Genial gadfly Skip Sleyster is gone, but his “advertisement” soldiers on in Sunday’s Star...
But instead of beckoning readers for a moment of their time, the posthumous post calls for a moment of silence. With a call to action from Sleyster’s family for locals to make contributions to the charity of their choice. Naturally there were deals to be had, like “inside car storage” for $40 a month.
Which gives me an excuse to saddle up again with excerpts of my final interview with the Skipper last year and his thoughts on the state of the Cowtown.
*** His all-time favorite topic:
ManDshagger
Skip will be missed. He was one of the last Mohican’s. Called ’em like he saw ’em, a real elegant gentleman and a pleasure to do business with. God Bless ya’ Skip!!!
Hearne, did you really think you’d get proper attribution from the Star?
Bill Schlozman
Skip was a great guy– a Show-Me guy all the way. Rest in peace.
rick
Local KC legend. People like him is what makes a city a city.
aleeta rachel sleyster hsll long
Skippy, as I have always called him, will live forever…
Blue Valley will continue to change, but what Skip touched will be a permanet legacy.
Hopefully his children will continue to help the city grow and help others.
Our last conversation on the telephone , a few weeks before he died, was about my website…and the mentioning of his comments a few years back.
He had discovered it when googling his name.
We both had a laugh over it.
Skip did not have a selective fancy wardrobe. He did not drive a big fancy car.
His main possessions in the room where he slept were a desk , file cabinets, television and some art. President Kennedy, my Dodie’s Gate and a large special painting he had me create for him, adorned his wall across from his day/night bed.
This painting was created as he told me, with some of the politicians of that day, smoking cigars , playing card games of life , while each sitting on their own toilets…as he said, they were each full of ssssssssh…..ttttttttt.
I don’t know what will happen to that painting, but it should be preserved as skip’s memories, of how he felt about the politicians.
Still sad at the loss of my brother…
aleeta