Daughter, Kathy Wait Bjorklund, wrote this entry about his life: http://waitheritage.blogspot.com/2009/07/tombstone-tuesday-roy-frederick-wait-jr.html
Obituary:
Roy Frederick "Sonny" Wait, Jr, 73
Born 3/16/31 in Greeley, CO
Died 3/28/04 in Lincoln, NE after only six weeks of battling Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
US Navy Korean War Veteran, Building maintenance for Jantzen, Driver for Armadillo Express for the railroaders, Delivery driver for Lincoln Drug, drove a Taxi, Toolcrib attendant for Ford Motor Company, Delivery driver for Miller & Paine, sacker at Russ's IGA in Havelock, Greeter at SuperK.
Survivors:
Son: Brian Wait (Lincoln) and his wife Becky and grandkids Ian and Ariel
Daughter: Kathy Myers (Chicago)
Daughter: Karen Wait (Palmyra) and grandkids Justin and Stephanie
Stepson: Tony Snyder (Murdock) and his wife Debra and grandkid Naomi
Ex-Wife: Shirley Wait (Lincoln)… they stayed close even after being divorced 15 years ago
Brother: Bill Wait (Valencia Ca) and his wife Deanna
Sister: Betty Amaral (Woodburn Or)
Cousins, Nieces, Nephews, Friends, and many more…
Preceded in death by:
Father: Roy Frederick Wait, Sr
Mother: Freda Delores (Fleming) Wait
Sister: Vivian (Wait) Head
Sister: Shirley (Wait) McFall
Sister: Doris (Wait) Budin and brother-in-law Bob Budin
Cars and Family were his passions. He put over 250,000 miles on his 1990 Lincoln Mark XII visiting family and friends. He enjoyed driving, photographing, and tinkering with cars. Whenever Dad would borrow one of our cars, he would bring it back washed and waxed, oil changed, tires checked, with a full tank of gas. He was known to lure you into the car with the promise of ice cream and trap you there while he visited friends and family… we would eventually get ice cream, but a 15 minute trip always took 3 hours. Cousin Sheryl said that they used to tell him 'You drive like a rocket and stop like a bomb!"
Dad was also known for his wry sense of humor. We fought over who had to sit next to him because it was inevitable that that person would end up with his hand clamped on your knee.. he could hit that nerve there every time and send you to the roof! He couldn't let a cake or pie sit there peacefully without poking his finger in the top of it. It was his trademark! He taught us kids to play cribbage when we were in grade school and we would play for a penny a point and he actually kept score! I would say that over the years, he probaby has an 80/20 win/lose ratio.. but I think I skunked him twice! (he skunked me waaaaaayyyy more than that!)
He taught me "old math". 9+9 turned into 10+10-2. 18, either way. I still add that way!
Dad loved his cell phone! He is the only person I know who used every single minute on his plan! 750 anytime minutes… 3000 night and weekend… and he still had free PCS to PCS calls! He got so mad the day they started charging to check his minutes! "They use up a whole minute before they even start telling you what you have left!" Tony just took his phone to the SprintPCS Store to print out his numbers so we can make our calls and they came back with 8 pages of phone numbers!! This could take a while…
We're in the process of going through his papers looking for his DD214 (discharge) papers. We can't find that, but we have found every single card that anyone has ever sent to him! He would cut the return address labels off and tape them to a sheet of paper so they'd be easily accessible. He kept everything!!! Letters, bills, receipts, rabies papers for Sheba (his dog who has been gone for a couple of years now)… Here's a good example of what we found: A 22 rifle that he bought from JC Penney in about 1970… in the original box.. mint condition… with the receipt (that was filed away in the desk). His place is like a continuous time capsule of his life. We have found so many packets of pictures in his place… old navy pictures, family pictures, car shows, parades, vacations, and old family photos. My big Project is going to be to sort through it all, put it in order, make copies for family, and add them to albums. I hope to get it done before the family reunion this summer, too!
I miss him already… no more 7am phone calls just to say "hi" (he never got the hang of waiting until 'double digits' to call me)… no more evening calls to say "what's for dinner?" even if he'd already eaten…. he would ask you to do things just to see if you would do them and then say that he was just kidding…
He was strong enough to stand his ground when he was right, but soft enough that he would do anything for anyone. He could dish it out, and take it too! He was loved.
