Harold August Maas
July 8, 1938 - December 1, 2005
Obituary
Harold A. Maas, age 67, passed peacefully on December 1st, 2005 in Burien. Harold is survived by his wife of 47 years, Katherine; daughter, Kimberly Hoskins; sons, Michael Maas Susan and Tony Maas; ten grandchildren; two sisters, Dixie Morrison and Kathleen Vogel and numerous nieces and nephews. A celebration of his life will be held Saturday, December 17, 2005, 11:00 AM at Westwood Christian Assembly Church, 9252 – 16th Avenue SW, Seattle, WA. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Purrfect Pals, 230 McRae Road NE, Arlington, WA 98223. Email: cats@purrfectpals.org.
I have nothing but fond memories of Harold during my days in the service with him.I remember the many times I spent with him and Cathy along with Kim during my visits in Seattle.He gave me a hard time in the service,in his own way,but I loved it.
My thoughts and prayers go out to each family member of Harold’s. I worked with Harold at the King County Housing Authority and he was one of my favorite people, he always had something to say that made me smile and was enjoyable to work with and be associated with, I missed him when he left the Authority.
Mike, Susan and family,my prayers and thoughts are with you in this difficult time.
God bless,
Gina
Kathy, Mike and family my thoughts are with you. You guys had a very special man in your lives and I am very glad I was able to enjoy his friendship
I LOVE YOU GRANDPA AND I AM TRULY GOING TO MISS YOU!!!
Kathy, Kim and family. My thoughts and prayers are with you. I will always remember Harold when I look at the beautiful toy box he made my son Casey.
Dearest Katherine, Kimberly, Mike, Tony, family and friends, my heart goes out to you at this time of great loss. A man who deeply loved his family always putting others needs ahead of his own. A special kind of person who knew the difference between right and wrong. His greatness is reflected by the virtues he lived by. I will never forget the many holidays and times we spent together. He always made my children and I feel like a part of the family. I will forever seek his spirit and guidance through difficult times. Please accept my deepest sympathy and most sincere regret.
All our love,
Don, Kyle and Alexis
Kathy,
You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Love,
the other sister
K
OUR HEARTFELT THOUGHTS GO OUT TO YOU KATHY & YOUR FAMILY.WE REMEMBER THE MAAS FAMILY WELL.
FONDLY ALLENE
My thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time.
Kathy, Kim, Mike and Tony,
We are so sorry to hear about Harold. Please know our family is thinking about you all during this difficult time.
Dear Kathy, Kim, Mike and Tony We are so sad to hear of harold’s passing we will all miss him he was a good friend to all of us and treated all of us like we were special because he was so special in everything he did and lives he touched.
harold we will miss you.
Daniel, Sue, Daniel jr. Thomas
I am so blessed to have had Harold as a father in law in my life as wll as a grandpa to our children. Harold was a great Father, and a great grandfather to our children. And talk about talented. He was a great inspiration to my husband Mike and a large piece will be missing in all of us. Harold was a fantastic wood worker making kitchen sets for our children when they were young,hope chests, as well as a baby cradle for our doughter when she was about 4yrs old. In memory of Harold, I have a wonderful hope chest he made me that I will cherish forever. We love you dad and you will always have a big part of you in our hearts.
God bless you,
Susan Maas
Dear kathy and Family
We were sorry to here about harold’s passing, we will always remember the friendship that our famlies shared over the years and years to come we will miss harold
Jose, Paula Rivera
A million times we needed you
A million times we cried
If love alone could have saved you
You never would have died
In life we loved you dearly
In death we love you still
In our hearts you hold a place no one could ever fill
It broke our hearts to lose you
But you didn’t go alone
Part of us went with you
The day god took you home
God saw that you were getting
Tired and relief was not to be
So he put his arms around you
And whispered come with me
With tearful eyes we stayed with you
But saw you fade away
Although we loved you dearly
We could not make you stay
A golden heart stopped beating
Hard working hands to rest
God broke our hearts to prove to us
He only takes the best
Dad I am so glad that we had those extra years together. I love you and I’ll miss our daily talks. There has never been a better dad than you. I know your smiling down on us.
Your Loving Daughter,
Kimberly
Grandpa,
I can’t tell you enough how lucky I was to have a grandfather like you in my life. You have given me so many great memories. On top of all of the great memories of you I have many things you have made for me that I will keep and love forever. As your memorial comes closer it gets hard, but then I think of how you were and what you would want. You always wanted everyone smiling and laughing, because thats how you were and tomorrow you are going to get that. I love you Grandpa and I will forever miss you.
