Gebo, 
    For all the good times…shine on, you crazy diamond!! ????

Jim was a great friend for over 20 years and skied with me all over the world. He supported Morningstar Ski Tours and loved all of its skiers. He lite up any room he was in and was a kind, warm, generous person. Jim always supported me as a friend and was a joy to be around. Many people along with me will always remember Jim,  and his memory will live on fondly in all of your minds and hearts. I will miss Jim, but am glad that his tremendous, arduous, suffering of many years is over now. Jim had a faith that will usher him into the presence of God. He is now healed and free, and for this I am very happy and thankful. Cheers to you, Jimbo! I loved you much.  Dan the Ski Man / President/ Morningstar Ski Tours

Jim,

May you rest in peace skiing the "glades" in Heaven

I met Jim while we were on a ski trip we went on together about 18 or 19 years ago.  I can't remember which one it was, but it was the first of many trips I took along with him over those years.  He loved travel and loved meeting people.  I was always so impressed that Jim could make complete strangers smile in an instant and take a liking to him.

One of my favorite stories he told, was the one where he arrived at an airport in Albania or some such place, and found it closed...locked up tight.  He saw an employee there and tried to ask when the place would open, but, of course, he didn't know the language.  So Jim, undaunted, offered the guy a breath mint.  Immediately the guy smiled and let Jim into the airport and offered to carry his bags.  Jim had yet another instant friend!

Jim loved to kid around, and had a great sense of humor.  Back in 1996, he and I were walking through Florence, Italy, and we went into a bar to get a cappuccino.  As we stepped up to the counter, I said, "Vorrei due cappuccini".  Jim looked at me and said, "Dewey?"  I said, "No, 'due'...it means two in Italian".  Jim ignored my Italian lesson and said, "Well thanks Dewey for the Dewey, Dewey."  And that started it...we were both from then on, Dewey.  When we saw each other or talked on the phone, we'd say to each other, "Hey Dewey, how ya doin'?"  It was pretty silly, but it was also a reminder of good times, and good fun.

Well, when I last saw Jim two days before he died, my last words to him were "Bye, Dewey".  He was pretty delirious at the time, but he managed to say, "See ya later, Dewey"

Take it easy, Dewey!

Your friend,
Dewey

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James Gebhart

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James C Gebhart

17 July, 1945 – 23 December, 2013

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