March Lindskoog Family Birthdays

 1 Bill Mielke

 2 Mary Porrey

 4 Eva Nilsson

 4 Johan Gardsmark

 5 Riley Winter

 7 Karl Greenfield

 7 Landon Porrey (Thirty!)

 8 Amber Tomaras

 9 Julie Murray

 9 Colin Murray

 9 Bodil Mandorsson

11 Michael Marsh-Lindskoog

11 Andrew Lindskoog

11 Ariel Haywood

11 Su Te Brown

14 Eleanor Lindskoog (BIG EIGHT-OH!)

14 Owen Porrey

16 Nicholas Fortier

16 Joseph Pratt

17 Jaime Greenfield

18 Joe Porrey

18 Lukas Gustafsson

19 Caycee Porrey

19 Molly Montgomery

20 Amanda Winter

20 Goran Persson

20 Lars Persson

21 Lo Swernfeldt (Double Digits)

22 Stella Richards (Twenty)

22 Sadie Dansberry

23 Adam Lindblom

24 Gloria Greenfield

25 Trevor Gere

26 Taylor Lindskoog

27 Roger Lindskoog

27 Sandra Lindskoog (Thirty!)

28 Kamari Anderson

29 Mark Pechnick

30 Allyson Bailey

31 Kristian Sistig

31 Reagan Winter

31 Anton Persson

?? Geoff Johnson

February Lindskoog Family Birthdays

 2 Lucy Greenfield

 2 Novalie Nilsson

 3 Stephen Todd

 4 Caryn Sparacio

 4 Wes Henricksen

 5 Chad Brown

 5 Rick Sothen

 6 Zachary Lindskoog (Thirty!)

 6 Caedence Porrey

 7 Melissa Bailey

10 Jubilee Fry

10 Joyce Petersen

10 Holly Todd

10 Jackson Gere (Thirty!)

11 Karin Lindblom

11 Devyn Reing

11 Ed Biegert

11 James Haywood

13 Titti Nilsson (Big Eight-Oh!)

14 Joshua Diersen (Twenty-One!)

14 Jordan Marsh-Lindskoog

15 Tarina Richards

16 Gunnar Lindeman (Twenty!)

17 Zoey Todd (UNO!)

17 Ulf Linde (Sixty!)

18 Wendy Johnson

18 Jonas Linde

18 Dawn Lindeman (SIXTY!)

19 CJ Steiger

20 Harley Miller

20 Jack Miller

20 Sadie Richards

22 Zeke Brown

25 Mike Porrey (SEVENTY!)

25 Bert Lindblom

25 Patricia Lindskoog

26 Keith Brown

26 Ada Coelius

26 Melissa Sass

26 Kyle Guziec

26 Adalynn Porrey

Tribute to Bob Miller

You might know our dad as Bob, but in our family he is known as Gramps or Feeze.  No one is quite sure where Feeze came from, but someone said it once and it just stuck. Anyone who knew my dad knows that he always loved a good nickname.

Our dad was born on April 16th 1938 to Herb and Eva Miller and has two sisters Gloria and Joyce.  He was the baby of the family.  He was a good kid growing up but was always a little mischievous and stayed that way……well…. Through his mid 80’s. He grew up in Chicago where he attended Lane Tech High School.  After High School He became an electrician and worked at Corkill Electric where he eventually became a general manager.  He did this despite being told to be anything OTHER than an electrician due to his grades in electrical shop class.   A few years after high school he made the BEST decision of his life.  He attended a carnival in Niles with his best friend Tom Russo. YES, a carnival, where else would you go to find your future wife? It was there where he saw our mom carrying a giant stuffed animal that her brother Tom had won.  The bear and my mom were what caught my dad’s attention,  ( So thank you Uncle Tom for winning that bear).  That night  He walked up to mom and struck up a conversation.  After hanging out and talking for a while  he thought she might be someone he wanted to date.  She had a great time as well but didn’t think there was a future since he didn’t ask her out at the end of the night.  Lucky for him, during their conversation that night she had mentioned that she worked in the electrical department at Sears. It was meant to be!   Within a few days he visited her at her work…. not just once…. but twice.  Nowadays that could be considered stalking but really it was the start of THEIR story.  She found him funny and good looking but was tired of waiting for him to ask HER out, so she asked him. The rest, is history.  Bob and Loretta were married a few years later. They have been inseparable ever since whether at  someone’s sporting event, school activity, Door County, or any casino within 250 miles, they were always together.  My dad was a patient and supportive husband, this was especially true at restaurants.  If you have ever been out to dinner with the two of them you know what I am talking about. A table Not too close to the bathrooms, kitchen, or under a fan. Dad would wait patiently through several table changes until mom had just the right spot. AND OH WE CAN’T FORGET THOSE FAMILY GATHERINGS  where he waited patiently for those Lally goodbyes which funny enough now we refer to as Miller goodbyes.  

