This is my eulogy to my buddy/big brother, Tony Kraus
I don’t know how many people that knew Tony Kraus or how they knew Tony , but I’m sure they all had their own way of knowing Tony. This is the way I knew Tony, if there was a down day Tony would tease me until I was smiling, because he couldn’t have a good day until he cheered the other person up. Sometimes Tony would be down and I would have to cheer him up. We were always non-stop picking on one another, but in a good way, that’s what got us through the rainy days.
Tony lived at my mothers with me for about a year and half, we were always looking for jobs together because my mother did not want us to live with her for free. I remember it was about our 2nd week, Tony and I were let go from this job and we knew that my mother would kill us both if she found out about this, so Tony and I woke up at the regular time that we were suppose to go to work, but since we lost our jobs we drove to Meijer’s parking lot at like 5:00 in the morning. Then we fall back asleep in my car in the parking lot until my mom left for work, then we’d go back to my moms and go on with the rest of the day. We did this for about a week, and then found new jobs and just told my mom that we found better jobs.
In the Summer time my mom would go camping every weekend, so I’d throw parties on Friday and Saturday. The party wouldn’t start unless Tony and I were both there, but we would have had fun even if no one showed up. Tony was always smiling and cracking jokes and would always show others a good time.
It’s hard to think about all the good times and know that we can’t ever mimic them again. But I guess that’s why they call them memories. I know that I will always miss my buddy and will always look out for his son, because I know that he would do it for me , and it’s hard to find a good friend like that . They say that you can only count your best friends with one hand and Tony was for sure one of my best friends. I know that I didn’t mention everything about Tony and that’s because I would be typing and you would be reading for days.
This is my first eulogy and hopefully my last for a long time . It’s always sad when you lose someone so young, but from what I learned from Tony is that there are rainy days and there’s sunny days, and If you’re having a rainy day try not to drag the people around you down , and if you see someone having a rainy day try to make them smile. You might not see the big picture right then and there, but you could be helping out someone more than you know.
I also wanted to say that everyone said that we lost Tony , but from what I hear Chase Kraus is a mirror image of Tony Kraus. We didn’t lose Tony we just have to all be there for little Tony JR. In closing I want to say that I’m going to miss hanging out with my buddy. But what will help a lot will to be to watch little Chase Kraus grow up into a fine young man like his father.