Thursday, July 9, 2026
Ken helped me last year during a very difficult time in my life. My husband and I both had known him at Arnie Bauer dealership for a few years. But my husband passed away unexpectedly early January and when I needed to trade in his truck and get a new car, I knew Ken would help me through the process so I called him. During the next few months, he also became a friend. He had shared he lost someone he loved too, and was very understanding about my sentimentality towards my husband’s truck and took consideration as he worked a deal that would work well for me. Then we found out that he was my neighbor, literally down the street from me on 113. He even plowed my driveway this winter knowing I didn’t have a way to do it myself. He was just a very kind person, someone I had grown to kinda “count on”. He often gave me a ride home when I brought my car into the shop for an oil change and we would just sit there on my driveway and talk.
He gave me a loaner car one time, a brand new GMC acadia and I loved it so much that I asked him if I could trade my new car in. And being so honest, he said that it wouldn’t be a good deal for me, and didn’t take me up on my crazy idea! Haha
Then another loaner was the all electric Hummer, and it was in the middle of winter, and it was a disaster because it ran out of battery so fast and I could not use it to get to work. I brought it back, but from then on we joked together about how much I hated that Hummer! And then he got that all electric truck from work….he gave me a ride it one day. Then weeks later, I was driving down West River road and I saw the truck….my last text message to him was “I saw some dummy bought an all electric truck from Arnie Bauer..but then I realized it was you” and he said “. Lol well I have been called worse than a dummy.”
There’s so many other things I could say, and I only knew him for a short time. But he always talked about his mom, his sons, and his grandchildren. He loved them all so much. That was evident.
My deepest condolences to the family. I was so saddened to hear of his passing, I will miss my friend.
