David Kingston Lindemuth died on July 4, 2012 in Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania. Dave and his son Austin were vacationing/ renovating an ancestral Lindemuth family home "Lindenherst" located in Lancaster County, PA.
David Kingston Lindemuth was born 25 Jul 1944 in Massena, New York. His family moved to Lafayette, CA in 1954. Dave continued to live in Lafayette, CA owning two homes, one on Glenside Drive and having recently moved into his childhood home on Black Hawk Road. Dave married Victoria Girimonte on 13 Jan 1968. They had two children - a son Jason and a daughter Ryah. They divorced in 1982. He later married Debbie Brady and they had three children - Austin, Kyle and Courtney. They divorced in 2001. Dave was currently in a long term relationship with girlfriend Renata.
Dave received his Bachelors Degree in Economics from University of Oregon and began working in the transportation field following graduation. In 1970, Dave successfully became a licensed broker and started his own business, DKL Customs Brokers with headquarters located in South San Francisco, CA. and satellite offices in New York, Los Angeles and Seattle, WA. He employed over 150 full time professionals and operated over 20 trucks. He retired in 2007.
Dave enjoyed reading, traveling, gardening, good food, good wine and spending time with family and friends.
Dave Lindemuth is survived by his five children Jason (b.1971), Ryah (b. 1974), Austin (b.1989), Kyle (b. 1990), Courtney (b. 1992), and three grandchildren, Beatrice, Sophie and June.
I will miss our sometimes heated discussions, in person and over the phone, about politics and the state of affairs in the US and the World in general. You always were a keen observer of life, and an always informed person. I very much enjoyed that aspect of you. Your deep, rasping laugh always seemed to bring things back to friendship...to not laugh with you was impossible !
Of course, one of my fondest memories is of the day we set the hill between your house and mine on fire ! A very scary moment ! I believe it would have ended much worse for me, however...as the fire was moving up the hill ! I remember being both thankful and terrified when my Dad calmly walked down to us with a long garden hose strung out behind him a doused the growing fire. He looked at our big eyed, soot smeared faces...shook his head...and walked back up to the house. I do believe we finally laughed...with much relief !
You leave a lot of good memories with me...and I'm very sure, for many other friends and family. I will miss you amigo...and never forget !
Dave was my best friend during the 14 years I worked for him in the customs brokerage business. As I recall, he started in the business at A.J. Fritz then went to Novo International, a big player in the industry in those days. As he was the import manager at Novo, I interviewed with him for a job and before concluding our meeting asked if there were opportunities for advancement His reply was, "Sure, you can have my job...", an introduction to his comedic sense of humor. Three months later Novo filed for bankruptcy and Dave opened his own business with Fairchild Semiconductor, which came with him from Novo as his major account. After Novo folded I became the second or third employee. He had an entry writer, a messenger and his very kind father, Jacob, or "Jake", as he preferred, the retired Kaiser Aluminum V.P., doing the accounting, everyone in one unfinished room with Dave in a small office. His orange VW bug and Vicki's red Ford wagon became messenger vehicles. That was 1978, in South San Francisco.
Dave was an entrepreneur, always searching for ways to gain or create new business. always working at a high level of energy. He once had a printing business and sold eggs from the chickens he raised(the license plate on one of his cars was FUNEX- sound it out by each letter!); he showed me an ad in a magazine offering machetes for sale by mail order. As the brokerage and export business grew with the 24 hour, seven days a week service we provided Fairchild and other customers Dave brought on with his superior salesmanship, including Atari, Hewlett Packard and Pan Am, he dabbled in the survival food business, selling English antiques, buying classic 1950's American cars and exporting them to Europe for sale, and a limousine service.
