Born to Golf, Forced to Work
“In Analysis: Steven J. Skalsky”
“Born to Golf, Forced to Work,” is a sign that hung above Steven J. Skalsky’s cash register. Steve Skalsky was my Great-Grandpa Skalsky. He was born November 7, 1920 in Beulah, North Dakota. Almost 92 years later on October 7, 2012 he passed away in Stevensville, Montana of natural causes. Born and raised on a family farm that he hated in North Dakota. In 1945 he moved to Bitterroot Valley where he met Emma Koch. They married July 1, 1946 in Hamilton, Montana. Great-Grandpa Skalsky got his barber license in June 28, 1949. By the time that he died his license was older than most state employees. Steve had eleven brothers and sisters, three children, 11 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren. …show more content…
Skalsky was important to me. My Great-Grandpa Skalsky had no plans to retire. When he was on his death bed in the hospital he talked in his native tongue, Polish. Steven J. Skalsky was buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Stevensville, Montana. He was preceded by his wife Emma of sixty-one years, three brothers, and six sisters. He was survived by Alan and Betty Skalsky, Bonnie and Dave Weisbeck, Patricia and Lee Pederson, eleven grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren and two brothers. There is this great poem that I think of when I think of my Great-Grandpa Skalsky it is called “The Dash” by Linda Ellis. There is always a reason as to why people do what they do. This is called motivations. Motivations is the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way. Beowulf form Beowulf fights three monsters for three different motivations. “When Beowulf was composed, England was changing from a pagan to a Christian culture. Pagan Anglo-Saxons told grim tales of life ruled by fate, tales in which people struggled against monsters for their place in the world. The missionaries who converted them to Christianity taught then that human being and their choices of good or evil were at the center of creation. Beowulf reflects both pagan and Christian traditions. The selection opens during an evening of celebration at Herot, the banquet hall of the Danish king Hrothgar. Outside in the darkness, however, lurks the murderous monster Grendel.” (Page 40). Burton Raffel is the author of Beowulf. Beowulf the hero has three motivations for fighting the three monsters in
“In Analysis: Steven J. Skalsky”
“Born to Golf, Forced to Work,” is a sign that hung above Steven J. Skalsky’s cash register. Steve Skalsky was my Great-Grandpa Skalsky. He was born November 7, 1920 in Beulah, North Dakota. Almost 92 years later on October 7, 2012 he passed away in Stevensville, Montana of natural causes. Born and raised on a family farm that he hated in North Dakota. In 1945 he moved to Bitterroot Valley where he met Emma Koch. They married July 1, 1946 in Hamilton, Montana. Great-Grandpa Skalsky got his barber license in June 28, 1949. By the time that he died his license was older than most state employees. Steve had eleven brothers and sisters, three children, 11 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren. …show more content…
Skalsky was important to me. My Great-Grandpa Skalsky had no plans to retire. When he was on his death bed in the hospital he talked in his native tongue, Polish. Steven J. Skalsky was buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Stevensville, Montana. He was preceded by his wife Emma of sixty-one years, three brothers, and six sisters. He was survived by Alan and Betty Skalsky, Bonnie and Dave Weisbeck, Patricia and Lee Pederson, eleven grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren and two brothers. There is this great poem that I think of when I think of my Great-Grandpa Skalsky it is called “The Dash” by Linda Ellis. There is always a reason as to why people do what they do. This is called motivations. Motivations is the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way. Beowulf form Beowulf fights three monsters for three different motivations. “When Beowulf was composed, England was changing from a pagan to a Christian culture. Pagan Anglo-Saxons told grim tales of life ruled by fate, tales in which people struggled against monsters for their place in the world. The missionaries who converted them to Christianity taught then that human being and their choices of good or evil were at the center of creation. Beowulf reflects both pagan and Christian traditions. The selection opens during an evening of celebration at Herot, the banquet hall of the Danish king Hrothgar. Outside in the darkness, however, lurks the murderous monster Grendel.” (Page 40). Burton Raffel is the author of Beowulf. Beowulf the hero has three motivations for fighting the three monsters in