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His Life

Tony Soul Searching

December 23, 2015

The business was sold; remodeling houses didn't make profit; and his relationship struggled. Tony and Carol decided to divorce. Very sad day for us all. It seems the universe swung the pendulum to the opposite direction from what his life was like for the previous 50 years. After the divorce, the house was lost, Tony became "Homeless", and he was very depressed. No longer working, no interest in working and found life difficult to participate in, he seemed shocked that he was in this predicament.

Fortunately a lovely neighbor was willing to take him in, she helped him for several months, yet he was still miserable. Leina then offered a room for him at her place, things still remained tough. Tony then moved to a homeless shelter in down town Seattle.

At first he shares with us, he hated it, he judged everyone else in there, the other homeless people. After a conversation about love, love for life, one special sun shining after noon, Tony began to see the light again. He began having those powerful deep meaningful conversations with the other homeless people around him and shared beauty of their lives. He saw past the facade and again revived his teachings, and accepted teachings from others. He shared stories of stopping at the fire station in down town Seattle to say "Thank you” to the firemen, he would ask for broken flowers at the market that weren't going to be used and pass them to others on the street, and he would take photos for couples so they both could be in the photo. His heart was full of gold, so kind, so thoughtful.

Sadly, though he enjoyed its effects, his vice and freedom was wine; and wine got the best of him. April 2, 2014, Tony became very sick from alcohol abuse, he developed infections in many places in his body with liver damage. This hospitalization led him to be disabled, unable to walk on his right knee, yet this also brought him to 13 months of sobriety from cigarettes and alcohol after that tough day of surgery at Harborview Medical Center.

Tony got his own home Sept. 2014 in Kent and began weekly visits with miss Ivy Quinn (grand daughter) and Leina and Amber who moved to Auburn and would visit when she could, being busy with medical school and starting residency.

By spring 2015 Tony was well known again at his apartment complex, going outside visiting with all who passed by, again having those graceful conversations connecting with others. Tony built up the strength to walk his 2nd daughter down the aisle on her wedding day, May 2nd 2015, his smile so big. And the summer of 2015 was yet another great summer for Tony, again having sun tan toes from being outside, talking with others, sharing stories, laughing and playing, and the wine came back. Again the wine got the best of him. He truly knew how to make others smile and laugh; and wanted to take his health in his own way.

Tony passed December 18th, peacefully in bed, a determined, brave, courageous man; his brother Steve came to help him to heaven and he rejoices with his mother and father and all his ancestors and friends who had passed before him. He now guides us earthlings, loved ones, friends and family. I ask you to call on him if you need his support and I say to you father

Tony, please guide us to light and love, we are sorry, we ask for forgiveness, we thank you and we LOVE you!

Rest with peace, in peace, you are peace.

LOVE you so.

December 23, 2015

2004: Another big challenge arose; Carol becomes sick with benign brain tumor and receives brain surgery for its removal. This brought the family together, they gathered for her health and wellness to help the family continue; yet at the same time was challenging financially and for Tony's business. Carol did well with her surgery healing continued and Tony guided the family to safety and love during this healing time.

Next big event was the Girls off to college and their own life, to study, live and learn more about the lessons Tony taught them as they grew earlier in life with those wonderful life conversations. Teaching them of their beautiful worth, lessons of fore-warning about challenges that may arise and reminding them of the importance of family and friends. This was a tough transition for the family and the economy for his business, as "the nest was now empty" and the construction business wasn't doing so well.

Raising a Family and Working Hard

December 23, 2015

With his charm and willingness to connect in discussion with clients, strangers, teammates, family, and friends he was the champ at holding a conversation. This strength led him to be a very success business owner for 20+ years with Great Northwest Siding and Windows.

With all the hard work, he also knew how to play hard. He enjoyed his beautiful home at 104th st in Kirkland, with a nice deck, great back yard for the kids, and spectacular garden. He’d take his family out on the boat for water skiing and tubing on Lake Sammamish and fishing and crabbing on Puget Sound, we loved camping at state parks all over Northwest too.