Dave was an inspiration, mentor and generous to all of us who started with him. In the early days we met once a week for breakfast at a diner in S.S.F for an hour going over the regulations. We thought of him as a genius, whether he was quoting Wittgenstein or waiting for a response to a customs question he had this funny quirk where his eyes would dart back and forth horizontally, something like a cursor waiting for the next click. He loved his kids and enjoyed having them in the office. On days when childcare was lacking I brought mine as well. Dave was godfather to my younger son, Ryan. Ryan's baptism may have been the first time he attended church since the Billy Graham revival Dave attended as a boy, having come to the alter when called, and hiding in his room when a visitor from the ministry came to his home to discuss his conversion.
Dave was the funniest man I ever knew- he once arrived at work, always in a suit, but with two different shoes on that day. Everyone was in stitches. Vicky soon arrived with the correct missing shoe. During a camping trip to the Mendocino coast with our families when bedtime arrived he marched into his tent, knocked down the pole and collapsed the tent, much to the delight of Jason and Ryah.
I was shocked and saddened to learn of Dave's passing. He deserved more years with his children. I can recall no one who inspired us and made us laugh as he did. I will surely miss him.
I miss you Dave. Just wanted to let you know that ! Keep 'em laughing, my old friend ! You left too early. If you can believe it...I'll be 77 in 3 days ! Crazy world.
Susan Frazell (Johnson-Sperry)
David Kingston Lindemuth died on July 4, 2012 in Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania. Dave and his son Austin were vacationing/ renovating an ancestral Lindemuth family home "Lindenherst" located in Lancaster County, PA.
David Kingston Lindemuth was born 25 Jul 1944 in Massena, New York. His family moved to Lafayette, CA in 1954. Dave continued to live in Lafayette, CA owning two homes, one on Glenside Drive and having recently moved into his childhood home on Black Hawk Road. Dave married Victoria Girimonte on 13 Jan 1968. They had two children - a son Jason and a daughter Ryah. They divorced in 1982. He later married Debbie Brady and they had three children - Austin, Kyle and Courtney. They divorced in 2001. Dave was currently in a long term relationship with girlfriend Renata.
Dave received his Bachelors Degree in Economics from University of Oregon and began working in the transportation field following graduation. In 1970, Dave successfully became a licensed broker and started his own business, DKL Customs Brokers with headquarters located in South San Francisco, CA. and satellite offices in New York, Los Angeles and Seattle, WA. He employed over 150 full time professionals and operated over 20 trucks. He retired in 2007.
Dave enjoyed reading, traveling, gardening, good food, good wine and spending time with family and friends.
Dave Lindemuth is survived by his five children Jason (b.1971), Ryah (b. 1974), Austin (b.1989), Kyle (b. 1990), Courtney (b. 1992), and three grandchildren, Beatrice, Sophie and June.
May he Rest in Peace.
Shannon H. Cash (Cash)
R. I. P...my long time friend. Way too soon !
I will miss our sometimes heated discussions, in person and over the phone, about politics and the state of affairs in the US and the World in general. You always were a keen observer of life, and an always informed person. I very much enjoyed that aspect of you. Your deep, rasping laugh always seemed to bring things back to friendship...to not laugh with you was impossible !
Of course, one of my fondest memories is of the day we set the hill between your house and mine on fire ! A very scary moment ! I believe it would have ended much worse for me, however...as the fire was moving up the hill ! I remember being both thankful and terrified when my Dad calmly walked down to us with a long garden hose strung out behind him a doused the growing fire. He looked at our big eyed, soot smeared faces...shook his head...and walked back up to the house. I do believe we finally laughed...with much relief !
You leave a lot of good memories with me...and I'm very sure, for many other friends and family. I will miss you amigo...and never forget !
Shannon H. Cash
Class of 1962
Marilla J. Watts (Whitney)
This is a reflection from Bill Daniels:
I was shocked and saddened to learn of Dave's passing. He deserved more years with his children. I can recall no one who inspired us and made us laugh as he did. I will surely miss him.
Shannon H. Cash (Cash)
I miss you Dave. Just wanted to let you know that ! Keep 'em laughing, my old friend ! You left too early. If you can believe it...I'll be 77 in 3 days ! Crazy world.