Yet another teacher and coach from Brookings High School of the 1960s has died. Ken Thury, passing through our teenage lives from 1967 through 1969, died in the Twin Cities on December 13, 2020, at the age of 89. Here is the obituary:
https://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/0000377415/
Mr. Thury was able to attend various reunions in Brookings in recent years. He was pleased when greeted by both team members AND classroom students, remarking that "Even my classroom teaching seems to be well-remembered." A reading of his obituary condolences in the Minneapolis Star Tribune shows that his later teaching years at Lakeville High School in Minnesota brought out the same comments from students there. In fact, if you read through all 20+ of his obituary condolences, the entirety of his years of teaching and coaching was filled with praise. What a wonderful life he lived! The world could use about a million more Ken Thurys born every generation.
As I told my championship-team friends a few weeks ago, Mr. Thury's enthusiasm for life, young people, coaching and teaching reminds us that we were blessed when he stopped by Brookings for a couple of years.
Join me in honoring him with this suggestion he made just before leaving us:
...try to make everyone smile and be happy.
Raise your next rum and coke as a toast to Ken Thury.
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