December 2008
from Kathy Zanotti:

    Thank you and all the other Simians who contributed to Harry's tree. It is planted in the Sensory Garden at Meadowbrook Park.  He spent a lot of time roller blading there and when we walked out there we would often stop at the garden to take on all the sights and delights it had to offer.
    I will be in Tucson for the holidays with the girls.  Hope you have a great one also.  KZ
 

July 10, 2008
from Kathy Zanotti:

My darling Harry passed Tuesday night.  He died peacefully just after speaking with our daughters.
There will be no services.  We will be planting a tree in his memory at Meadowbrook Park which was a favorite place.  I can let you know the details once decided.
Erin did a 64th birthday video for him in March that I think you will enjoy.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvqbVs4PZ0E
Harry had a full life, filled with love, generosity, and humor.  The girls and I miss him dearly.

KZ

ed:  also see Daily Illini article on Harry and qigong: http://www.dailyillini.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=b61d550c-ea46-4662-b0bb-a46b11d8e359

Anyone have other photos?

Aug 5, 2008

Thank you for your wonderful card. If you all want to contribute to Harry's tree, that would be great. I have been talking to the Park District person and am trying to get a Harry Lauder contorted hazelnut tree. Harry really like this tree - not only did it bear his name but he thought it was stunning especially in the winter with its contorted branches and dusting of snow.

Speaking of Qigong - I am going on the China trip in September with Daisy and Garri/Franchesco. It is something that Harry and I would have done together eventually. For me I think it will be a really healing experience. I do their cleansing routine every morning and this has really helped along.

The girls and I are doing ok - keeping busy seems to be the key. We all miss him so much...

KZ
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Sept 6, 2008
Geo F: to Kathy:
Hi Kathy,

I am George Fredericks, one of Harry’s old Simian friends from long ago. In August 1970, I left Chambana for my first real job at the University of Texas. There was a little detour on the way. Harry rode with me to Colorado. We climbed Longs Peak and the third flat iron in Boulder. I went on to Austin and somehow Harry got back to Illinois.

Harry and I met up one or more times again in Colorado. The mists of time messes up my historical memory. There is a picture on the Simian web site with Harry and I and several other folks in the Crestones. I think we climbed Humbolt and Kit Carson peaks that time. One of the guys in the picture is Dick Stutzke. I came back to Colorado a year or so later, and Dick and I climbed the Crestone Needle (Ellingwood route). We screwed up bad and almost died of exposure. Luckily Harry was not on that misadvenure.

However, somewhere in the swirling mists of my memory, Harry and I wound up at Dick Stutzke’s apartment in Colorado Springs for another mountain adventure. Maybe this was before or after the ones in the last paragraph. Dick’s sister Pam happened to be there. She was on her way to Aspen for a music festival. She plays the harp. We delivered her to the Music Festival and decided to climb Pyramid Peak.

It is across the valley from the Maroon Bells. It is a horrible mountain made of crumbling shale. The sun was shining on the mountain melting ice as we climbed. Every minute or so, a big chunk of rock would come loose and cascade down to our right or left. We got perhaps two thirds of the way up and then decided the better part of valor was to go down and find a beer.

Many years later, I read an obit in the New York Times about a well-known scientist, Heinz Pagels. He had died on Pyramid Peak in exactly the same way that Harry and I had avoided.

I was in Breckenridge with some friends back in July. I happened to tell the story of the failed attempt on Pyramid Peak. Then, when, I got home and checked my email, I read Jeannie’s email and found Harry had died. This kind of synchronicity is irritating and shitful.

George
 

Dick, grad school 1968

Winter 1968.  Dick's BMW backyard of 1101 W Stoughton, Urbana Photo by R Windecker (** See motorcycle memories below)

Contact George Fredericks [georgefredericks at hotmail.com] for information about MEMORIALS:
Huntsville, AL October 20
Colorado Springs, CO  November 19, 2006.  Gathering at Edelweiss with family and friends
 

Per Geroge, summer 2006:  Dick Stutzke is not well, however he's involved in a Lance Armstonrg training program for the Tour de France.  [paraphrase by ed.]

6/28  Hi Jeannie,

    I talked to Dick today. He was in good spirits and plans to go home from the hospital tomorrow. While I was talking to him, he was eating chocolate chip cookies and getting shot up with morphine.
    He invited me to his wedding next month. I will go for sure. Someone once told me that a guy had to be drugged to get married. I want to see it.
    He got your card and was surprised that you were moving back to Illinois. He thought that you might need an occasional interlude in Colorado. So he invited you to use his house since he is never there and any free house sitting would be appreciated. So you have your choice of the Fredericks B&B or the more private and TV free casa del Stutzke.
    He says that he got your picture of me from Saint Al’s.

