Guest Registry Entries:

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Name: Stewart Beebe Jr.
City: West Valley City
State: Utah
Email: ssslkbb@yahoo.com
Date: 4/14/09

I use to go hunting and other things with Dennis, with and without my Dad, I also use to help him with his yard and truck.

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Name: Ray and Kay Christianson
City: Spokane
State: WA  99206
Country: USA
Date: 05/15/09

I always enjoyed working with Dennis at Kaiser Aluminum in the 4HI Dept. He was a good friend and hard worker. 

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Name: Dale R. Broadsword
City: Rathdrum
State: Idaho
Email: broadsword175772@aol.com 
Date: 05/15/2009

Duke you have come to the end of the trail, and have found peace in the arms of our lord.

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Name: Patricia Duncan
City: Spokane Valley
State: WA
Country: USA
Date: 05/15/2009

Kay and I met 'Duke' over 35 years ago working at Kaiser. One of our fondest memories was his inviting us over to his house to meet his wife Vi and have dinner. When he opened the door he looked at Vi and said, "Vi, this is Patrick and Kasey from work." To this day we are not sure if Vi was expecting two men or two women for dinner. We were invited back many times where we got to ride in his horse-drawn buggy, sample his Alaskan salmon sent to him by his kids, and share many memories. Kay and I will miss Dennis and Vi sorely.

Kay Meilke and me(Patty Duncan)

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Name: Randy G Nash
City: Newman Lake
State: Washington
Country: USA
Email: rgnash@yahoo.com
Date: 5-16-2009

I always enjoyed working with Duke at Kaiser Aluminum in the 4HI Dept. He was a Great Man..

Duke was one of best to work with...He make the job fun.

He tough me how to run a Cold Mill.

Later everytime I went to Red Lobster I would see him and I would say hello.

I miss you and will remember you forever.

Randy

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Name: Renee Minnick
City: Auburn
State: Washington
Email: reneerathke@hotmail.com
Date: May 20, 2009

I have been greatly privileged and blessed to have had Dennis as my grandfather.  God how I miss him! 

What an amazingly bright, colorful, character of a man :) He always made life  - even chores - fun: probably because he worked fast and possessed the most contagious smile and the heartiest laugh ever. 

Gramps was a genius at giving you his undivided attention; was generous with his time, stories, opinion, wisdom and ribbing. 

He taught me an un-quantifiable lot about relationships, life, working hard and relaxing.

My favorite memories are him with a big ol' grin on his face and me just listening to him rant and carry on about some silly thing.  Like: the amount of advertisements bundled up in his newspaper every day. And how long it takes him to sort it all out, do the word puzzle, read the headlines and then walk it across the street to share with the neighbor.

Or my memories of after grandma passed away and I would come visit.  I would have arrived the night before, after he had gone to bed.  He would always leave the door unlocked for me so I would be tucked in the spare room trying to sleep past 6 AM while he was hollering and good naturedly heckling at me to "Get outta bed! When I was on the farm.we were up and had fed and watered all the animals before the sun even rose."
Always cheerful, determined and adamant he was. Who was I to not oblige his smile?

My life has been, and will continue to be, shaped by who he was and the light that he brought into my life.  I will never forget the countless memories and adventures that I shared with him and all his friends and family. Both four legged and two.

I love you gramps, Renee

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