Posted on 12/13/2022 10:07:35 AM PST by Twotone
To understand television host Mike Rowe, consider his grandfather.
In the undated photo of Carl Milton Knobel, he is standing in what appears to be his backyard. Dressed in a dapper suit and wool overcoat, he is looking at whoever is holding the camera with affection. Everything about him emotes dignity and grace but also joy and anticipation, as if someone knew this was the moment to capture all of who he was, for posterity's sake.
Knobel was a father of two daughters, the grandfather of five grandsons, and the great-grandfather of four when he passed in 2003 at the age of 91. As a young man, he had been an estimator at the Washington Navy Yard and then ran an electrical contracting business. When he retired as an investigator for the Baltimore County Electrical Administrative Board, county officials declared it Carl Milton Knobel Day in his honor.
He sat in Kenwood Presbyterian Church's pews for 73 years, serving as a deacon, an elder, and, for 26 years, as its Sunday school superintendent. In 1959, the congregation dedicated its then-new school building in his name.
All of us, in some way, try to keep alive the memories of the people who came before us who led remarkable lives just by doing unremarkable things. What mattered was the way they loved and cared for us, what they taught us, the examples of duty and hard work they lived by, and the humility in all the ways they practiced it. Television host, narrator, and champion of the working class Mike Rowe is no exception. Nearly 20 years since his grandfather Carl Knobel died, Rowe keeps Knobel’s memory alive in just about everything he does, from dedicating his Discovery Channel Dirty Jobs show to the man he called Pops...
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Mike Rowe is a great American. Thanks for posting.
Indeed. Mike Rowe is the kind of person you want in your life.
He is so of course they tried to cancel him a while back.
Mike has a great show on TBN.
He and Matt Crouch discuss his podcasts on the TBN show.
THX! I’ll check it out.
We could use a Mike Rowe cloned several times over - he’s the kind of guy who can see a problem and come up with a solution without calling a meeting.. His scholarship program for young people in vocational studies is genius - just what the country needs. A trade leading to useful and needed careers.
That’s certainly a lot! My favorite Rye Whiskey, Whistle Pig, is $80. Just on birthdays.
Always wished my older daughter had met him on one of her business flights, and they’d have fallen madly in love. Oh, well.
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