Obituary:
Roy Frederick "Sonny" Wait, Jr, 73
Born 3/16/31 in Greeley, CO
Died 3/28/04 in Lincoln, NE after only six weeks of battling Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
US Navy Korean War Veteran, Building maintenance for Jantzen, Driver for Armadillo Express for the railroaders, Delivery driver for Lincoln Drug, drove a Taxi, Toolcrib attendant for Ford Motor Company, Delivery driver for Miller & Paine, sacker at Russ's IGA in Havelock, Greeter at SuperK.
Survivors:
Son: Brian Wait (Lincoln) and his wife Becky and grandkids Ian and Ariel
Daughter: Kathy Myers (Chicago)
Daughter: Karen Wait (Palmyra) and grandkids Justin and Stephanie
Stepson: Tony Snyder (Murdock) and his wife Debra and grandkid Naomi
Ex-Wife: Shirley Wait (Lincoln)… they stayed close even after being divorced 15 years ago
Brother: Bill Wait (Valencia Ca) and his wife Deanna
Sister: Betty Amaral (Woodburn Or)
Cousins, Nieces, Nephews, Friends, and many more…
Preceded in death by:
Father: Roy Frederick Wait, Sr
Mother: Freda Delores (Fleming) Wait
Sister: Vivian (Wait) Head
Sister: Shirley (Wait) McFall
Sister: Doris (Wait) Budin and brother-in-law Bob Budin
Cars and Family were his passions. He put over 250,000 miles on his 1990 Lincoln Mark XII visiting family and friends. He enjoyed driving, photographing, and tinkering with cars. Whenever Dad would borrow one of our cars, he would bring it back washed and waxed, oil changed, tires checked, with a full tank of gas. He was known to lure you into the car with the promise of ice cream and trap you there while he visited friends and family… we would eventually get ice cream, but a 15 minute trip always took 3 hours. Cousin Sheryl said that they used to tell him 'You drive like a rocket and stop like a bomb!"
Dad was also known for his wry sense of humor. We fought over who had to sit next to him because it was inevitable that that person would end up with his hand clamped on your knee.. he could hit that nerve there every time and send you to the roof! He couldn't let a cake or pie sit there peacefully without poking his finger in the top of it. It was his trademark! He taught us kids to play cribbage when we were in grade school and we would play for a penny a point and he actually kept score! I would say that over the years, he probaby has an 80/20 win/lose ratio.. but I think I skunked him twice! (he skunked me waaaaaayyyy more than that!)
He taught me "old math". 9+9 turned into 10+10-2. 18, either way. I still add that way!
Dad loved his cell phone! He is the only person I know who used every single minute on his plan! 750 anytime minutes… 3000 night and weekend… and he still had free PCS to PCS calls! He got so mad the day they started charging to check his minutes! "They use up a whole minute before they even start telling you what you have left!" Tony just took his phone to the SprintPCS Store to print out his numbers so we can make our calls and they came back with 8 pages of phone numbers!! This could take a while…
We're in the process of going through his papers looking for his DD214 (discharge) papers. We can't find that, but we have found every single card that anyone has ever sent to him! He would cut the return address labels off and tape them to a sheet of paper so they'd be easily accessible. He kept everything!!! Letters, bills, receipts, rabies papers for Sheba (his dog who has been gone for a couple of years now)… Here's a good example of what we found: A 22 rifle that he bought from JC Penney in about 1970… in the original box.. mint condition… with the receipt (that was filed away in the desk). His place is like a continuous time capsule of his life. We have found so many packets of pictures in his place… old navy pictures, family pictures, car shows, parades, vacations, and old family photos. My big Project is going to be to sort through it all, put it in order, make copies for family, and add them to albums. I hope to get it done before the family reunion this summer, too!
I miss him already… no more 7am phone calls just to say "hi" (he never got the hang of waiting until 'double digits' to call me)… no more evening calls to say "what's for dinner?" even if he'd already eaten…. he would ask you to do things just to see if you would do them and then say that he was just kidding…
He was strong enough to stand his ground when he was right, but soft enough that he would do anything for anyone. He could dish it out, and take it too! He was loved.
