Jim Stein, 1937 - 2018
"Here I am Lord, My Life well-lived"
Jim was the much-loved son of Eugene and Bertha Stein, Sheboygan, WI, who had moved to "Chair City" in their youth from Minnesota.
His boyhood memories included happy stories of outdoor adventures, but the most compelling memory was that of his father stepping off the bus as a decorated World War II veteran. It impacted his entire life and he was proud of his three generation Marine Corps family. Jim served on the "USS Bon Homme Richard," where he had brig duty and was an honor guard at 81 Marine funerals. He missed Korea and Vietnam and always wondered if he would have served with distinction as his father had done. The answer, we know, is yes.
Jim attended UW-Madison and UW-Oshkosh, where he met his wife of 52 years, Jean. He also did graduate work at Penn State and University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, completing his Masters at Northern Michigan.
"If you love your job, you will never work a day of your life." We can say, then, Jim never worked a day of his life! He loved teaching junior high math at Lombardi Junior High School.
He enjoyed coaching basketball, playing slow pitch softball, darts and cribbage. Yes, he loved Packer games.
There were many trips to basketball tournaments, family visits to Annapolis, Camp Pendleton, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Atlanta and fishing trips to Canada, Alaska and many days on the "big pond."
The fall was, well, what else, deer hunting, with a choice of ten deer stands and crowned by an elevator to a gazebo on top of a silo, The Whitetail Heaven.
Jim was a 32-gallon blood donor and that speaks to his core beliefs of civility, decency, honor and pride.
There are so many things to remember about Jim. He sent us all off with a hot breakfast. He was famous for smoked trout and salmon. Jim was our own "Tomato King." He ran the Bellin with Valerie and Dan. He drove a Christmas tree from "up nort" to Chicago.
Jim took the long way home. We are proud of our family and grateful for all the help we received along the way.
Some people in life stay the course no matter what. And we thank them; Jim's loyal friends, Al Kolb, John Cardoni, and Dick Sieg, who left us too soon, and many others; and a life-long friend, Ken Leitner.
We are grateful for the help and goodness we have found with Dr. Cynthia Lasecki and Bellin Health, Curative Workshop, Cloud Center, Alpha Senior Concepts (Matthew), and Bornemann's Senior Community (Virginia and Janel), as well as Unity Hospice. And to all those people who stopped and listened to an old guy in a Marine Corps cap.
Jim is survived by his loving family; Jean Stein; Valerie, Hugh, and Emma Gallagher; Dan and Jessi Stein; Bill and Joyce Clay; John Frings and his family, Jessi and Brian Dunbar and children, Maia Olivia, Declan and Nyla; Mike Frings and his daughter, Ava. He was preceded in death by his parents; Jean's parents, Harlan and Mary Frings; and an infant sister, Sandra (never known, but missed).
Jim's family will greet relatives and friends at St. Jude Catholic Church, 1420 Division St., Green Bay, from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, July 21, followed by the Mass of Resurrection at 11 a.m. with Rev. David Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in Fort Howard Memorial Park with full Military Honors. Blaney Funeral Home is assisting the family. To send online condolences, please go to www.BlaneyFuneralHome.com.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jim's name to Lombardi Middle School or the Disabled American Veterans at www.dav.org/donate.
Jim's favorite saying was "Always leave them with a smile." He did, we did, and we will.
"Here I am Lord, My Life well-lived"
Jim was the much-loved son of Eugene and Bertha Stein, Sheboygan, WI, who had moved to "Chair City" in their youth from Minnesota.
His boyhood memories included happy stories of outdoor adventures, but the most compelling memory was that of his father stepping off the bus as a decorated World War II veteran. It impacted his entire life and he was proud of his three generation Marine Corps family. Jim served on the "USS Bon Homme Richard," where he had brig duty and was an honor guard at 81 Marine funerals. He missed Korea and Vietnam and always wondered if he would have served with distinction as his father had done. The answer, we know, is yes.
Jim attended UW-Madison and UW-Oshkosh, where he met his wife of 52 years, Jean. He also did graduate work at Penn State and University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, completing his Masters at Northern Michigan.
"If you love your job, you will never work a day of your life." We can say, then, Jim never worked a day of his life! He loved teaching junior high math at Lombardi Junior High School.
He enjoyed coaching basketball, playing slow pitch softball, darts and cribbage. Yes, he loved Packer games.
