s hard to imagine that the game is over;
the end of the season.
Sometimes, before it’s over, the season seems long.
But when it’s over, there’s a longing that doesn’t subside;
there are no more cold beers nor hot onion rings to fill it back up,
only empty seats and a quiet cove.
He’s gone, that seems more real each day.
But he’s here, too.
Here where we thought he would always be,
or at least until we didn’t think he would.
The here that feels surprisingly quiet and empty;
the room here that is not filled up with a sudden burst of energy
as another friend arrives for dinner.
We’re here now trying to make sense of it all,
gathering memories like endless grains of sand at the beach,
filling the days and nights with stories and tears.
Wave after wave of grief’s continuous tide flows and overflows,
gathering and carrying us along in its rhythmic pulse.
MK
Katie King
September 19, 2010
We'll miss Marc's hysterical sense of humor and bright comments on anything at the Giants games. VB326 mourns. So sorry for your loss. Katie King & Laura Hopper
Alex Bennett
September 10, 2010
I don't know where to begin.
Marc was a father figure to me - to the point that when my own father died on the other side of the world, Nancy and Marc did not hesitate to join me on a journey that took us to the Philippines, into a monsoon and onto the sea-sick seas of Subic Bay to distribute his ashes.
I have so many memories but will hold tight to a few special moments: waking up early and taking the ferry to San Francisco in order to buy fresh fish in China Town for one of Marc's famous feasts; standing next to him at Safeco Field in Seattle watching Ichiro break the single season hits record - both of us crying for no other reason than for the joy of baseball; and his wet, scratchy, mustached kiss-on-the-lips love of life and the world.
And the world will not be the same with out it.
September 9, 2010
Opening Day will never be the same but it will be the perfect time to remember Marc and toast our friend every year!
Charley Williams and Big AL
Edith Bennett
September 7, 2010
A very special man is gone, and he is sorely missed by all who knew and loved him. They miss that off the wall sense of humor, that mischievous twinkle in those expressive brown eyes, his surprise gifts always presented with the explanation "well it's your un-birthday present". For 22 years he was the light of Nancy's life, and she was his guiding star. He was my beloved son-in-law
Peter Alexander
September 7, 2010
We're so sorry for Marc's sudden passing. He was always in such a great mood whenever we serviced the plants in his office, and when I personally would visit he always had time to sit down and talk about the Giants. He was my favorite customer.
Marlena Martinez
September 7, 2010
Nancy and Family,
So sorry, He was super nice and i am so happy to have had my first office job with Marc Lumer. Marc got me hooked on Giants for sure and awe i remember the suit and baseball cap
Marlena Martinez
September 7, 2010
Nancy and Family,
Marc was the best, I am so happy to have had my first office job with Marc Lumer & Company. He was such a father figure and very smart and fun, fun, he got me hooked on Giants for sure. He will be missed.
Bill Squire
September 2, 2010
Marc: citizen of the world, lover of life, optimistic to a fault, never saw a receipe he couldn't improve, and the best brother-in-law, ever....
Tina Gleisner
August 31, 2010
Marc was unique, in that he shared his talent with the world, worked hard but he also knew how to play too. We connected in so many ways from our first MBA parents meeting in San Jose (was in 1996?) and have remained in contact even as our children graduated and began their own lives. I will miss Marc, yet remember and be thankful for the time we had together.
Paola Muggia Stuff
August 31, 2010
Marc was one of a kind and boy did he know how to live! His energy - his brilliance and most importantly, his heart make him an unforgettable friend and colleague. I will cherish his memory forever. My sympathies to the entire Lumer family.
Desmond Hayes
August 30, 2010
Marc was a wonderful man and a friend to many many people. He was always there with a helping hand for those in need and a lifelong advocate for those less fortunate.
The Giants have lost a very special fan and we have lost an example to us all.
patricia cunningham
August 30, 2010
Nancy and family-
I am so very sorry for your loss. Marc was such a colorful addition to the VB326 family. I will miss the "man in the suit with a baseball cap" who sat in front of us for so many enjoyable years.
Patricia
Norma Ebert
August 30, 2010
Marc Lumer was and will remain forever a part of my heart cause he had a big one, my nephew who helped whomever he could to ease their way in life and in need he was always there for me and my immediate family. I was so lucky to have very recently seen him and his wonderful Nancy on August l4th. Rest in peace Marc and know that I loved you. You were one in a million not to be duplicated.
Love, Aunt Norma
Claudia Wallace
August 28, 2010
Marc will be missed by many. He has trained others to follow in his footsteps, but no one can compare with the original. He filled each day with purpose. May we all strive to follow his example.
Patti Braady
August 28, 2010
Marc was a shining star of human beings: his enthusiasm, his wit, his smarts, his humanity and his love of his friends of which we were lucky to be are part will forever enrich our life. He will be forever missed!!! Patti Brady & George McCullough
Jani Sullivan
August 27, 2010
Work hard play hard was one of his mottos.
He did his best at both and he expected those around him to do so as well, but a good try counted too! I'll truly miss him and his exuberant passion for all the details in life. Lucky to have been a part of his.
Frances McRann
August 27, 2010
I have so many memories of Marc there's not enough room on this guest book to write them all. I will never forget when I first became a citizen and he took me under his wing to go over the propositions to prepare for my first election. I loved him and the world will not be the same without him in it.
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