George Bockl, 98, author of instructional books about real estate and spirituality
ZapRat
He combined the 'spiritual and the secular to show how each reinforces
the other' in his development, writing
By TOM DAYKIN
April 5, 2008
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Milwaukee real estate investor and developer George Bockl, shown in
1979 with plans for the Chalet at the River, died Thursday.
George Bockl wanted to be a writer.
But his novel about the Russian revolution - which Bockl fled as a boy
- couldn't find a publisher. So Bockl became a real estate broker.
He eventually became a developer, and was responsible for several
Milwaukee projects, including some of the first conversions of former
industrial properties in the Historic Third Ward.
And, by the time Bockl died at age 98 Thursday at his Fox Point home,
he had also written several books. Many of them were instructional
books about real estate. But Bockl also wrote about another favorite
topic: spirituality. And, in 2003, he published his memoirs, which
covered both matters.
"What I'm trying to do is to combine the spiritual and the secular to
show how each reinforces the other," Bockl said in a 2003 interview.
His grandson, developer Robert Joseph, recalls weekly dinners over the
course of 14 years. They talked about business, spirituality and other
topics.
"There was never a problem, no matter what it was, that he couldn't
untangle," Joseph said. "And he always looked at it in a positive
light."
Milwaukee developer Joseph Zilber worked for Bockl for a few years in
the 1940s before starting Towne Realty Inc. Zilber's companies now
operate commercial and residential properties in Wisconsin and seven
other states, and Zilber is redeveloping the former Pabst brewery
complex.
"I learned an awful lot just by sitting there and listening" to Bockl,
Zilber said. "George was a great guy, a moral guy and a hard worker."
Bockl was born in Bobruysk, Russia, in 1909, and was 8 years old when
the Communists seized power. Four years later, Bockl and his mother
slipped out of Russia, and journeyed to the United States, where
Bockl's father had been working. Bockl graduated from North Division
High School and then the University of Wisconsin-Madison before
embarking on a career as a writer.
Bockl wrote freelance articles for the old Milwaukee Journal, briefly
operated a trade publication that focused on the liquor industry and
worked on his novel. But none of those endeavors panned out. So, Bockl
began selling homes for Sandler-Schneider, a small Milwaukee real
estate brokerage.
He discovered he had a knack for sales and in 1939 formed his own
business, George Bockl Enterprises. He later moved into commercial
real estate, and in 1957 developed a seven-story, 175,000-square-foot
office building at 2040 W. Wisconsin Ave., dubbed the Bockl Building.
He sold the building in 2004 to a pair of development firms that
converted the property into student apartments.
Bockl's other developments included the Chalet at the River, 823 N.
2nd St., a 111-unit downtown apartment building converted from a
warehouse in 1979. He also developed two Third Ward warehouses that
were converted into offices and retail space in the 1970s and '80s:
the 119,000-square-foot Marshall Building, 207 E. Buffalo St.; and the
82,000-square-foot Landmark Building, 316 N. Milwaukee St.
Survivors include daughters Bonnie Bockl Joseph and Judy Bockl, and
grandchildren Robert Joseph, Jordana Joseph, Andria DeToro and Bobby
DeToro.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Spring Hill Cemetery.
The family is suggesting memorials be made to the New York-based
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, which helped bring Bockl to the U.S.,
and COA Youth & Family Centers of Milwaukee.
--
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identities by John Wesley Gilmer III, aka, "PirateJohn" or "PyrateJohn",
while in the employ of Moffitt Corporation, 1351 13th Avenue South,
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ZapRat (Bill Cmelak, Antigo, WI)
CMELAK = RETARD
CMELAK = OWNED
CMELAK = SPAMMER
CMELAK = TROLL
CMELAK = WIFE BEATER
CMELAK = FOOL
CMELAK = SHITHEAD
CMELAK = CRYBABY
CMELAK = OWNED 100%
CMELAK = BAD TEETH
CMELAK = PARASITE
CMELAK = BUM
The Bill Cmelak of Antigo, Wisconsin "tribute" website:
http://www.buccaneerpublishing.com/Cmelak.htm
My name is William Bill Cmelak. I am a fat and stupid shithead. I spam
newsgroups using the following sockpuppets:
Hoodude
Hoodoo
Hoodini
Shrike!
25th Century Quaker
SSS333
Bug Bomb Pest Removal
Zaprat
I have been stalking another guy for almost four years because I am
jealous of him and because he hurt my widdle feelings and I just
cannot get over the pain.