Feeze was a wonderful husband and dad.  He loved us unconditionally and was always joking, laughing, coaching, and playing with us growing up.  He always made time for us and  was often found after work shooting hoops, playing catch, or just hanging out with us. He never said no and He always made it a point to make us a priority.  He attended all of our games, performances, and special events.  As a dad he rarely got upset, and to be honest with the three of us he had every right to.   Like the time one of us hit the house with the car,  and by one of us… I mean not me.  But instead of getting upset he just brought out a plunger to fix the dent.  Nothing was really said, except be careful next time.  He never had to say too much , we just always understood.  He was supportive and protective of his family. Not a helicopter parent, but one that was protective BEHIND the scenes. If we started a new job he had it scoped out before our first day.  If we needed directions he had us covered.  Although it was usually….. You know just  make a right at the Amoco station and Left at the BP, then straight for a while…But he always got us to where we needed to go.  Whenever we needed something fixed he was there for us….Usually with a roll of duct tape…According to him, it fixed everything. He was our go to person and we could always count on him.

In later years  he took on a new role, that of Gramps.  That is what all the grandkids called HIM, but when we were together as a family he called them by all sorts of nicknames like  gang, creeps, or rat finks …Told you he loved a good nickname!  Through the 31 years of being gramps his energy, enthusiasm, and joy of hanging out with them never changed.  He didn’t spoil his grandkids in the traditional way, instead he spoiled them with his time and attention. He loved watching them whether on an athletic field or on stage. In fact he always joked that he was going to be their agent when they hit it big. As you can tell the  grandkids always kept him busy and he wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. 

One place that all the grandkids loved to be with gramps was Door County.  Our  mom and dad called it magical Door County because they would always say the weather was beautiful.  The grand kids called it magical because each family got to spend a week up there each summer with grams and gramps.  It was there that you would find him giving them the knee crab, golfing, or in the pool having noodle fights, or maybe a game of Racko where if he won he would YELL RACKOROONIO!! And  even once in a while he would  have tea parties on the patio where he would imitate a little old waitress by saying Don’t be Nervous with your Service while shaking the tea cups. The kids said It was always the small things he did and the way he always wanted to have fun. 

I think that is the way he lived his life.  He always wanted to have fun!  He never took life too seriously.  He would tell us all the time that everything has a way of working out and that  there is nothing to worry about.  He taught us so many lessons, sometimes with his words but more with his actions.  

You are going to be missed Feeze! Although we can’t fix the hole from you being gone with duct tape We will always hear your laughter and remember the best times with you!   We know you are looking over and protecting us! And we love you!