There were many trips to basketball tournaments, family visits to Annapolis, Camp Pendleton, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Atlanta and fishing trips to Canada, Alaska and many days on the "big pond."
The fall was, well, what else, deer hunting, with a choice of ten deer stands and crowned by an elevator to a gazebo on top of a silo, The Whitetail Heaven.
Jim was a 32-gallon blood donor and that speaks to his core beliefs of civility, decency, honor and pride.
There are so many things to remember about Jim. He sent us all off with a hot breakfast. He was famous for smoked trout and salmon. Jim was our own "Tomato King." He ran the Bellin with Valerie and Dan. He drove a Christmas tree from "up nort" to Chicago.
Jim took the long way home. We are proud of our family and grateful for all the help we received along the way.
Some people in life stay the course no matter what. And we thank them; Jim's loyal friends, Al Kolb, John Cardoni, and Dick Sieg, who left us too soon, and many others; and a life-long friend, Ken Leitner.
We are grateful for the help and goodness we have found with Dr. Cynthia Lasecki and Bellin Health, Curative Workshop, Cloud Center, Alpha Senior Concepts (Matthew), and Bornemann's Senior Community (Virginia and Janel), as well as Unity Hospice. And to all those people who stopped and listened to an old guy in a Marine Corps cap.
Jim is survived by his loving family; Jean Stein; Valerie, Hugh, and Emma Gallagher; Dan and Jessi Stein; Bill and Joyce Clay; John Frings and his family, Jessi and Brian Dunbar and children, Maia Olivia, Declan and Nyla; Mike Frings and his daughter, Ava. He was preceded in death by his parents; Jean's parents, Harlan and Mary Frings; and an infant sister, Sandra (never known, but missed).
Jim's family will greet relatives and friends at St. Jude Catholic Church, 1420 Division St., Green Bay, from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, July 21, followed by the Mass of Resurrection at 11 a.m. with Rev. David Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in Fort Howard Memorial Park with full Military Honors. Blaney Funeral Home is assisting the family. To send online condolences, please go to www.BlaneyFuneralHome.com.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jim's name to Lombardi Middle School or the Disabled American Veterans at www.dav.org/donate.
Jim's favorite saying was "Always leave them with a smile." He did, we did, and we will.
Jim Stein, 1937 - 2018
"Here I am Lord, My Life well-lived"
Jim was the much-loved son of Eugene and Bertha Stein, Sheboygan, WI, who had moved to "Chair City" in their youth from Minnesota.
His boyhood memories included happy stories of outdoor adventures, but the most compelling memory was that of his father stepping off the bus as a decorated World War II veteran. It impacted his entire life and he was proud of his three generation Marine Corps family. Jim served on the "USS Bon Homme Richard," where he had brig duty and was an honor guard at 81 Marine funerals. He missed Korea and Vietnam and always wondered if he would have served with distinction as his father had done. The answer, we know, is yes.
Jim attended UW-Madison and UW-Oshkosh, where he met his wife of 52 years, Jean. He also did graduate work at Penn State and University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, completing his Masters at Northern Michigan.
"If you love your job, you will never work a day of your life." We can say, then, Jim never worked a day of his life! He loved teaching junior high math at Lombardi Junior High School.
He enjoyed coaching basketball, playing slow pitch softball, darts and cribbage. Yes, he loved Packer games.
There were many trips to basketball tournaments, family visits to Annapolis, Camp Pendleton, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Atlanta and fishing trips to Canada, Alaska and many days on the "big pond."
The fall was, well, what else, deer hunting, with a choice of ten deer stands and crowned by an elevator to a gazebo on top of a silo, The Whitetail Heaven.
Jim was a 32-gallon blood donor and that speaks to his core beliefs of civility, decency, honor and pride.
There are so many things to remember about Jim. He sent us all off with a hot breakfast. He was famous for smoked trout and salmon. Jim was our own "Tomato King." He ran the Bellin with Valerie and Dan. He drove a Christmas tree from "up nort" to Chicago.
Jim took the long way home. We are proud of our family and grateful for all the help we received along the way.
Some people in life stay the course no matter what. And we thank them; Jim's loyal friends, Al Kolb, John Cardoni, and Dick Sieg, who left us too soon, and many others; and a life-long friend, Ken Leitner.
We are grateful for the help and goodness we have found with Dr. Cynthia Lasecki and Bellin Health, Curative Workshop, Cloud Center, Alpha Senior Concepts (Matthew), and Bornemann's Senior Community (Virginia and Janel), as well as Unity Hospice. And to all those people who stopped and listened to an old guy in a Marine Corps cap.