I live in an old mobile home here:
William Cmelak
N9340 Pickerel Creek Rd
Pearson, WI 54462-8140
I drive a 25 year old ex-military truck because that's all that I can
afford.
It's an old diesel truck and I drive that because I know that I can
steal heating oil to burn in the truck when I cannot afford diesel.
Which is most of the time.
My teeth are black and worn to the gum. I cannot afford to see a
dentist.
I used to brag about being retired until someone found out that I was
a handyman. I pump septic tanks for a living, when I can get work.
If my momma hadn't died and left this mobile home for me I would be
homeless.
My family says that I sponge off of them. They called me a bum and a
parasite.
My brother and Daddy drank too much and it killed them. I used to be
an alcoholic, but I had to quit. Now I go around preaching to everyone
else about them being drunks when they drink two beers.
Wonder why I don't have any friends?
I flunked out of trade school. I went to a slow-learner's high
school. Everyone used to pick on me in high school.
I spend most of my spare time at my computer using an old dial up
connection. The rest of the time I watch television 24/7.
My biggest achievement in life was being mentioning in my tiny little
hometown newspaper for spotting something odd in the crossowrd. It
wasn't a mistake or anything, but it just made me laugh.
Bahahahahhahahahahhahaha!!! I wrote to the newspaper and they
mentioned my name. My relatives all said that was because the
newspaper thought that I was an oddball, but I don't see things that
way.
I am really good at trivia, even if none of the trivia that I know is
important stuff. No one gets my jokes, and no one would ever hire me
to supervise anyone else, not even at the convenience store where I
used to work. But it doesn't matter - I are smarter than them.
No one will give me the respect that I know that I deserve.
Four years ago I was approached by an old woman named Karen Anderson
who talked me into helping her stalk and troll this guy. She had had a
crush on him and he kicked her to the curb. She drove to his town and
followed him around for two days without him knowing it. She is also
jealous of him. Anderson has stalked several other men before.
She lives at:
Karen Anderson
3590 Narrows View Lane NE #102
Bremerton, WA 98310
Anderson and I are both addicted to stalking. We know that what we do
is wrong, and we see this other guy kick our asses all the time, but
we just don't have the willpower to stop stalking him.
I am so jealous, jealous, JEALOUS of that guy that it makes me want to
BURST. I spend all of my time researching what he does, where he
lives. Hell, I even follow his eBay account.
This dude that I hate is popular in his town and community and I HATE
that. So I make up crap about him and his girlfriend and post it to
newsgroups and generally make a nusiance out of myself. Most of what
I make up is a complete figment of my imagination but if I repeat my
lies often enough maybe someone stupid will believe them.
This guy just drives me CRAZY. He's president of a motorcycle club,
he's involved with several charities. Everyone that meets him seems
to like him. I am so damned jealous that I cannot stand it.
Did I mention that I am insanely jealous?
He lives in a warm climate, and I am stuck here in the sticks of
Wisconsin, barely able to afford to keep warm.
He travels all the time and I haven't been out of Wisconsin in years.
He is active, and my health issues keep me from leaving the house.
He motorcycles all over the country and into Mexico and I cannot ride
any more. I hate that. And I hate those damned Mexicans, even though
that doesn't make me a racist because I said so.
I tell people that I am a big, tough Harley dude but the truth is that
I only owned a Sportster - sort of an entry-level Harley - for 6
months before it got repo'd.
I had a good job once. Back in 1998. Then I fucked up, got fired,
and my wife left me. Now I cannot hold down a regular job.
This guy makes more money than I do and that can't be right. I just
know there's something wrong there.
He has a girlfriend that loves him and takes care of him and I haven't
had a date with a woman for over 10 years. And when he was single he
got laid all of the time. Now that's not right either.
My 400 lb. wife - Lori Cmelak - left me. And I miss the little
heffer, even if I did have to smack her a time or two to keep her in
line. But she won't talk to me any more, and I hate that.
What can I possibly do? I am so unhappy. I'd blow my brains out but I
cannot afford the bullets.
