I was very distressed to hear Niilo was in the hospital with multiple problems, and happy to hear he is home being cared for by loving family. He and Joan are very fortunate to have such children!!

Niilo has always been a favorite person to me, though I haven’t seen him often enough in many years. He agreed to let me work in his grants department in the School District, writing and later fulfilling a grant for video self-evaluation for student teachers. We were in the old F.E. building on Illinois St., with several other interesting teachers, and had a great year. Niilo was a benign and helpful supervisor, and I enjoyed many chats about the Finnish language and other subjects residing in his awesome brain.

He has always been a role model for me, always giving his time and ability generously to the community. I am thinking of him every day and will give a call soon.

–Karen Parr

From 2008/05/03 at 7:07 AM