INTRODUCTION:

First I would like to express the families grateful compliments to Dr. Manhouse and the Providence Staff for the outstanding and enduring effort they put forth to help Buz survive, they are very saddened by his passing.

I want to share with you the celebration of this good life.

Buz was a Catholic and a man of faith, Tho he was not a frequent church goer.

Our friend is gone but his good memory will be with us for the balance of our lives.

I also want you to know how grateful we are that he was willing to spend time with us at dinners and the like, even tho his energy was diminished.

My image of Buz is this man with a fresh, clean, handsome, boyish, Irish look about him all connected to a bright smile. He by the way was very proud of being Irish

Background:

Buz graduated from Garfield High School 1952, joined The Boeing Co. that same year and began studying at the U of W. , a short while later he was drafted to service in the U.S. Army during the Korean war and actually served there. Some two years later, honorably discharged he re-joined the Boeing co. In 1956 he married Marcia Wingsness.

With a name of Franklin Delano the die was cast early for a political orientation

Character -Qualities- values:

When I reflect on his life there are those certain qualities and values that quickly rise to the surface: He valued family so greatly, the love of his life Marcia, the kids and the grand kids, Sisters and Brothers all.

He sincerely cherished his friends whom he loved and respected and was grateful for.

He loved the parties and social events and he was a very good dancer. Except when he would dance with me he always wanted to lead.

He was extremely loyal to all of us.

He did have a directness but it was honest and he believed it for your benefit and his to be clear. This was not always done with diplomacy, but honesty.

He was very responsible and financial stability was very important to him. Yes, he was very interested in money, and there were those among us, who actually labeled him and me as heaven forbid "penny pinchers".

We shared various ideas on how to save money, the GI shower, close the door we don’t need to heat up the whole neighborhood, turn off the lights etc. The capper to our discussing the possibility of cutting off the toes of our kids shoes, so we could delay buying a new pair. Hey those Stride Wrights were expensive. But we both kept watching for the other to act on this so that the other wouldn't look like the bad guy.

Sense of humor:

We shared lots of jokes and lots of fun stories on more that one occasion I sensed that he thought possibly I had stretched the risqué' envelop just a little, especially among some of his dignified and close friends. He wasn't right about everything.

Intelligence:

Buz was always learning and he read constantly and the worst of it was he had such a keen memory that could remember everything he read. Can you imagine such a thing.

This was especially aggravating with his challenging style, if you made a statement he would often challenge it and then had the audacity to back it up source in fact. sometimes you say , do you trust that source.

Marcia and I were talking not long ago about this intelligence and she remarked, that he was a master at crossword puzzles and in fact she could not remember him ever not being able spell a word in their married life. Personally I really like spell checker.

He was excellent with words, on one occasion we were exchanging ideas and I made some astute observations Buz complimented me by saying something like this ; (my memory isn’t as keen as his) But it went something like this: Jim you have a very fertile mind,

Or was it you have very fertilizer mind and it is only exceeded by your personal impotence. Such a compliment I have never had.

Courage to step out:

What this brings to mind is, he and Marcia bought the Kent property to build on themselves. When you consider that he had no previous building experience but was still willing to undertake this significant project is testimony to his self confidence, intelligence and work ethic, that allowed him to proceed. Even after he was diagnosed with kidney failure they began and build a beautiful home on the Long Branch Peninsula. Hoping for the future. I respect him for all he set out to do.

As I thought about this endeavor I was reminded of a famous Teddy Roosevelt Quote: and this needs to be looked at in perspective

Roosevelt said:

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory or defeat.

Here again you could say that T.R. was talking of loftier things but I view it as the similar kind of spirit.

Even in the later months of his life he was looking forward to things, what comes to mind is the restoration of his vw beetle convertible.

Sports and recreation:

He not only was an avid follower of many sports and he knew statistics and player status from all types of sports. He mastered the use of the clicker. He wasn't only a spectator he was a participant.

A track man in high school, a superb ping pong player and he played basketball for many years in the Boeing basketball league and at least one other league. The Boeing teams name was the supertonics. By this name you might conclude they were even better after the game than during.

He and the family took many vacations; He especially enjoyed Lake Chelan in the summer, swimming, volleyball and the whole vacation atmosphere.

He was a diverse person.

Conclusion:

I loved and respected him and certainly miss him.

With the way Buz conducted his life on earth, I am certain he will be welcomed in heaven.

Jim Prichard

Friend and brother-in-law.  Married to Dolores Horan sister of Buzz.