Warm regard,
George
 

Dick and Sharon tie the knot Saturday July 15th in Hunstville, AL.  George Fredericks photo/attending

Stutzke Tour de France training.  Photo probably by skating partner Shirley. Summer 2006

Sept 18

Hi Jeannie,
    I had a long talk with Sharon this afternoon. She says Dick is not too lucent anymore. She had a scare a few nights ago when she thought he was dying. But then, he rallied. As you said, he is one tough hombre.
    Last week, Dick called me and gave me a list of action items. Even dying, Dick is an organizer.
    Some weeks after his death I am to organize a wake at the Edelweiss [Colorado Springs--ed.]. Sharon will bring his ashes from Huntsville and we will take them up the cog railway to the top of Pikes Peak and add them to the Colorado Mountains.
    Could you help me organizing this wake? I need the contact information for all Colorado Simians who knew Dick. I am thinking of Gary Patterson, Lorrie, Courtwright. and anyone I might be forgetting.
    My best estimate is that the party and cog rail ride will be sometime after the end of October and before spring.
    If you can get here for the party, your room at the Fredericks B&B will be available. Otherwise come for Thanksgiving or Christmas and it will still be available.

George
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Huntsville paper:

Stutzke, Richard David  Feb. 14, 1943 Sept. 23, 2006
Richard David Stutzke died Saturday from pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his wife, Sharon Gaetano Stutzke; two sisters, Pamela Hofmann of San Francisco, and Barbara Russell of Charlotte, N.C.; one brother, Martin Stutzke of Frederick, Md.; and several nieces and nephews. He attended Purdue University and the University of Illinois, majoring in physics. After graduating with a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from the University of Illinois, he served in the U.S. Air Force for four years. The remainder of his career was spent in the defense industry, working at Science Applications International Corp. in Colorado Springs in 1972 and in Huntsville since 1992. He was a member of several professional organizations including the IEEE Computer Society, ISPA, Sigma Pi Sigma and Sigma. For the last two decades of his life, he maintained an active interest in estimation and measurement for software-intensive systems. Dr. Stutzke authored a book on the subject in 2005, as well as dozens of papers on estimation and related topics. He was selected as the 2006 Parametrician of the Year by the International Society of Parametric Analysts. A member of the Broadmoor Skating Club in Colorado Springs, Colo., since 1977, he was an avid recreational ice skater and was also an associate member of the Skating Club of Huntsville. He competed in ice dance with partners Linda Lundgren (1988 1990) and Shirley Black (2004 2006). He also skated in many ice shows presented by the skating clubs. Memorial service arrangements will be announced by Laughlin Service Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Richard David Stutzke Foundation, 138 Michli Road, Madison, AL 35758, which is an education fund for children in need or to Hospice Family Care, 3304 Westmill Dr, Huntsville AL
 

Ed. note:  About the time Dick died newspapers announced "Stunning cave found in California  ... Millions of crystals along its walls shimmer like diamonds.  Translucent mineral "curtains" hang from the ceiling.  Flowstones that resemble spilled paint dot the floor.  A lake that might be 20 feet deep fills one of the cave's 5 known rooms, and passages leading into darkness suggest there is still much more to see.  ...  it is rare to find one so grand...  named Ursa Minor, one of the most significant finds in a generation."  I'll always associate this discovery with Dick's passing.  jth  [please send photos of Dick.]
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Dec 3, 2006
From: George
Subject: Colorado Springs wake and Thanksgiving

Hi Jeaniie,

The weather here is frightful as in the song that I forgot. As soon as I got the driveway and the sidewalk shoveled, it snowed again. Where is global warming when we need it?
Thanksgiving week was great. Rose Ann and Kris were home. Dick’s wife Sharon, his sister Pam, her husband and Dick’s ice dance partner, Shirley, were here for the big party at the Edelweiss.
I wound up with a lot of strudel and Black Forest cake left over from the party. I ate the last strudel for breakfast this morning.
Kris cooked a couple of impressive meals for me, Rose Ann, and Sharon. Then, Rose Ann produced her usual magnificent Thanksgiving meal.
Kris and Rose Ann are to be back for Christmas. Rose Ann arrives on the 22ed and leaves on the 29th. Don’t know Kris’s itinerary yet. Please come if you want to put on some weight.