Jim is survived by his loving family; Jean Stein; Valerie, Hugh, and Emma Gallagher; Dan and Jessi Stein; Bill and Joyce Clay; John Frings and his family, Jessi and Brian Dunbar and children, Maia Olivia, Declan and Nyla; Mike Frings and his daughter, Ava. He was preceded in death by his parents; Jean's parents, Harlan and Mary Frings; and an infant sister, Sandra (never known, but missed).
Jim's family will greet relatives and friends at St. Jude Catholic Church, 1420 Division St., Green Bay, from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, July 21, followed by the Mass of Resurrection at 11 a.m. with Rev. David Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in Fort Howard Memorial Park with full Military Honors. Blaney Funeral Home is assisting the family. To send online condolences, please go to www.BlaneyFuneralHome.com.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jim's name to Lombardi Middle School or the Disabled American Veterans at www.dav.org/donate.
Jim's favorite saying was "Always leave them with a smile." He did, we did, and we will.
"Here I am Lord, My Life well-lived"
Jim was the much-loved son of Eugene and Bertha Stein, Sheboygan, WI, who had moved to "Chair City" in their youth from Minnesota.
His boyhood memories included happy stories of outdoor adventures, but the most compelling memory was that of his father stepping off the bus as a decorated World War II veteran. It impacted his entire life and he was proud of his three generation Marine Corps family. Jim served on the "USS Bon Homme Richard," where he had brig duty and was an honor guard at 81 Marine funerals. He missed Korea and Vietnam and always wondered if he would have served with distinction as his father had done. The answer, we know, is yes.
Jim attended UW-Madison and UW-Oshkosh, where he met his wife of 52 years, Jean. He also did graduate work at Penn State and University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, completing his Masters at Northern Michigan.
"If you love your job, you will never work a day of your life." We can say, then, Jim never worked a day of his life! He loved teaching junior high math at Lombardi Junior High School.
He enjoyed coaching basketball, playing slow pitch softball, darts and cribbage. Yes, he loved Packer games.
There were many trips to basketball tournaments, family visits to Annapolis, Camp Pendleton, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Atlanta and fishing trips to Canada, Alaska and many days on the "big pond."
The fall was, well, what else, deer hunting, with a choice of ten deer stands and crowned by an elevator to a gazebo on top of a silo, The Whitetail Heaven.
Jim was a 32-gallon blood donor and that speaks to his core beliefs of civility, decency, honor and pride.
There are so many things to remember about Jim. He sent us all off with a hot breakfast. He was famous for smoked trout and salmon. Jim was our own "Tomato King." He ran the Bellin with Valerie and Dan. He drove a Christmas tree from "up nort" to Chicago.
Jim took the long way home. We are proud of our family and grateful for all the help we received along the way.
Some people in life stay the course no matter what. And we thank them; Jim's loyal friends, Al Kolb, John Cardoni, and Dick Sieg, who left us too soon, and many others; and a life-long friend, Ken Leitner.
We are grateful for the help and goodness we have found with Dr. Cynthia Lasecki and Bellin Health, Curative Workshop, Cloud Center, Alpha Senior Concepts (Matthew), and Bornemann's Senior Community (Virginia and Janel), as well as Unity Hospice. And to all those people who stopped and listened to an old guy in a Marine Corps cap.
Jim is survived by his loving family; Jean Stein; Valerie, Hugh, and Emma Gallagher; Dan and Jessi Stein; Bill and Joyce Clay; John Frings and his family, Jessi and Brian Dunbar and children, Maia Olivia, Declan and Nyla; Mike Frings and his daughter, Ava. He was preceded in death by his parents; Jean's parents, Harlan and Mary Frings; and an infant sister, Sandra (never known, but missed).
Jim's family will greet relatives and friends at St. Jude Catholic Church, 1420 Division St., Green Bay, from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, July 21, followed by the Mass of Resurrection at 11 a.m. with Rev. David Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in Fort Howard Memorial Park with full Military Honors. Blaney Funeral Home is assisting the family. To send online condolences, please go to www.BlaneyFuneralHome.com.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jim's name to Lombardi Middle School or the Disabled American Veterans at www.dav.org/donate.
Jim's favorite saying was "Always leave them with a smile." He did, we did, and we will.
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