IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE HOBBIT
(JOHN HIGGINS)
(QUOTE FROM JOHN)
I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TREASURED COMPANY AS I STUMBLED THROUGH LIFE WITH THESE LITTLE LEGS. EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO ME THAT I CAN'T DESCRIBE. YOU HAVE MADE A SMALL HEART SWELL WITH YOUR INVITATIONS TO CHAT AND YOUR KINDNESS YOU HAVE SHOWN ME, WHETHER IT BE IN YAHOO CHAT, POGO GAME ROOMS, OR ANY WHERE, YOU HAVE ALL BECOME A LARGE PART OF ME. WITHOUT YOU ALL I WOULD BE ANOTHER LITTLE PERSON, YOU ALL EACH OF YOU HAVE MADE ME FEEL 6 FEET TALL ONLY THROUGH YOU WILL I LIVE ON AND ONLY THROUGH YOU DID I TRULY LIVE AT ALL. THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN. MUCH LOVE AND LUCK TO EACH OF YOU. MAY YOUR LIVES BE BLESSED WITH THE GREATEST OF THINGS AS YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THAT WICH I COULD NEVER REPAY, YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
SINCEREST GOODBYES
JOHN (HOBBIT) HIGGINS
This short verse along with a request to visit a list of places and let his friends know he would no longer be able to see them were all that John left behind. He was a very organized person of which everyone of us could have learned something from. He had no family and very few friends. He has donated everything he owned to the local charities so that others can benifit from our tragic loss. I will truely miss John, he was an inspiration and a true friend. Please feel free to sign the guest book if you chose.
A LITTLE ABOUT JOHN
JOHN WAS BORN IN APRIL OF 1950 TO THE AVERAGE FAMILY IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA. HIS FATHER WAS AN ARMY MAJOR WHO TRAVELED ALOT. JOHN SPENT THE FIRST 2 YEARS OF HIS LIFE TRAVELING AROUND FROM BASE TO BASE. WITH HIS DAD WHO DID TRAINING SEMINARS FOR THE ARMY. AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH HIS CONDITION AT THE AGE OF 2 YEARS THE FAMILY SETTLED IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN NEAR MADISON. HIS CHILDHOOD WAS SOMWHAT DISTURBED. HIS SIZE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO JOIN IN ALOT OF THE ACTIVITIES HE WANTED TO DO. HE MADE UP FOR HIS SIZE BY BECOMING ONE OF THE WITTIEST COMBACK ARTISTS I HAVE EVER KNOWN. YOU COULD NOT GET ONE PAST ON JOHN. HE WAS AN AVID STUDENT ADN KEPT HIMSELF IN THE HIGHEST REGARD IN THE SCHOOL BY ALWAYS BEING FIRST IN LINE TO HELP OUT. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL HE ATTENDED MIT FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN UWO MADISON. HE WENT ON TO BECOME A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER AND ANALYST FOR MICROSOFT IN THE MID 80'S. AFTER 15 YEARS WITH MICROSOFT JOHN DEVELOPED MANY PROBLEMS WITH HIS HANDS BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THEM. HE LEFT MICROSOFT TO BUILD AND WORK ON PCS AT HOME. MICROSOFT GAVE JOHN A GRANT AND A PROMISE TO DESIGN A KEYBOARD AND A MOUSE FOR HIM SO HE CAN CONTINUE HIS WORK. A PROMISE JUST REALIZED A WEEK BEFORE HIS DEATH. JOHN WAS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST AND MOST CARING PEOPLE I KNOW. I HAVE DEDICATED MYSELF TO HELPING TO REMEMBER JOHN BOTH HERE ON THIS SITE AND AROUND OUR COMMUNITY OF WAUKESHA. I AM WRITING TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TRYING TO GET SIGNATURES FROM EVERYONE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A MEMORIAL PUT IN HIS NAME DOWN AT THE CITY PARK. HE SPENT ALOT OF TIME GIVING TO THIS COMMUNITY AND I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE SOME BACK. JOHN WOULD SPEND HOURS DOWN AT THE PARK PICKING UP GARBAGE AND HELPING KIDS LEARN TO RIDE THEIR BIKES, PLAYING GAMES, TALKING TO PEOPLE AND GENERALLY BEING JOHN. THERE WERE OVER 1700 PEOPLE AT HIS WAKE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM FOR EVERYTHING THEY DID. A LITTLE NOTE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW MUCH THIS GIANT OF A LITTLE MAN MEANT TO THIS COMMUNITY, THERE WAS A DONATION BOX TO HELP PAY FOR HIS COSTS BY THE DOOR AND INSIDE WE FOUND A TOTAL OF $15,348 TO HELP PAY FOR JOHNS FINAL EXPENSES. HIS FINAL EXPENSES ONLY COST US $7500 SO THE REST WILL BE USED FOR WHAT JOHN WOULD HAVE LOVED, WE HAVE PUT IN A BID TO HAVE A NEW SWINGSET PUT IN THE PARK FOR "HIS" CHILDREN.
AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR VISITING
