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Subject: Happy (belated) birthday, Matt Kechter Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:27 pm
Matt Kechter would have celebrated his thirty-third birthday on Friday (the 19th).
Matt, wherever you are, I hope you had a good day.
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Subject: Re: Happy (belated) birthday, Matt Kechter Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:50 pm
By the way, his name is pronounced Kek-ter, not Ketch-ter.
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Subject: Re: Happy (belated) birthday, Matt Kechter Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:45 am
I have noticed that there is a lot of German/Austrian surnames in Columbine.
Kechter Mauser Hochhalter Ruegsegger(?) Schnurr
etc.
Wikipedia: "According to the 2000 Census, the largest ancestry groups in Colorado are German (22%) including of Swiss and Austrian nationalities, Mexican (18%), Irish (12%), and English (12%)"
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Subject: Re: Happy (belated) birthday, Matt Kechter Mon Feb 22, 2016 3:34 pm
1891 wrote:
I have noticed that there is a lot of German/Austrian surnames in Columbine.
Kechter Mauser Hochhalter Ruegsegger(?) Schnurr
etc.
Wikipedia: "According to the 2000 Census, the largest ancestry groups in Colorado are German (22%) including of Swiss and Austrian nationalities, Mexican (18%), Irish (12%), and English (12%)"
There are lots of Americans with German and Scandinavian blood, especially in the Midwest and West.
I don't have a Scandinavian surname, but over half of my background is Finnish and Swedish. Much of the rest is Scottish.
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Subject: Re: Happy (belated) birthday, Matt Kechter Mon Feb 22, 2016 4:50 pm
LPorter101 wrote:
1891 wrote:
I have noticed that there is a lot of German/Austrian surnames in Columbine.
Kechter Mauser Hochhalter Ruegsegger(?) Schnurr
etc.
Wikipedia: "According to the 2000 Census, the largest ancestry groups in Colorado are German (22%) including of Swiss and Austrian nationalities, Mexican (18%), Irish (12%), and English (12%)"
There are lots of Americans with German and Scandinavian blood, especially in the Midwest and West.
I don't have a Scandinavian surname, but over half of my background is Finnish and Swedish. Much of the rest is Scottish.
Yeah, I know. My relatively uncommon Swedish surname is more common in America than in Sweden actually. Some of them emigrated in the beginning of the 20th century, mostly to Minnesota I think.
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Subject: Re: Happy (belated) birthday, Matt Kechter Mon Feb 22, 2016 5:58 pm
Happy Birthday Matt.You are still very missed.
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Subject: Re: Happy (belated) birthday, Matt Kechter Mon Feb 22, 2016 7:15 pm
I've never seen that video before- thanks for sharing!
Who is the man crying near the end with the ribbon drawn on his face? Matt's father?
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Subject: Re: Happy (belated) birthday, Matt Kechter Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:13 pm
gunsgobang wrote:
I've never seen that video before- thanks for sharing!
Who is the man crying near the end with the ribbon drawn on his face? Matt's father?
Subject: Happy (belated) birthday, Matt Kechter 
Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:27 pm