George
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** November 2006
Nick Carrera/Eric Johnson
Subject: Motorcycles

Eric,

E-mail and a network of friends is wonderful for getting in touch again-- great to hear from you!
This will be brief; there's much to catch up on, and deserves more time and care than I can devote just now.  Happy to hear news.  I gather you're in Scottsdale, Ariz?  We're near D.C. in Falls Church, Virginia.  I moved out of real science when I took work with Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in 1977.  Worked on nuclear-weapon testing treaties, enjoying the goals of the work I was doing (often frustrated, though, in falling short), travels to Geneva and Vienna.  Had much contact and good relations with nuclear scientists at weapons labs, and a few satisfying negotiations.  Agency was merged into State Dept in 1999 and I retired in 2003.  Since then Mary Jeanne and I have been devoting much time to restoring her mother's old stone house near Frederick, Maryland (remember, you stored your motorscooter there for a time).  It's turned out to be a far bigger job than we'd expected, and a time-and-money hole.  Still, it's satisfying to figure out how to solve problems and see the results, not unlike experimental science.  Regarding bikes, I sold the BMW when we left Brookhaven Lab for Univ of Chicago in 1973.  (I loved Brookhaven and Long Island, and would have been happy to stay, but was on a post-doc with no tenure prospect.)  We had to pay moving expenses, so we lightened load as much as we could.  Besides, we would be living in the city, with little opportunity for riding.  We loved Chicago, and would have been happy to stay there, too; same problem professionally.  Resumed riding when we moved to Falls Church in 1977, owning a succession of bikes used mostly for commuting and the occasional trip.  Currently have a Suzuki 400 dual-purpose and a Yamaha FJR 1300 sport-touring.  I have too little opportunity for riding either these days -- who said you'd have lots of time for fun after retiring???
I often think how nice it would be to have better contact with fellow grad students.  So I'm delighted to be getting touch again.

Best from Mary Jeanne and me,
Nick

>>Johnson Eric-ASHB90 wrote:

>>Eric Johnson loved to see the bike.  Very sorry about not going to Colorado Springs for the wake.  It would have been nice to see folks but I cannot get away.
>>I need to forward to Nick a picture of a restored R69S a high school classmate's son has done out in L.A. It is gorgeous. What happened to Nick's R69?
>>I did a study of world petroleum supply and demand having heard the "Peak Oil" crowd.  Usually these "sky is falling" thingees are a front for socialist intervention. I wanted to see if this was another Paul Erlich telling us we would all starve by the time we were 30.  I concluded that unless several 100 billion barrel fields were found, we were likely to see a decline in light, sweet crude production over the next 20 years. Also concluded that the infrastructure is not in place toreplace present fluid fuel energy use. In other words, it may be in the fan in my lifetime and certainly in my children's.  Upshot: I got back into motorcycles as a means of transport. So I have been purchasing the best of the machines built at the end of the last gas crisis.  That would be the 77 to 83 Suzuki 4's and Honda 4's.  I think we're going to need these old beast again. The old 350 twin from U. of Illinois got sold to a collector from Danville before I left Illinois.  In Arizona, predivorce, I used to be into British bikes - big twins and triples, but when it comes to getting a job done, I end up with Japanese 4's.
>>
>>A note to those I've not talked with in awhile. I live in my old house in Scottsdale with a mated pair of German Shepherds. Son is architect in Oakland CA, daughter is doing residency in pediatrics at San Francisco General and going to Okinawa on rotation in February, youngest daughter just graduated from Cornell and is working with Pittsburgh Theater. I expect to retire January, 2008 and want to move someplace where the sun isn't so hot.
>>
>>Celebrate Dick's life in style. I'll remember his energy and his caring for his fellows. Eric
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November 2006

Hi Jeanne, George, Eric, Nick,
Funny, I don't remember taking this picture of the motorcycle with snow on it.  But I do remember taking a roll of black and white photos one morning after a snow storm in Urbana.  So it is possible.  Maybe my memory is beginning to go.
I looked through a bunch of prints stored in my basement in boxes, but I couldn't find this photo or any of the other ones of the snow.  They must be someplace.  But I did find the attached photo that has Dick Stutzke in it.  This was the only one I found that has Dick in it.  I don't remember who took it or how I got it.  Someday when I have a lot more time, I will also go through my slides.  That is much more tedious.  I will have to get a scanner that can do slides.
I am looking forward to hearing about the get together on the 19th.  Wish I could be there.  Best to everybody.

Dick Windecker
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Dick Ice Dancing

Dick Stutzke has been ice skating for almost 30 years. He is a member of the Broadmoor Skating Club in Colorado Springs, and has appeared in the club's amateur ice shows featuring stars such as Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Michelle Kwan, Scott Hamilton, and Brian Boitano. He competed in ice dance from 1989 to 1991. In 1995, he quit skating to devote more time to writing his book. As his book neared completion, he returned to ice dancing in July 2004. Dick and his partner, Shirley Black, train under Coach Jim Bowser, a world professional ice dance champion. Dick and Shirley won second place in the Bronze Dance event at the 2005 Adult National Championships. They have also appeared in ice shows presented by the Skating Club of Huntsville.