The challenge and life changing event during this chapter was Tony's brother Steven. He was with Steven for a couple years in Seattle around 93-94', Tony LOVES his brother Steve dearly, as Steve battled brain cancer, Tony was by his side. Tony shared with us that this was the toughest stage in his life and that he did not like seeing his brother suffer though the medical treatments. Steven Sinicrope passed in 1995, God Bless his soul.

As the kids got older Tony and Carol became more active in the community participating in bowling league and he was a multiple time champion of the horseshoe league! The kids were busy with their sport activities too, Jump Rope going to Nationals, Softball, Basketball, and of course playing on vacations. This time of Tony's life was often called, TLC, Tony Loves Carol, the family did so much together from all year round sports and camping and hosting his own parties, for example work parties at Blue Boy West, or at the house to celebrate any fun event!

Great times were had, thank you to ALL who were part of this at the events, working with him personally or from a distance, Tony was Loving life raising children, working hard in the community (always pointing out houses he worked on), and enjoying time with friends.

Moving on to

December 23, 2015

1974: Tony, a brave courageous soul, ventured West with his posse. In his "hippy-ways" he traveled all over. He shares a story with us girls of dropping out of college a couple credits shy of an associate’s degree in finance/accounting because "classmates were all voting for Nixon". True or not, doesn't matter, Tony was a fun, spontaneous young man always looking to have a good time, and he trusted in working with his hands, a hard worker that man.

He shares the story of traveling west to Alaska with several CT boys, the Malins in particular come to mind, and I know that MANY more traveled to AK for fun times with some eventually settling. With his charisma, strong work ethic, and growing up with a father whose career was vinyl siding and window company;

Tony took on his career as a construction worker starting his own business in Vinyl Siding and Windows in AK, and being a snow bird with his girlfriend, Carol Kortas, in the winter traveling south to Florida, Cali, Mexico, Hawaii.Tony met the LOVE of his life, our mother, Carol Kortas, beautiful Inuipaq (Eskimo) - Polish, at a music concert in Fairbanks, AK, the story goes they "smoked a joint together and ... well the rest is History!" Love was met, Love thrived and Love led to their Marriage July 28th, 1979. Sadly Papa John passed that year from brain cancer and was not able to attend their BEAUTIFUL wedding. Rest in Peace Grandpa John.

Time came to settle down, in 1984 Tony and Carol were blessed with their first child, Daughter #1, Leina, who was named after a great pregnancy in Hawaii and was given a Hawaiian name. Tony and Carol agreed they’d raise a family in a more moderate climate that would be better for business as a construction worker, and for a mom to be out of frigid northern weather and out of the humidity of the east. Tony and Carol decided to move to Seattle, WA; And by 1987, daughter #2 arrived, Amber. By this time Tony's new business Great NW Siding was beginning to thrive.

Childhood/Adolescence

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Born a strong child, 2nd of 4 boys, in the "miserably humid" town of East Hartford (as my dad would describe it to us girls).His parents were Mrs. Lorriane (Lori King) Sinicrope and Mr. John Sinicrope. Brothers: Marc Sinicrope, Steven Sinicrope, and Eric Sinicrope.

Tony would share stories with us of being the 4 crazy boys of mother Lori, who was, of course, overwhelmed with testosterone. And, their father John was so proud of his boys. The boys grew up being well known in the town, "The Sinicrope Boys". Tony would play tough on the play ground, at home, and at school. Hobbies included: mastering the trampoline, diving, he would skip swim practice and yet still win at swim meets.

Tony would share more stories of his good old days on the baseball field and basketball court and at the same time mention how he would befriend the "nerds" and sing in the glee club (hence Frank Sinatra for the theme song). Tony surely taught his daughters how to do it "My way" for themselves.

He also reminded us of the early life lessons that he had of how fragile life can be; by sharing his first hospitalization stories with us, once for appendicitis and the other for becoming paralyzed from the waist down after a rough basketball game getting slammed against the wall and two days later not being able to move out of his seat in class at the age of 15. He learned early how to overcome challenging battles.He always reported fond memories of his childhood and adolescence.

Thank you to ALL who connected with him at this wonderful time of his life, it truly helped him be the man he could be for all of us later in his life.