Charles' Latest Interactions
Posted on: Nov 16, 2020 at 3:33 AM
I spent my first 4 1/2 years of grade school at Ysleta Elementary in the Lower Valley -- when we moved to Northeast El Paso in 1961, my Mom took me to register at Crosby Elementary -- the registrar pointed to a student Hall Monitor there in the office and said, "He's in the 5th grade, just go with him." -- and when he walked me to my class, I remember thinking: "WOW, they grow 5th graders TALL out here in Northeast!!" -- and for the next 58 years, he was my friend, my financial advisor, and a trusted family member who attended Vanstory family reunions and events. After our Freshman year at UTEP, I had parlayed two summers worth of El Paso Natural Gas Company "employee's kid's summer job" money into buying and fixing-up a 9-year-old '60 Corvette (detachable hardtop/convertible) -- Jack, of course, thought it only appropriate that we "christen" the car -- after all, it was still the Summer of Love in 1969, so we set out west to find America -- we were Tod & Buz from Route 66 and Captain America & Billy from Easy Rider, all rolled into one (sort of ;) -- I said at our 50th reunion last October that each of us individually was the sum of all those around us, and Jack was a huge chunk of that -- he was tall in many, many ways -- he was our gentle giant who was as cool as the flip side of the pillow -- all of our lives are so much better and richer because he was in them...
PS: Tisha did a MAGNIFICENT job of representing our class at the funeral, speaking for all of us with poise and grace...
Posted on: Nov 16, 2018 at 3:33 AM
MASTERFUL job on the pictures, Art -- FANTASTIC!! CV
AMEN to the above comments! "Fellabaum" had a dry sense of humor and an EXREMELY quit wit -- nothing got past that girl! --she'll have 'em in stitches up in heaven -- she's one of the ones we'll all miss the most at the reunion... Charlie Vanstory
Posted on: Nov 16, 2017 at 3:33 AM