I remember Andy so well,from Bob Green's excellent English 91 class; Bob was the BEST public school teacher I ever had; a very fine guy who was an RCAF veteran of WWII and had some very sad memories of that time.
Andy and I usually would vie to see who could answer the questions Bob would ask and he was VERY BRIGHT, erudite far beyond his years and wore the coolest "beat" clothes. I was SO jealous of his apparent sophistication and cosmopolitan air.
Years later, whrn Andy visited Nelson , he happened to wander into my Baker St. bookstore and was surprised to find his "nemesis" from high school English 91 there. We had a good chat and then, that evening, I found him, Don "Stick" Steffenson, the best "Daily News" writer I ever knew with well-known Canadian professors and poets, Tom Wayman and Fred Wah, in the Hume Hotel pub.
These gentlemen, were among the more interesting and literate conversationalists I have known and a fine night was had by all of us.....I never saw Andy again and he just died, back home on the Prairies, age 69, a few months ago.....published, award winning and honoured....a life well lived and a guy I really admired and liked.
...The day of his death, was a dark, cold day... Wystan Auden
If I may quote from the 1964 LVR Mountaineer Yearbook, Andy's photo and write-up about him, Page 62:
"Andy Sukaski (as spelled)--Andy is a singer who can often be heard crooning away in the firehall. Art Editor for the Yearbook, he plans a career in creative art after university."
May you be enjoying doing art wherever you may be!
I did not realize how far Andy had come and what a talented poet and writer he was until I followed him on the internet and became familiar with his accomplishments and the books, etc. he wrote. Wow.
Dewey (Julius) Riesterer
I remember Andy so well,from Bob Green's excellent English 91 class; Bob was the BEST public school teacher I ever had; a very fine guy who was an RCAF veteran of WWII and had some very sad memories of that time.
Andy and I usually would vie to see who could answer the questions Bob would ask and he was VERY BRIGHT, erudite far beyond his years and wore the coolest "beat" clothes. I was SO jealous of his apparent sophistication and cosmopolitan air.
Years later, whrn Andy visited Nelson , he happened to wander into my Baker St. bookstore and was surprised to find his "nemesis" from high school English 91 there. We had a good chat and then, that evening, I found him, Don "Stick" Steffenson, the best "Daily News" writer I ever knew with well-known Canadian professors and poets, Tom Wayman and Fred Wah, in the Hume Hotel pub.
These gentlemen, were among the more interesting and literate conversationalists I have known and a fine night was had by all of us.....I never saw Andy again and he just died, back home on the Prairies, age 69, a few months ago.....published, award winning and honoured....a life well lived and a guy I really admired and liked.
...The day of his death, was a dark, cold day... Wystan Auden
Pam Stegeman (De Kock)
If I may quote from the 1964 LVR Mountaineer Yearbook, Andy's photo and write-up about him, Page 62:
"Andy Sukaski (as spelled)--Andy is a singer who can often be heard crooning away in the firehall. Art Editor for the Yearbook, he plans a career in creative art after university."
May you be enjoying doing art wherever you may be!
Rest in Peace, Andy.
May the Angels keep you.
Prayers,
Pam LVR'64
Shirley Sodlosky (Karasz)
I did not realize how far Andy had come and what a talented poet and writer he was until I followed him on the internet and became familiar with his accomplishments and the books, etc. he wrote. Wow.