January Lindskoog Family Birthdays

 1 Lyndon Winter

 3 Lane Brown

 6 Erik Todd

 7 Leif Richards (Big Five-Oh!)

 9 Laurie Mielke

 9 Annette Todd-Corona

10 Kirk Wiggerman

11 Lauren Biegert

11 Dave Lindskoog

14 Max Gardsmark

14 Nate Todd

14 Ralph Dear

14 Matthew Dear

16 Cindy Todd

17 Kim Kaminski

18 Kiersten Lindskoog

22 Brittany Kaminski

23 Ron Wiggerman (NINETY!)

26 Brooke Clark

26 Ryan Beckland

30 Rachel Brown

30 Emily Murray

30 Ashanti Monts-Treviska

30 Frankie Pedrotti-Todd

31 Maureen Guziec (FORTY!)

December Lindskoog Family Birthdays

 1 Kim Diersen

 1 Matt Biegert

 3 Hannah Cleal

 4 Adam Porrey

 7 Anders Gardsmark (SIXTY!)

 7 Lars Linde Wangstedt

 8 Lincoln Clark

 8 Vince Murray

 8 McKenna Kinsey

 9 Autumn Padilla

 9 Dalton Brown (Double Digits!)

9 Keegan Brown (Double Digits!)

11 Heath Brown

11 Shane Brown

11 Matt Porrey

11 Bridger Tomaras (Golden!)

12 Annika Gehl

13 Bob Owen

14 Sam Corona

15 Mary Jo Tomaras

15 Isabella Lindqvist

16 Joan Tomaras

16 Ben Porrey

16 Nandini Bakshi

17 Corwin Brown

17 Dean Tomaras

17 Matt DeMuro

18 Tyler Lindskoog

18 Berkley Wiggerman

18 Jonathan Lindskoog

18 Destiny Beckland

19 Daniel Guziec

19 Brett Centnarowicz

19 Jason Richards (Big Five-Oh!)

20 Addie Guziec

20 Brenda Porrey

21 Elizabeth Lindskoog

21 Christer Nilsson

24 Erik Beckland

24 Brianna Sotelo

25 Julie Miller

25 Margareta Persson

26 Wren Richards

26 Denise Wiggerman

27 Tomas Swernfeldt

28 Erik Richards

28 David Meischen

29 Evie Kinsey

30 Eleanor Henricksen (Twenty!)

30 Eva Henricksen

30 Henry Hall (Twenty-One!)

?? Mary Calkins

November Lindskoog Family Birthdays

 1 Jeff Wiggerman

1 Quinn Kinsey

 2 Nicholas Gere

 3 Ashley Guziec

 3 Alexander Linde

 4 Dawn Sothen

 5 Tammy Beckland

 7 Jeffrey Lindskoog

 7 Jodi Porrey

 7 Samantha Steiger

 8 Tara Scattergood

 8 Rachel Beckland

 9 Annaliese Lindskoog

10 Jason Gere

11 Dave Kinsey

11 Sharon Miller

12 Jakob Gustafsson

12 Ingrid Lilja

12 Ingemar Persson

13 Adaline Brown

13 Jack Brown

16 Jodie Montgomery

17 Atticus Porrey

18 Adler Porrey

19 Judson Brown

20 Josh Winter

22 Nils Gardsmark (Twenty-one!)

23 Ethan Richards (Twenty!)

23 Jack McNicholas

25 Brady Henricksen

25 Walter Dear

25 Alex Beckland

26 Dylan Kaminski

27 Andreas Hoffer

28 Claire Brown (Twenty!)

28 Annette Gardsmark

30 Dave Reing

October Lindskoog Family Birthdays

 1 Lewis Calkins

 1 Melonie Brown

 2 Arthur Nicolas

 3 Chris Centnarowicz

 3 Jecicca Linde

 3 Millie Beckland

 4 Jon Todd

 5 Katarina Gustafsson

 6 Barry Tomaras

 6 Karalee Gendreau

 6 Amy Hall

 6 Remington Beckland

 7 Jennifer Lindskoog (SIXTY!)

 8 Henry Beckland

10 Cindy Lindskoog

10 Troy Clark

10 Max Brown

11 Amelia Nicolas

12 Kimberly Todd

12 Linnea Sistig

13 Fredrik Swernfeldt

14 Hannah Krueger

15 Linne Calkins

15 Andrew Buchanan

15 Brandin Padilla

16 Pam Cipolla

16 Gareth Magiskog (Forty!)

19 Jennifer Brown

19 Magnus Hoffer

20 Bob Miller

21 Liz Manley-DeMuro

21 Goran Swernfeldt

22 Tabitha Fortier

22 Diane Stefanik

23 Walt Dansberry

25 Peter Porrey (SIXTY!)

27 Marlene Goodman

29 Connor Guziec

31 MacKenzie Marsh