I met him at the Majesty of the seas, last year. Thanks to him for giving me good advices and telling me how to deal with life. Now you are resting in peace. All my condolences to his family.

I met him at the Majesty of the Seas. He gave me reallyi good advices, now he is resting in peace. 🤝

Where does one begin. Stu and I worked with Karl at London Publishing in Freeport and then Rockville Center NY before we were married and then after.  Karl was one who was always looking to get wealthy. He would tell us that real estate, buying and selling was the way to go. He bought and sold many properties. He also would take an office collection to buy lottery tickets. So one day we decided to play a prank on Karl. The lottery amount was substantial.  Karl did his collection and we waited. The next day my husband and I bought a lottery ticket with the same numbers as the winning numbers. At work Karl was complaining that we got nothing from the many tickets. So I asked him to check my ticket. He grumbled, you got one number. Then he noticed there were two numbers. This went on as he completed the ticket. When he saw that the ticket was a winner he jumped up screaming with excitement. He yelled at my boss that “she quits”. Runs on the other side of the office and tells my husband that he quits. My boss was laughing so hard I thought he would fall off his chair. Bill Apter grabbed the ticket from Karl and pretended to rip it. Karl got real angry so I told Karl to check the date. When he saw it was a prank he was not happy. He told me he was looking forward to borrowing money from us. Maybe it was a bit much of a prank but that was over 35 years ago and we still laugh. There are other fond memories of Karl. But that one will never be topped. It was a nice time in our lives knowing Karl. 

We the Staff of Kraeer Sample Road Funeral Home would like to extend our most deepest and heartfelt condolences on the passing of your loved one.  “Death leaves a heartache that no one can heal but love leaves memories that no one can steal.”

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Karl Hlavac

12 October, 1929 – 21 November, 2019

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