Kurt B Mohr (1962-1985)

Kurt was my best friend during my high school years 1977-1980. We met in art class at J.I. Case H.S. in Racine, WI. I was making a skateboard deck out of a piece of cherry hardwood and Kurt and I struck up a friendship due to our mutual interest in skateboarding. At that time I had a small quarter pipe inside my garage that I would hit from outside. I invited Kurt over after school one day and from then on we skated often together. 

Kurt was very wise for his age and this always impressed me.  He seemed to possess a knowledge about life that I did not attain until much later. He always knew of great new music and would tell me of groups like Rush, that are still my favorites to this day.

After a brief stint in college that did not work out, I joined the Navy and Kurt and our mutual friend Mike went into the Marines together. I lost track of Kurt until one day in 1983 we corresponded and to my surprise he and Mike were stationed nearby at 29 Palms. I was in San Diego, so Kurt took the bus down and we hung out for a few days. That was the last time I saw Kurt.

I got out of the Navy in late 1986, I wrote to Kurt's parents and asked about Kurt and where he was. The letter I got back knocked the wind out of me and brought me to my knees, literally. The letter stated that Kurt had passed away while in the Marines in 1985.  It wasn't until many years later when I found Mike somehow online that Kurt had died from Hodgekin's disease. 

Kurt was the kind of friend that you would give your life for. I miss him dearly.