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Kari Theobald Scholarship: Please send your donation to the scholarship to Kari's parents Stratford.
The recipient of this scholarship is a selected graduate from O'Gorman High School in Timmins
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Tribute to Kari on the TYS website
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In loving memory of Kari...
Our beloved neice and cousin
who has become our Guardian Angel!
Precious forever are the memories of you,
Today, tomorrow and all our life through.
Wherever we are, whatever we do,
We shall always love and remember you!
Lovingly remembered by
Auntie Jane and Uncle Bernie
Cousins Maeghan, Brendan, Alyson
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We met in the fall of our grade four.
and became best friends right then and there
We had bikes and books and nothing more
Spent the time just doing our hair
I didn't know you'd be the one
that pushed so hard to excel at all
We tried to say we could do what you'd done...
We didn't come close, nope - not at all.
You taught us to be who we all are
Inspired us, and shared some of your drive.
We've done so well and come so far
Because you walked beside us in life.
I thank you for becoming my friend
My love to you I will continue to send
You are gracious and loving and bright as a star
You are a world away from us, though never far
Love always, Krista
Eulogy for Kari as said by Krista Tuquero at Kari's memorial last August 2006:
"Kari stood apart from everyone even as a young girl. She has
always drawn admiration from those whom she met. It wasn’t just because she was this adorable little
kid with blonde braids, bright blue eyes or a big infectious smile. It wasn’t just her ability to
ace every and any school test that was thrown her way. I mean yes, she was wise beyond her years.
I know all our teachers always loved Kari – it was like having another adult in the classroom. Even
at 10years old she could carry on a sophisticated conversation with them. It should be stated however,
that Kari has ALWAYS had a mind of her own and could often times be found debating with teachers, always able to concisely
get her point across. I can still hear Kari’s mom telling her that with such a fast-talking mouth
she was destined to be a lawyer.
Academics wasn’t all that Kari
was far ahead of everyone in. She could play the piano like Mozart while the rest of us could barely handle
chopsticks. Kari loved music and the best part was she enjoyed sharing her love for music.
She just plain loved life and had that enthusiasm that made you want to try whatever she was fearlessly trying.
A day spent with Kari was a day packed
with adventure: From a bike ride around Porcupine Lake to a game of badminton. There
were hours spend just listening to music and time spent reading. Days would often never end with Kari as
she would insist on having a sleepover. She loved staying up all night watching movies, dancing and talking
about everything from love to Michael
Crawford.
Kari was clear on her love for
life and was always so confident that she would succeed in her talents. She was a very spirited child and
I know there was never a dull moment growing up with her in the Theobald household. But she sure did love
her family and I remember her telling me how her mother’s strength always inspired her.
Kari, YOU have always been an inspiration to anyone who met you.
You filled every day and every moment with sparkle and intensity. Your energy drew us all in and
we love you for all of it and always will."
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Kari's spirit will be carried on in name by little "Kaitlyn
Rose Kari Linker"
Beth Linker, Kari's best friend from Yale named her daughter after her.
She has the same beautiful blue eyes as Kari!
Kari Theobald eulogy as said
by her best friend Beth Linker at her memorial last August 2006:
From the beginning of our friendship, when
she had just moved to the U.S. to go to Yale, Kari pegged me as her home-away-from-home surrogate mom. I took on the role enthusiastically. Who
wouldn’t want a daughter who possessed such radiant beauty, intelligence, charm, and charisma?
But she was no child. Kari might have been “pocket sized” as our circle of friends would come to describe her, but
she had a giant’s capacity for loving life, her family, and her friends. I
fondly remember the times she would come up from behind me and bowl me over with a bear hug around the waist. Love and affection exploded from her inner being and touched us all. As a friend, she demanded affection,
but once she received it, she returned it ten-fold.
She was a determined woman in almost every
aspect of her life. Whether it was getting an advanced degree (she accumulated
many), making a perfect chai latte, or finding the best bargain ever known to man (or woman) at T.J. Maxx, Kari would persevere
to attain her goal. I envied her jet-set life, her good taste in fashion,
and above all, her ability to draw people in with her warm personality.
During the past year, Kari turned to me
for solace and counsel, but what she didn’t know, I think, was that she had become my mentor. I wanted her to explain to me how she could effortlessly feel unconditional happiness and joy for mine
and other’s good fortunes, especially when her news was often bad. I wanted
her to teach me how to live life in the moment the way she did, and not to fret about the future. And most of all, I wanted to know how she could live life with such grace, and how she could love with
a force that could move mountains, when nothing seemed to be going her way. We
both knew she couldn’t explain these things to me. It was in the fabric
of her being, and all I could do was watch, observe, and admire it.
Throughout our friendship over the past
six years, Kari would often look at me with a devilish grin and a glimmer in her eye and ask:
“Am I your best friend, Beth….I mean your number ONE friend?”
Yes, Kari, you are and always will be my
best friend. May your spirit continue to live through me and all the other people
you have touched in the all-too-few years you had to spend among us.
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