Mike Wurtz

Aloha Mike, I got to chat with Ted Gibson at the reunion, which reminds me of you for some reason. I wonder what you are up to these days. I never knew we were only 5 days apart in age. Happy Birthday!

Dick and I were best friends since 7th Grade at Kent School, when he lived in Kent Woodlands.  We were in the school band. In high school we hung out together with Wendy Gale (Phelps), Lynn (Curtis) Phillips, Cynthia Postel, and Brent Huber.  One of my favorite memories was practicing backflips off the school benches when we were basketball cheer leaders.  Another one was when we wore top hats and whistled to the theme music for Bridge over the River Kwai through our belly buttons in a skit for the Senior Farewell.

He took to the road on his BMW motorcycle, married and moved back to his roots in the mid-west and raised many children. As he got into bike culture he changed his common name to "Jack", posting as Dick "Jack" Jackson on his Facebook page. He visited the west only seldom but it was always good to see him again. 

As John Boro mentioned he had heart problems and needed to stay close to home but I was able to get together with him one October day in 2017 at Davenport, Iowa to celebrate life and have one more beer for old times sake with his brother Mike, his designated driver for the day.  I was grateful to be able to see him, hug him, and cheer him on one more time before he passed away.

Thanks for all the good times growing up together Dick.  

Aloha Curtis!

Posted on: Feb 14, 2021 at 1:33 AM