Love
Your Grandaughter
Kara AkA Carrot head
Dear Mom, Kim, Mike and Tony,
Please accept my deepest sympathy on your loss. It is with tearful eyes I type this….. Harold or Pops to me was my second father and touched my life in ways I find hard to express in words. He was a great man and such a giving person, and was always there to help our family though every step of our lives. He gave of his time and talents to others freely without ever expecting anything in return. I wouldn’t be living where I am today if it wasn’t for pops looking at the Seattle Times one Sunday morning and sharing his findings with us. Everywhere I look around me, I see memories and his handywork, even in the building I call home. I couldn’t imagine a better man for my children to look up to and call their Grandfather. I know they will only have love in their hearts and the fondest of memories when they think of him.
Pops, I will miss you so much. I know that everytime I grab my hammer, or cut a piece of wood, I will hear you in the back of my mind, you know what I mean…. Please remember that your family will always be my family.
With love, Mark… Aka Meathead
Mike and Susan,
I will be praying for you all. Find comfort in the Lord.
Love,
Sharon
Kathy, Kim, Mike, Tony Our prayers go out for you in our great loss.
I first met Harold when I was hired as a maintenance mechanic with Harold as my foreman. Over the next 30 years a comradery and lasting friendship developed.
Harold was the kindest, fairest, most honest person I ever had the pleasure of working with. His loyalty to family and friends was above approach.
I am sorry we can’t be with you this day but know you are foremost in our thoughts and prayers.
Kathy,Kim,Mike & Tony,
We know how hard today is face, but know friends & loved ones will be there for all of you.
Being a neighbor of Harold’s has been a good experience and he will be dearly missed. Especially at Christmas. We really enjoyed his decorations. They always made such a beautiful addition to the neighborhood.
We will miss him in many ways.
Don & Donna Haire
Dear Kathy and family,
Thank you so much for letting us share in the wonderful memorial for Harold that we attended today. What a tribute to such a wonderful friend and co-worker.
Larry fondly remembers the times that he worked with Harold as groundsmen at Park Lake and moving furniture and fumigating units and a lot of mechanical work. He always enjoyed working with Harold. They both attended a lot of Union and Nahro meetings together. They both had a lot of the same interest and had a lot in common.
We both had a lot of fun with both Harold and Kathy and all their family at their lake property and also had such a great time caravaning to Reno.We fondly remember the stop for dinner at Manley’s on the way up there.
Remember the time at the ocean shortley after you got your motor home and we all went camping . We were sitting in your rig and Kirby kept turning off the T.V. with the remote and Harold had a heck of a time trying to figure out what was wrong with the T.V?
We always had a fun time with Harold. Such an inspiring person to be around and so devoted to you,Kathy and the family.
We want to thank Harold for being a part of our lives.He has given us memories to last a life time, but our friendship will last forever.
We will miss Harold and may he rest in the peace of the Lord.
Our love to you all,
Larry and Betty Heyden
Grandpa, I will never forget all the times I came and spent the night at you and Grandma’s house, and all the fun I had with both of you! Here are to short poems I wrote for you:
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
I am so glad
I got to meet you!
You are so special
You are so kind
I would give the world
To see you one last time
Grandpa I will never forget sitting by you in the hospital I am just so glad you hung so I could say one last goodbye. But you will have fun where ever you are because that’s just the way that you are! I want to thank you for everything you have done if it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t of lived in sych a nice house you have done so much for me and our family i just want you to know i am so appreciative of everything you’ve done i will think of you everytime i come over to grandmas and know you will be right there with us hving a good time! I hope where ever you are, you are soaring high like an Eagle your favoriote animal watching over me !
You are everyones hero if there were more people like you this world would bea better place! You were GREAT GRANDPA that i will never forget also a great dad, husband, and very good friend you were always willing to help anyone except when my mom wanted to know how to use the gas weedeater well we all know that, that is a different story my mom can be a little crazy sometimes! Well Grandpa I love you very much and will think about everyday no matter what anyone will ever say! I will meet you in Heaven and I know you will be greeting us making sure we get there safe! Please watch over Grandma, thank you for letting me stay at your house. Grandma – Please take care as where ever you are you’ll always know Grandpa will be there keeping you safe and keeping you happy, I will also be thinking of you all the time you are the best Grandparents anyone could have! I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU!
