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DENNIS LAPCHIS - BORN & RAISED IN THE SEATTLE AREA… HAD A WONDERFUL CHILDHOOD GROWING UP WITH HIS MOM, DAD, AND SISTER IN THE NEWPORT WOODS COMMUNITY ON THE “EASTSIDE”. WAS TAUGHT MANY VALUABLE LESSONS BY HIS PARENTS… THE VALUE OF HONESTY… THAT WE SHOULD TREAT OTHERS THE WAY WE WANT TO BE TREATED… THAT FACING ONE’S FEARS BUILDS CHARACTER… THAT A GLASS 1/2 FULL IS BETTER THAN 1/2 EMPTY, ETC!
LOVED HIS COLLEGE DAYS (WORKING/SNOWBOARDING AT MT BAKER, PLAYING/COACHING SOCCER AT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, SPINNING DISCS AT 89.3 KUGS FM, ETC.) … CHERISHED THE JOYS OF HIS TWENTIES (GETTING MARRIED IN THE SAN JUANS, MAMBOSOK ADVENTURES, SLAMMING THE BERLIN WALL WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER, CREATING WASHINGTON’S FIRST INLINE SKATING NON-PROFIT, SKATING THRU MANHATTAN FOR K2, , ETC.)… APPRECIATED THE SATISFACTION OF HIS 30’S (THREE INCREDIBLE CHILDREN, BOEING EDUCATION, MSCE CERTIFICATION, KREKOWJENNINGS OPPORTUNITIES, ETC.)… RECOGNIZED THE TRUE HORRORS OF WAR AND THE DECEIT OF 9/11… REALIZED THE GRATIFICATION OF SUCCESS IN HIS FORTIES (20 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, WEST SEATTLE SOCCER CLUB, LAPCHIS CONSULTING, , ETC.)… HE IS LOOKING FORWARD AS THE BEST IS YET TO COME!
HOPES TO LIVE HIS LIFE AND BE REMEMBERED AS SOMEONE WHO: FOUND JOY IN THE EVERYDAY EVENTS OF LIFE … BELIEVED THAT HAPPINESS AND SATISFACTION ARE A JOURNEY, NOT A DESTINATION … WORKED TOWARDS GIVING MORE THAN RECEIVING … TRIED TO MAKE THE BEST OF ANY SITUATION … BELIEVED HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN CHARGE OF HIS ATTITUDE… FOUND JOY IN THE WONDERS OF MUSIC … GAVE HIS BEST FOR HIS FAMILY… WAS A HARD WORKER AND A HARD PLAYER … SPREAD THE WEALTH … VALUED LIFELONG FITNESS AND ACTIVITY … WAS A LEADER WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY AROSE AND A FOLLOWER WHEN CALLED UPON … WAS NOT RELIGIOUS IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE, BUT WAS FULL OF SPIRITUALITY … WAS A LOVER NOT A FIGHTER … DESIRED EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL … WAS PASSIONATELY ANTI-WAR AND ANTI-MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX … LOVED TO LEARN, LOVED TO PARTICIPATE, AND LOVED TO LAUGH!
LOVED HIS COLLEGE DAYS (WORKING/SNOWBOARDING AT MT BAKER, PLAYING/COACHING SOCCER AT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, SPINNING DISCS AT 89.3 KUGS FM, ETC.) … CHERISHED THE JOYS OF HIS TWENTIES (GETTING MARRIED IN THE SAN JUANS, MAMBOSOK ADVENTURES, SLAMMING THE BERLIN WALL WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER, CREATING WASHINGTON’S FIRST INLINE SKATING NON-PROFIT, SKATING THRU MANHATTAN FOR K2, , ETC.)… APPRECIATED THE SATISFACTION OF HIS 30’S (THREE INCREDIBLE CHILDREN, BOEING EDUCATION, MSCE CERTIFICATION, KREKOWJENNINGS OPPORTUNITIES, ETC.)… RECOGNIZED THE TRUE HORRORS OF WAR AND THE DECEIT OF 9/11… REALIZED THE GRATIFICATION OF SUCCESS IN HIS FORTIES (20 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, WEST SEATTLE SOCCER CLUB, LAPCHIS CONSULTING, , ETC.)… HE IS LOOKING FORWARD AS THE BEST IS YET TO COME!
HOPES TO LIVE HIS LIFE AND BE REMEMBERED AS SOMEONE WHO: FOUND JOY IN THE EVERYDAY EVENTS OF LIFE … BELIEVED THAT HAPPINESS AND SATISFACTION ARE A JOURNEY, NOT A DESTINATION … WORKED TOWARDS GIVING MORE THAN RECEIVING … TRIED TO MAKE THE BEST OF ANY SITUATION … BELIEVED HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN CHARGE OF HIS ATTITUDE… FOUND JOY IN THE WONDERS OF MUSIC … GAVE HIS BEST FOR HIS FAMILY… WAS A HARD WORKER AND A HARD PLAYER … SPREAD THE WEALTH … VALUED LIFELONG FITNESS AND ACTIVITY … WAS A LEADER WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY AROSE AND A FOLLOWER WHEN CALLED UPON … WAS NOT RELIGIOUS IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE, BUT WAS FULL OF SPIRITUALITY … WAS A LOVER NOT A FIGHTER … DESIRED EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL … WAS PASSIONATELY ANTI-WAR AND ANTI-MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX … LOVED TO LEARN, LOVED TO PARTICIPATE, AND LOVED TO LAUGH!
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