Signed, Bill Cmelak of Antigo, Wisconsin
ZapRat
Gilmer III - who resides in a clapped-out BUS in a RENTAL driveway in
the Jacksonville, Florida area - while utilizing a forged identity of
the guy who "owns" him, posted via <Jose.G...@gmail.com> to whine:
>From: "assPirate/PyrateJohn Wesley Gilmer III - who resides in a clapped-out
> BUS in a RENTAL driveway in the Jacksonville, Florida area"
> <Jose.G...@gmail.com>
>Newsgroups: alt.obituaries,alt.nuke.the.usa,alt.fan.frank-zappa,alt.fan.dave_barry
>Subject: Re: George Bockl, 98, author of instructional books about real estate
> and spirituality
>Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:38:13 -0700 (PDT)
>Message-ID: <1a2c11cf-cc16-4368...@k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com>
>References: <2lf704dsb706jik87...@4ax.com>
>NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.188.117.8
GILMER = ALCOHOLIC
GILMER = ADULTERER
GILMER = ABUSER
GILMER = ADDICTED
GILMER = AS SHALLOW AS PISS ON A ROCK
GILMER = ASSHOLE
GILMER = ATM-LOVER (pertains to preceding item)
GILMER = BEERGUT
GILMER = BEYOND OWNED
GILMER = BELIEVES BUSH'S BULLSHIT
GILMER = BIKER WANNABE
GILMER = BODY HAIR CHALLENGED
GILMER = BRAGGART
GILMER = BISEXUAL
GILMER = BOIL BITER
GILMER = BUM
GILMER = BULLY
GILMER = BACKSTABBER
GILMER = BORN VIA BESTIALITY
GILMER = CON ARTIST
GILMER = CORNHOLIO
GILMER = CROSS-DRESSER
GILMER = CHEATER
GILMER = CHIHUAHUA CHOKER
GILMER = COPROPHAGOUS
GILMER = COUNTERFEIT
GILMER = CROTCH CRICKET FARMER
GILMER = CULO
GILMER = CYBERSTALKER
GILMER = DEPRAVED
GILMER = DESCENDED FROM LONG LINE OF LOSERS
GILMER = DREAMER
GILMER = DISRUPTIVE
GILMER = DISHONEST
GILMER = DYSLEXIC
GILMER = DISEASE CARRIER
GILMER = DRUNKARD
GILMER = DICKHEAD
GILMER = DEADBEAT
GILMER = DOPE
GILMER = DESPERATE
GILMER = CONDONES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
GILMER = ELICITS RIDICULE OF ALL MULLET-HEADS
GILMER = FANOOK
GILMER = FAT
GILMER = FATUOUS
GILMER = FECAL FREAK
GILMER = FIRED
GILMER = FOOL
GILMER = FAILURE
GILMER = FRADULENT
GILMER = FORGER
GILMER = FUGLY
GILMER = FUNGUS AMONG US
GILMER = FUZZNUTZ
GILMER = GIRLY-BOY
GILMER = GOOD EXAMPLE of a BAD PERSON
GILMER = GORDO
GILMER = GRIFTER
GILMER = HALLOWEEN SCARY COOKIE FACE MOLD
GILMER = HEINOUS ANUS
GILMER = HOLLOW
GILMER = HYPOCRITE
GILMER = IAN DURY BAND MEMBER
GILMER = IMMODEST
GILMER = IMMORAL
GILMER = INANE
GILMER = INEPT
GILMER = IDIOT
GILMER = IMPOTENT
GILMER = INSIGNIFICANT
GILMER = INSINCERE
GILMER = JAILBIRD
GILMER = JACKOFF
GILMER = JACOFF ON HIS FACE (he loves it)
GILMER = JACKSONVILLE'S FINEST
GILMER = KIDDIE-DIDDLER
GILMER = KILLER
GILMER = KLUTZ
GILMER = LAME
GILMER = LIAR
GILMER = LAZY
GILMER = LIVING PROOF THAT PIRATES FUCKED WARTHOGS
GILMER = LOSER
GILMER = LOON
GILMER = LATE
GILMER = MALEFIC
GILMER = MAP-CHALLENGED
GILMER = "MAROON"
GILMER = MILSOP
GILMER = MORON
GILMER = MOMMA's BOY
GILMER = MULLET HAIR
GILMER = NARCISSIST
GILMER = NO SHOW
GILMER = NORTH END OF SOUTHBOUND HORSE
GILMER = NOT WRAPPED TIGHT
GILMER = OBSESSED
GILMER = OWNED
GILMER = OWNED AS NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN OWNED
GILMER = OWNED TO THE Nth DEGREE
GILMER = PANTYWAIST
