- Jun 11, 2013
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I’m very sorry to have to let the SMF community know that our good friend
handymanstan
has passed away.
Stan was a great man who I met on these forums and became great friends with. We’d get together a few times a year(before covid) for the fattie contest, or to smoke something.
I met him at
kingfishcam
first ever Michigan smokers event and we soon became really good friends despite our age difference.
he invited me to his house to teach me how to smoke cheese and next thing I know he’s coming out to my place to make sticks and summer sausage, or to make hot sauce. he met all my friends and became friends with them all. Stan, Cam, Motz, and myself became known as the Round Table.
Stan became a regular at the fattie contests and was always helping me out. He’d have to remind me to check the brisket or ribs all the time since I had so much going on. Might have had to do with the beer as well. Lol. Stan was always helping me by basically being a timer.
stan was always willing to help out at our events. He’d set up and tear down. He’d help smoke, and judge. There is nothing he wouldn’t, or didn’t do to help my wife and I. And he offered to help plenty of people learn to smoke whatever they needed help with. He was always offering me money to help with the costs because he knew holding parties for 200 people was expensive. I would always tell him his help was more valuable than his money. And it truly was.
i met Stan’s dogs a few times and he met mine yearly. Hooper & Scout loved when stan visited because he paid so much attention to them. Stan was a big dog guy and that combined with bbq is why we got along so well. I always took the time to listen to Stan because I had so much to learn from him. Not just about bbq or dogs, just about life in general.
Stan was a great man and a great friend to me personally. I know he meant a lot to plenty of other people he met through me and many others. It breaks my heart to know I’m not going to hear his voice or see him pulling down my drive for another bbq event. My wife and I are broken up over this. I was in Lousiana hunting when I got a voice mail from his wife and I knew it wasn’t going to be good. I took everything in me to keep it together as I spoke with her. Then to call my wife…. Her exact words were “Mr. Stan…..” and she was crying. This is a big one for us personally. I can only imagine how his wife and children feel. Please pray for them. And if you have any memories of him from this page please share them. Stan helped a lot of people with questions and stuff on this page. It’s been a while since he was really an active member but he was at one time. If you have any stories please share them.
here is a link to his obituary:
kingfishcam
jokensmoken
hillbillyrkstr
handymanstan
humdinger
robbq
this is Stan & myself at the 2019 fattie contest right before he left. It was the last time I saw him in person due to Covid.
I miss & love you friend. I will see you again!
Scott
handymanstan
has passed away.Stan was a great man who I met on these forums and became great friends with. We’d get together a few times a year(before covid) for the fattie contest, or to smoke something.
I met him at
kingfishcam
first ever Michigan smokers event and we soon became really good friends despite our age difference.he invited me to his house to teach me how to smoke cheese and next thing I know he’s coming out to my place to make sticks and summer sausage, or to make hot sauce. he met all my friends and became friends with them all. Stan, Cam, Motz, and myself became known as the Round Table.
Stan became a regular at the fattie contests and was always helping me out. He’d have to remind me to check the brisket or ribs all the time since I had so much going on. Might have had to do with the beer as well. Lol. Stan was always helping me by basically being a timer.
stan was always willing to help out at our events. He’d set up and tear down. He’d help smoke, and judge. There is nothing he wouldn’t, or didn’t do to help my wife and I. And he offered to help plenty of people learn to smoke whatever they needed help with. He was always offering me money to help with the costs because he knew holding parties for 200 people was expensive. I would always tell him his help was more valuable than his money. And it truly was.
i met Stan’s dogs a few times and he met mine yearly. Hooper & Scout loved when stan visited because he paid so much attention to them. Stan was a big dog guy and that combined with bbq is why we got along so well. I always took the time to listen to Stan because I had so much to learn from him. Not just about bbq or dogs, just about life in general.
Stan was a great man and a great friend to me personally. I know he meant a lot to plenty of other people he met through me and many others. It breaks my heart to know I’m not going to hear his voice or see him pulling down my drive for another bbq event. My wife and I are broken up over this. I was in Lousiana hunting when I got a voice mail from his wife and I knew it wasn’t going to be good. I took everything in me to keep it together as I spoke with her. Then to call my wife…. Her exact words were “Mr. Stan…..” and she was crying. This is a big one for us personally. I can only imagine how his wife and children feel. Please pray for them. And if you have any memories of him from this page please share them. Stan helped a lot of people with questions and stuff on this page. It’s been a while since he was really an active member but he was at one time. If you have any stories please share them.
here is a link to his obituary:
Obituaries in Lansing, MI | Lansing State Journal
Stanley Hartmann Holt - Stanley James Hartmann left our world on January 6, 2022. Stan was born on May 8, 1956 to Carl T. and Jean (Hammond)...
www.lansingstatejournal.com
kingfishcam
jokensmoken
hillbillyrkstr
handymanstan
humdinger
robbq
this is Stan & myself at the 2019 fattie contest right before he left. It was the last time I saw him in person due to Covid.
I miss & love you friend. I will see you again!
Scott