Love your Granddaughter Merissa and as when I was about three i would call myself Harold the women which may be true as we were alike in many ways! Meet you in HEAVEN!
Kathy,Kim,Mike,Tony&Family’s
Our thoughts and prayers have been and will be with all. I was our great honor to have gotten to know Harold and his wonderful family in the past 10+ years. His Laughter and smiles will truly be missed. We are thinking of you all with our Love and support.
The Candyman & Son
Kim, We know how much you love your Dad, and what a role modle he has been for you. Our thoughts and prayers are with you, and your family.
I am very sorry for the loss. I didn’t know him for long but i felt like family. I enjoyed the times we shared together and he will allways be missed forever. The service was very nice, and well deserved for such a great man. My prayers go out to the family, in this time of grief.
Harold…I know that you are in a place that is reserved for the “Best of the Best”. You certainly earned your spot there. Thank you so much for being the grandpa that my children would otherwise never had. We all loved you very much. My heart aches for Kathy, Kim, Mike, Tony and the rest of the family. You have left an empty space in the lives of many people. We all miss you very much. You will never be forgotten.
I am extremely sorry about your loss. There was a time when Harold was like a second father to me, I probably spent the night up the street at your house as much as I did at home. I have great memories of those years. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
The day that you died
my heart was split in two.
One side was filled with memories,
the other died with you.
I lay awake at night,
while the world is fast asleep,
and take a walk down memory lane,
with tears upon my cheeks.
Remembering you is easy,
I do it every day.
But missing you is a heartache,
that never goes a way.
I hold you tightly within my heart,
where visions of you remain.
Life goes on without you,
but it’ll never be the same.
To Kathy and all of the family. We are so sorry for your loss. We absolutely loved teasing with Harold. Bob enjoyed competing, if you can call it that with the Christmas decorations, and I just enjoyed all the stuff he could throw out at me. If you’re reading this Harold, remember to keep your chin wiped!
Kim, I think you are such a strong person to hold up so well with the loss of your father. Just think of all the great memories you will forever.Thinking of you often.
I didn’t know Harold, but I know his daughter Kim. Judging from what I know about her. Harold must have been a wonderful man. She shows atributes of Love, Kindness and Understanding to all. Praise God for giving us the Gift of Harold, and the gift of continuing his legacy in the offspring he produced and the people in his life that he touched.
I knew Harold to be honest, kind and generous. I’m sure he has found his reward in heaven. And probably a seat at God’s “Let-it-ride” table. We miss you.
To My Brother-In-Law, whom I miss dearly.
We little knew that morning that God was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly, in death we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you, you did not go alone, for part of us went with you the day God called you home.
You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide, and though we cannot see you, you are always at our side.
Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same, but as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.
I’m so glad you were part of our family……….your the brother I never had.
Love, Joyce
I remember back in 1970 when Harold and Kathy took me in, when I didn’t have a place to stay. I only had a motorcycle and a sea bag. You guys really helped out and treated me like family – literally – food and shelter and trust, and most of all, honest-to-God love. I was really pretty lost after the war, and you guys were a compass and a grounding agent in my life. I know I’d have gone to prison or worse if it hadn’t been for Harold and Kathy.
Harold sold me his Harley that he and Blacky Dunlap built. I rode that bike for thirteen years. I never kicked over and rode without thinking of him. The bike was a real eye-catcher and got lots of compliments. Harold, as usual, did a perfect job on it.
I really regret not staying in closer touch with you. You were, and are, in a special place. Everyone always knew where you stood and could count on you to do what you said. To me, Harold, you were a man’s man- in a fight to the death, I’d split a foxhole with you any day.
Patty and I are thinking of you, Kathy, and Kim, Michael, and Tony. We hope God will watch over and protect you until we’re all together.
Gary
DAD,
Its been over eight weeks since I have talked to you where you have answered back.
And I miss you so much I would give anything just to have one more conversation with you. I still talk to you everyday and can still hear the sound of your voice answering back to me.
I want to thank you for being such a great dad you were always there for me and our family and friends. You were such a great teacher in everything you helped me with and had the answer to every question and could fix anything.
You have touched so many peoples life’s and are missed so much by everyone and you are talked about everyday.
I feel so lucky that you were my father and I miss you so much.You worked so hard your whole life to give us kids all you could and you and Mom are the best parents a kid could ever have
Dad I LOVE YOU and MISS YOU so much and promise to take care of MOM for you the best that I can, and try to fill your shoes with helping Kim and Tony…….
Please watch over all of us!
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
Michael