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Uncle Ken,
There is no one in my life who was as kind and loving to me as a young man and a grown man than you. I always looked up to you as one who knew what it was like to love and cherish your wife, your children and your grandchildren. You gave every bit of who you are to living the best life. Whether it was looking into the past to find out more about your heritage, reading books to foster your knowledge and wisdom, or driving through the states of America to take in things most of us will never know. Then sharing those moments with pride and love. You always had a balance of what was good. Making sure those moments were taken in and justified. I loved our text messages about sports, school, wisdom and life. I know you are proud of me for my life as a teacher and a life long learner. My life as an educator has its roots in your guidance and the way you touched your students. My continued journey with my Doctorate will be in honor of you. I will miss you dearly.
I Love You,
Your Nephew Joe Mancuso
So very sorry for your loss. I was privileged to meet your father on more than one occasion. He won’t be forgotten.
My deepest condolences to you and all of your family, Todd. Your Dad’s smile and warmth and zest for life lives on in you. Peace during this heart breaking time.
Rest in peace Ken. Ken was a wonderful, generous man. When I came to Washington for a job assignment, I happened to rent a room in Bothel and was greeted by a cheerful couple, Ken and Fran. They immediately treated me like a trusted family. Ken made sure I knew my way around because that week, they were traveling! Nothing will stop that travel even leaving a complete stranger in their house. On eve of thanksgiving that year on a real snowy day when my car couldn’t handle the snow covered roads, he took me to work so I wouldn’t miss my flight to be with my family. That’s the kind of man he is. He cares about family. He even followed me on Facebook as my wife and I were on our statewide travel adventures. Ken, you will be missed. Condolence to Fran and the Elsworth family.
Ken was a beautiful inspirational friend, father, husband and I bet grandfather too!
I had the pleasure of Ken playing an important and influential role in my life each time I saw or talked to him when I was Todd’s Roomie in college. Every time I saw Ken he had a big smile and made me feel like he was legitimately excited to see me. I saw Ken as the kind of man who was always willing to help, offer advice or just laugh with you. He always made me feel like I was important, loved and a part of his family when we got to visit.
Ken’s ability to influence helped instill some of these values in me and made me a better person. Subconsciously he was my teacher too! I bet he was the best school teacher!
I feel truly blessed to have had Ken and the whole family in my life!
I think Ken would have wanted us all to celebrate him and share infectious smiles, love each other, help teach each other and make a good joke when appropriate.
I taught 6th grade next to Ken for several years. He was one of the finest people I have ever know. I can still see that big smile and hear that hearty laugh.
I recently met one of his former students. Not surprisingly, he said Mr. Elsworth was his favorite teacher.
My heart goes out to Fran. She lost a wonderful husband.
Ken and I taught 6th grade for 27 years. Special memories, Camp Burton, Hot air balloons, building and launching Rockets, Seattle Aquarium, Juanita High School Counselors, trips to Bellingham for 100foot Sailboat trips on Adventuress, Old Town, and Western Washington University.
Ken taught me how to be a better teacher and person.
The two of you were amazing teachers! I was lucky to have Mr. Elsworth for both 5th and 6th grade (1986-1988) and I vividly remember Camp Burton, walking to/from Denny Beach, the hot air balloons, rockets, etc. Part of me went into teaching because of the two of you! Thank you both and Mr. Elsworth will be sorely missed!
Mr. Elsworth, you will be missed. I remember every morning you would greet us with a handshake to start our day with a smile that would brighten up any classroom. I fondly remember our class field trip to Camp Burton, Seattle Center, and Harbor Whale Museum. I remember our class competing with Mr. Snyder’s class to sell the most items to win a pizza party. My brother and I still have our rockets and pinewood derby cars saved at our parent’s house as a remembrance of all the fun we had in the classroom. Decorating gingerbread houses and coming to school to pickup them up during winter break (because of the crazy snow storm we had in ‘06 ) and remembering how happy you were to see the students see their houses all decorated. Lastly, I’ll never forgot all the new words I learned in your classroom daily where you would randomly select a word from the dictionary and have us guess what the word was. Just a few memories that I fondly remember; you have touched and inspired my life in many ways and I’m sure others would say the same. You will be dearly missed. Thank you for being the best teacher I ever had and for constantly being a mentor to us all!