Daughter, Kathy Wait Bjorklund, wrote this entry about his life: http://waitheritage.blogspot.com/2009/07/tombstone-tuesday-roy-frederick-wait-jr.html
Obituary:
Roy Frederick "Sonny" Wait, Jr, 73
Born 3/16/31 in Greeley, CO
Died 3/28/04 in Lincoln, NE after only six weeks of battling Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
US Navy Korean War Veteran, Building maintenance for Jantzen, Driver for Armadillo Express for the railroaders, Delivery driver for Lincoln Drug, drove a Taxi, Toolcrib attendant for Ford Motor Company, Delivery driver for Miller & Paine, sacker at Russ's IGA in Havelock, Greeter at SuperK.
Survivors:
Son: Brian Wait (Lincoln) and his wife Becky and grandkids Ian and Ariel
Daughter: Kathy Myers (Chicago)
Daughter: Karen Wait (Palmyra) and grandkids Justin and Stephanie
Stepson: Tony Snyder (Murdock) and his wife Debra and grandkid Naomi
Ex-Wife: Shirley Wait (Lincoln)… they stayed close even after being divorced 15 years ago
Brother: Bill Wait (Valencia Ca) and his wife Deanna
Sister: Betty Amaral (Woodburn Or)
Cousins, Nieces, Nephews, Friends, and many more…
Preceded in death by:
Father: Roy Frederick Wait, Sr
Mother: Freda Delores (Fleming) Wait
Sister: Vivian (Wait) Head
Sister: Shirley (Wait) McFall
Sister: Doris (Wait) Budin and brother-in-law Bob Budin
Cars and Family were his passions. He put over 250,000 miles on his 1990 Lincoln Mark XII visiting family and friends. He enjoyed driving, photographing, and tinkering with cars. Whenever Dad would borrow one of our cars, he would bring it back washed and waxed, oil changed, tires checked, with a full tank of gas. He was known to lure you into the car with the promise of ice cream and trap you there while he visited friends and family… we would eventually get ice cream, but a 15 minute trip always took 3 hours. Cousin Sheryl said that they used to tell him 'You drive like a rocket and stop like a bomb!"
Dad was also known for his wry sense of humor. We fought over who had to sit next to him because it was inevitable that that person would end up with his hand clamped on your knee.. he could hit that nerve there every time and send you to the roof! He couldn't let a cake or pie sit there peacefully without poking his finger in the top of it. It was his trademark! He taught us kids to play cribbage when we were in grade school and we would play for a penny a point and he actually kept score! I would say that over the years, he probaby has an 80/20 win/lose ratio.. but I think I skunked him twice! (he skunked me waaaaaayyyy more than that!)
He taught me "old math". 9+9 turned into 10+10-2. 18, either way. I still add that way!
Dad loved his cell phone! He is the only person I know who used every single minute on his plan! 750 anytime minutes… 3000 night and weekend… and he still had free PCS to PCS calls! He got so mad the day they started charging to check his minutes! "They use up a whole minute before they even start telling you what you have left!" Tony just took his phone to the SprintPCS Store to print out his numbers so we can make our calls and they came back with 8 pages of phone numbers!! This could take a while…
We're in the process of going through his papers looking for his DD214 (discharge) papers. We can't find that, but we have found every single card that anyone has ever sent to him! He would cut the return address labels off and tape them to a sheet of paper so they'd be easily accessible. He kept everything!!! Letters, bills, receipts, rabies papers for Sheba (his dog who has been gone for a couple of years now)… Here's a good example of what we found: A 22 rifle that he bought from JC Penney in about 1970… in the original box.. mint condition… with the receipt (that was filed away in the desk). His place is like a continuous time capsule of his life. We have found so many packets of pictures in his place… old navy pictures, family pictures, car shows, parades, vacations, and old family photos. My big Project is going to be to sort through it all, put it in order, make copies for family, and add them to albums. I hope to get it done before the family reunion this summer, too!
I miss him already… no more 7am phone calls just to say "hi" (he never got the hang of waiting until 'double digits' to call me)… no more evening calls to say "what's for dinner?" even if he'd already eaten…. he would ask you to do things just to see if you would do them and then say that he was just kidding…
He was strong enough to stand his ground when he was right, but soft enough that he would do anything for anyone. He could dish it out, and take it too! He was loved.
