Richard Skowronski

Christian Skowronski

1/11/11

Horton 7th hour ☺

Dedication

I would like to thank my grandpa very much for all of the things he did for me to succeed in this project. He was always flexible by doing things when I needed to do them. I really appreciate all of the information, pictures, and memories he shared with me.

According to my grandpa he was born on a warm fall day on August 24, 1930.

Being a good student was very important to my grandpa. His favorite classes were recess (of course) and future farmers of America while at Comstock Park.

Christmas was a very somber time for my grandpa, as they didn’t really have enough money to buy presents. They still made the best of it and always had a big dinner with family.

Daringly enough, my grandpa would always

pull pranks on other people with his friends. One time he took a neighbors trailer and put it in the middle of a graveyard!

Every Fall my great-grandpa would take my

grandpa to go hunting on opening day. My grandpa like doing this since it was a great way to bond and it’s something he loves.

Generally my grandpa loved to listen to

the radio with his family to show like, “The Lone Ranger”, “Green Horn”, and “The Shadow”.

Happy times began for my grandpa

when he was at his friends house and saw his soon to be wife walking by for the first time.

Instead of watching movie in a movie

theatre. My grandpa would commonly go to the park were they would project movies for people to watch at night.

Just like me, my grandpa loves to root

on the Tigers during the Summer when they play.

Kindling a real relationship began in my grandpas teenage years with my grandma Norrie. He would later get married to her at age 21.

Learning how to raise kids for my grandpa was a real trick considering he had three boys and one girl.

Many times when my grandpa wanted to go out with his friends he couldn’t because he took his duty as a father very seriously.

Now that he had kids, he was able to reap the benefits

in seeing them enjoy hobbies he so loved.

Operating an assembly line became my grandfathers

main job for GM in order to provide for his family.

Problems between other countries that could

potentially start a war were his greatest fears throughout his whole entire life.

Quietly, my grandpa would sneak into the living room to place Christmas presents under the tree for his kids to experience something he never really could.

Retiring was a dream, but when it finally came after working 57 years at General Motors it was a sad good-bye.

Settling down was easy after all of the kids moved out. He and my grandma moved up to Sylvan lake in Newaygo.

Tired after a long life, my grandpa loves to do relaxing

hobbies to get out into nature like hunting and fishing.

Usually my grandpa loves to golf pairs with my

grandma. He’s also achieved something not many people have by getting a whole-in-one!

Very often during the fall, my family travels to my

grandpa’s cottage to socialize and watch the lions on a Sunday afternoon.

X When my grandma became really sick, my grandpa stuck with her and thankfully now she’s healthy again.

Young grandkids were on the way from all of his kids. He now as four grandkids total!

Zealous is a perfect describing word of my grandpa. As he is devoted to helping others by volunteering at places like the blood bank.