GILMER = PARASITE
GILMER = PSYCHOPATH
GILMER = PATHETIC
GILMER = PINHEAD PROGENY
GILMER = PLAGIARIST
GILMER = PRE-DELOUSED
GILMER = PRODUCT OF PROPHYLACTIC PINHOLE
GILMER = PUSILLANIMOUS
GILMER = POTBELLY
GILMER = PHONY
GILMER = POSTER CHILD FOR RETROACTIVE ABORTION
GILMER = PRISSY
GILMER = PSEUDONYMS
GILMER = PUSSY
GILMER = PUTZ
GILMER = PLAGIARIST
GILMER = RACIST
GILMER = REALLY TRULY OWNED
GILMER = RETARDED
GILMER = REPROBATE
GILMER = SALOON GOON BUFFOON
GILMER = SCHMOOZER
GILMER = SCOFFLAW
GILMER = SCUZZ
GILMER = SELF-AGGRANDIZING
GILMER = SHITPANTS
GILMER = SPONGER
GILMER = SLACKER
GILMER = SHAMELESS
GILMER = SKANK
GILMER = SKUNKBREATH
GILMER = SLUG
GILMER = SMEGMA SWALLOWER
GILMER = SMELLS LIKE RELEASE OF BOWEL OBSTRUCTION
GILMER = SOCIOPATH
GILMER = STERILE
GILMER = SWEETHEART SCAMMER
GILMER = THIEF
GILMER = NOT EVEN TOLERATED BY 1% OF 1%'ers
GILMER = TOTALLY OWNED
GILMER = TROLL
GILMER = THREATENING
GILMER = UGLY
GILMER = UNEMPLOYED
GILMER = VACUOUS
GILMER = VULGAR
GILMER = WEARS BROWN LIPSTICK
GILMER = WIFE BEATER
~~
http://www.extirpirate.com/ is an archive of the Internet abuse and
harassment transmitted via scores of troll-variant and forged
identities by John Wesley Gilmer III, aka, "PirateJohn" or
"PyrateJohn", while in the employ of Moffitt Corporation, 1351 13th
Avenue South, Suite 130, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
http://www.moffitthvac.com
John W. Gilmer, III wrote:
> Here's why -
>
> GILMER = ALCOHOLIC
> GILMER = ADULTERER
> GILMER = ABUSER
> GILMER = ADDICTED
> GILMER = ASSHOLE
> GILMER = BEERGUT
> GILMER = BODY HAIR CHALLENGED
> GILMER = BRAGGART
> GILMER = BISEXUAL
> GILMER = BUM
> GILMER = BULLY
> GILMER = BACKSTABBER
> GILMER = BESTIALITY
> GILMER = CYBERSTALKER
> GILMER = CON ARTIST
> GILMER = CROSS-DRESSER
> GILMER = CHEATER
> GILMER = COUNTERFEIT
> GILMER = DREAMER
> GILMER = DISRUPTIVE
> GILMER = DISHONEST
> GILMER = DYSLEXIC
> GILMER = DISEASE CARRIER
> GILMER = DRUNKARD
> GILMER = DICKHEAD
> GILMER = DEADBEAT
> GILMER = DOPE
> GILMER = DESPERATE
> GILMER = DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
> GILMER = FIRED
> GILMER = FAT
> GILMER = FOOL
> GILMER = FAILURE
> GILMER = FRADULENT
> GILMER = FORGER
> GILMER = HYPOCRITE
> GILMER = IMMODEST
> GILMER = IMMORAL
> GILMER = INEPT
> GILMER = IDIOT
> GILMER = IMPOTENT
> GILMER = JAILBIRD
> GILMER = JACKOFF
> GILMER = KILLER
> GILMER = LAME
> GILMER = LIAR
> GILMER = LAZY
> GILMER = LOSER
> GILMER = LOON
> GILMER = LATE
> GILMER = MORON
> GILMER = MOMMA's BOY
> GILMER = MULLET HAIR
> GILMER = NARCISSIST
> GILMER = NO SHOW
> GILMER = OBSESSED
> GILMER = PARASITE
> GILMER = PSYCHOPATH
> GILMER = PATHETIC
> GILMER = POTBELLY
> GILMER = PHONY
> GILMER = PSEUDONYMS
> GILMER = PLAGIARIST
> GILMER = RACIST
> GILMER = RETARDED
> GILMER = SCHMOOZER
> GILMER = SPONGER
> GILMER = SLACKER
> GILMER = SHAMELESS
> GILMER = SOCIOPATH
> GILMER = SELF-AGGRANDIZING
> GILMER = SCOFFLAW
> GILMER = SWEETHEART SCAMMER
> GILMER = STERILE
> GILMER = THIEF
> GILMER = TROLL
> GILMER = THREATENING
> GILMER = UGLY
> GILMER = UNEMPLOYED
> GILMER = VULGAR
> GILMER = WIFE BEATER
> ~~~
> GILMER = CULO
> GILMER = GORDO