Obituary:
Roy Frederick "Sonny" Wait, Jr, 73
Born 3/16/31 in Greeley, CO
Died 3/28/04 in Lincoln, NE after only six weeks of battling Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
US Navy Korean War Veteran, Building maintenance for Jantzen, Driver for Armadillo Express for the railroaders, Delivery driver for Lincoln Drug, drove a Taxi, Toolcrib attendant for Ford Motor Company, Delivery driver for Miller & Paine, sacker at Russ's IGA in Havelock, Greeter at SuperK.
Survivors:
Son: Brian Wait (Lincoln) and his wife Becky and grandkids Ian and Ariel
Daughter: Kathy Myers (Chicago)
Daughter: Karen Wait (Palmyra) and grandkids Justin and Stephanie
Stepson: Tony Snyder (Murdock) and his wife Debra and grandkid Naomi
Ex-Wife: Shirley Wait (Lincoln)… they stayed close even after being divorced 15 years ago
Brother: Bill Wait (Valencia Ca) and his wife Deanna
Sister: Betty Amaral (Woodburn Or)
Cousins, Nieces, Nephews, Friends, and many more…
Preceded in death by:
Father: Roy Frederick Wait, Sr
Mother: Freda Delores (Fleming) Wait
Sister: Vivian (Wait) Head
Sister: Shirley (Wait) McFall
Sister: Doris (Wait) Budin and brother-in-law Bob Budin
Cars and Family were his passions. He put over 250,000 miles on his 1990 Lincoln Mark XII visiting family and friends. He enjoyed driving, photographing, and tinkering with cars. Whenever Dad would borrow one of our cars, he would bring it back washed and waxed, oil changed, tires checked, with a full tank of gas. He was known to lure you into the car with the promise of ice cream and trap you there while he visited friends and family… we would eventually get ice cream, but a 15 minute trip always took 3 hours. Cousin Sheryl said that they used to tell him 'You drive like a rocket and stop like a bomb!"
Dad was also known for his wry sense of humor. We fought over who had to sit next to him because it was inevitable that that person would end up with his hand clamped on your knee.. he could hit that nerve there every time and send you to the roof! He couldn't let a cake or pie sit there peacefully without poking his finger in the top of it. It was his trademark! He taught us kids to play cribbage when we were in grade school and we would play for a penny a point and he actually kept score! I would say that over the years, he probaby has an 80/20 win/lose ratio.. but I think I skunked him twice! (he skunked me waaaaaayyyy more than that!)
He taught me "old math". 9+9 turned into 10+10-2. 18, either way. I still add that way!
Dad loved his cell phone! He is the only person I know who used every single minute on his plan! 750 anytime minutes… 3000 night and weekend… and he still had free PCS to PCS calls! He got so mad the day they started charging to check his minutes! "They use up a whole minute before they even start telling you what you have left!" Tony just took his phone to the SprintPCS Store to print out his numbers so we can make our calls and they came back with 8 pages of phone numbers!! This could take a while…
We're in the process of going through his papers looking for his DD214 (discharge) papers. We can't find that, but we have found every single card that anyone has ever sent to him! He would cut the return address labels off and tape them to a sheet of paper so they'd be easily accessible. He kept everything!!! Letters, bills, receipts, rabies papers for Sheba (his dog who has been gone for a couple of years now)… Here's a good example of what we found: A 22 rifle that he bought from JC Penney in about 1970… in the original box.. mint condition… with the receipt (that was filed away in the desk). His place is like a continuous time capsule of his life. We have found so many packets of pictures in his place… old navy pictures, family pictures, car shows, parades, vacations, and old family photos. My big Project is going to be to sort through it all, put it in order, make copies for family, and add them to albums. I hope to get it done before the family reunion this summer, too!
I miss him already… no more 7am phone calls just to say "hi" (he never got the hang of waiting until 'double digits' to call me)… no more evening calls to say "what's for dinner?" even if he'd already eaten…. he would ask you to do things just to see if you would do them and then say that he was just kidding…
He was strong enough to stand his ground when he was right, but soft enough that he would do anything for anyone. He could dish it out, and take it too! He was loved.
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