Gilad Janklowicz has graciously sent along details of the memorial service for M100 sprint stud Erwin Jaskulski — plus a detailed obituary with lots of interesting facts on the gentleman’s life. First the service info: “A Time To Remember” will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 14, in the International ballroom at the Pagoda Hotel in Honolulu — 1525 Rycroft St.

The Program:
11:00AM – Welcome
– Music by a string quartet of the Honolulu Symphony
– Video highlights of Erwin Jaskulski
11:30AM – Reflections by family and friends
– Music by string quartet of the Honolulu Symphony
12:15PM – Pupu’s and reception with family and friends
Following the reception you are invited to join family and friends on a short hike (Nature Center by Mt. Tantalus) in honor of Erwin Jaskulski
Erwin’s story:
Erwin Jaskulski was born September 24, 1902, In Czenowicz, present-day amoxil 500mg Moldavia.
In 1913, his parents died at which point he spent three years in an orphanage.
At the end of World War I, Erwin moved ativan to Vienna Austria, where he attended a cadet school to become an officer in the army of the Austrian–Hungarian monarchy.
In his youth he discovered his love for sports and developed his skills in skiing, mountain climbing, swimming, dancing, gymnastics and Jiu Jitsu. He swore never to have smoked a single cigarette in his life.
Erwin developed a passion for music, philosophy and learning. When asked if he knew how to play a musical instrument he would laugh and say, “Yes, the radio.” He was blessed with a photographic memory enabling him to become fluent in six languages. In His early professional life, Erwin worked in the fields of industry and commerce.
During World War II, Erwin worked as an interpreter mainly in France. After the war he worked for the American Military headquarters in Vienna.
In 1939 he married and had two sons, Joerg and Wolf. Divorced in 1947, he was quoted as saying: “I am no marriage material” Yet In 1954 he followed his new love interest to modafinil 100mg Hawaii.
When he was asked in later years what brought him to Hawaii, he would quote a famous French saying “Cherche la femme” loosely translated “in search of a woman.” He would later say with a grin that his second wife confirmed that he was “no marriage material.”
Erwin Retired in 1974 from KHON TV at age 72, where he served as the controller for nearly 30 years.
In Hawaii he had to “trade” his passion for skiing with mountain climbing and to those who came to know him in the Hawaii mountain climbing community, he became know by his nick name “Ski Poles” referring to his usage of his ski poles as walking sticks for his hiking activities. According to other climbers, he was always the first to the reach top of the Peak. It is estimated that in his 50 years of mountain climbing activities he walked more then 10,000 miles and actually created many of the hiking trails.
In the late 1990s, Erwin finally surrenders to repeated requests by a close friend who was impressed by his vigorous exercise regiment and fitness level to enter the amoxil 1000mg Aloha State Games.
After a 70-year hiatus from his last track and field competition, he competed again in 1997 at the age of 94, and caused a sensation with his 100-meter dash triumph, shattering the known world record for his age group by more then 14 seconds!
Asked after the event how he felt about his performance, he jubilantly replied in Latin “veni, vidi, vici” translating to “I came, I saw, I won.”
This was the beginning of a unique and inspiring story of a senior athlete well into his 90s who was on a journey to shatter and establish world records in the 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes.
Erwin’s quest would last for nearly 10 years. At the age of 100 he was able to do what was considered ultimately impossible. He competed in all three running events in a single day! He was honored twice as Hawaii Senior Athlete of the Year and made it into the Guinness book of world records.
He was invited numerous times by David Letterman and Jay Leno to appear on their national TV talk shows.
His response was always the same “I’ve outgrown my own vanity, I don’t need the publicity. Just think of flying all that way only to talk, not to run.”