Edward Henry Windstein III, "Fritz" born on February 25, 1953, and passed away peacefully on July 4, 2022. He was preceded in death by Grandparents Ruth and Edward Windstein, Laura and Emile Geraci, and Parents Joyce and Edward Windstein, a close Uncle Emile Geraci, and close and loved cousin Steve Geraci.
He is survived by his children Edward Henry Windstein IV ("Seth"), Matthew Windstein, Jacob Windstein, and Maddie Windstein Drake (Sarah), his sister Jan Windstein Doty (Paul), his brother Eric K. Windstein (Alicia),nieces, and nephews, and grandnieces and nephew, and his beloved aunt, Valerie Daigle, uncle Robert Windstein (Bob), and many close and lifelong cousins, and friends who were like family to him He was looking forward to being a Grandfather to Maddie and Sarah's soon to be "triplets". He enjoyed being with and cared for all of his family, friends, and relationships, most notably a treasured one with Nicole Dupeire, and Evan Sakryd.
Fritz lived his life doing it "his way". He wrote "I don't have the imagination, intelligence, or the effort to be anything else-it's a full time job being me". Fritz was a self-described "Renaissance" man. He grew up surrounded by outdoorsmen, hunting, fishing in the Louisiana wetlands and marsh. He hunted harder and longer than anyone, writing many journals describing his experiences. He wasn't a fan of structured education, but his curiosity and love of and gained knowledge of art, history (especially the Civil War), literature, music,(which he shared with his son Jacob) travel, old movies, and plants made him the one everyone deferred to for any tidbit of information. He had many talents, and many interests. He loved to cook, and loved plants, and at one time had a beautiful and spectacular garden. He enjoyed nature, travel, and all of its beauty. He was a very talented furniture maker and trim craftsman. He really enjoyed watching baseball. He loved training retrievers at a point in his life.
His first career was working as a steel and transport executive. His passion became writing, loving the process, and authoring 14 books. He said his years of writing were the best years of his life. His son Seth helped with the photography, cover titles, and computer wizardry (Fritz's words), and Nicole Dupeire helped with constant software assistance.
Fritz made time and availability for others and enjoyed all times spent with his children, family, friends, and relatives. His life was rich with relationships. While having some definite opinions about mostly extreme positions, Fritz was at his core a very accepting, non-judgmental, "rooting for the underdog" ,beautiful, spiritual person. Fritz's beliefs were aligned with the life and teachings of Jesus. He read the gospels monthly.
A visual of Fritz would be him sitting at his huge desk, "cheater" glasses down his nose, a cigarette nearby, several dictionaries to his right, books in a bookcase behind him, categorized CD's in a case he built within reach, coffee (lots of cream & sugar) or coke on the desk, listing to one of his favorite artists as he wrote on his computer for hours on end.
All who knew Fritz enjoyed so many unique parts of him. And he fully appreciated the time, kindnesses, friendships, love, help from others, especially near the end of his life. We all will miss him terribly!!!
Special thanks go to the many kind, respectful physicians and nurse, staff at East Jefferson Hospital, especially the 5th floor staff-you all were incredible!
A "Celebration of Life", at Fritz's request, will be held July 30th, Saturday, at 3 pm, at The Rivershack Tavern, 3449 River Road, Jefferson, 70121. Special thanks to David Lincoln for arranging this, and informing friends/family of updates on Fritz, and mostly being a great lifelong friend! And also to Craig Yochim for helping in many ways, always, and being a good committed friend.
In lieu of flowers, Fritz would want us to say "Please buy one of my books on Amazon"! The family invites you to share fond memories and condolences online at www.lakelawnmetairie.com.
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