Ode To An Old Repo Man

Magnum Investigations Plus

On January 19, 2010, my father in law of 27 years passed unexpectedly. Francis Jenkins, "Fran The Friendly furnace man"(retired 2003) went in the hospital January 11, 2010, to have his pacemaker changed out, which is a very minor procedure. At which time the doctors found his bloodwork to be way off. Subsequently, it was discovered he had acute Luekemia, which was manifesting over a period of ten years. After blood transfusions/ pacemaker changed, his body started shutting down and thus passed.

Here is my eulogy of "Fran" at his memorial service:

I was really blessed to have the privilege of two fathers.
My biological father passed in Dec 2000, and now my second, surrogate father.
I met Fran back in 1980 while dating my beautiful wife Lori. Fran was kind of intimidating at first, he being 240#s lbs and me 185#s. But he was a big teddy bear. He became my father in-law in August of 82. He really enjoyed life, his family and friends.

We really became close when my family moved to Shawano in Sept 1999.
I would help him with his furnace work until his knees hurt too much.
He then retired in 2002 or 2003.
At that time my business picked up and we took him along to do repoes.
Then it was to the point where Fran would call and say where are we going today or where we going tomorrow?
If it wasn’t serving papers on a road trip to LacDuFlambeau or Manitowoc or repoing cars in Eau Claire; He loved riding along as our reward for a good days work was lunch or dinner, wings, burgers, or brats and a beer or two.
Long surveillances were kind of taxing on Fran as sometimes he couldn’t pee when he had to as we couldn‘t go anywhere till the person moved.
One time while doing some work at the court house in Stevens Point I came out to the van and he said he used the bathroom, and he had to empty his pee bottle; being smack dab in front of the court house I just busted out laughing and we pulled into the adjacent parking lot and emptied the bottle. You have to understand, when Fran peed he dropped everything while standing.(and I could imagine him standing vanside and peeing into his bottle)


Oct 2008 was the last time Fran went on a road trip with me, it was to Marinette, WI.
It became too painful for him to walk around and I’m sure he felt being a burden, always using the bathroom.
I didn’t care about the peeing or the time he took.
It was just he couldn’t handle the pain and he was losing strength.
The only time we had lunch now was after a doctor visit.
I enjoyed his candor, his laid back style, his quick humor and his determination among a host of other attributes.
Wisconsin’s oldest repo man will be missed. My friend and my 2nd dad will be painfully missed.

Fran, Thank you for your daughter and family. I Love you.

Fran was 85.

Posted by Magnum Investigations Plus at 2/7/2010 3:28 PM

To Our Military

It came to mind that since our Wisconsin Private Investigative Agency has done work for Servicemen, even before the Iraqi War (and have a daughter married to an enlisted Army Soldier) that we could offer and pursue, as a small token of our appreciation, to serve those that serve our country so faithfully and sacrificially.
If you are active duty, whether you're based out of Wisconsin or not, we want to offer our investigative services to you at a discount so you can serve our country with a peace of mind. What we would like to do is help safeguard your hearts by offering not only a 25% discount to all active military, but also a reasonable payment plan. We do not offer payment plans to any other client (only special circumstances). We wanted to do this for those who are helping protect our freedom. Whether you are stateside or overseas, you may be concerned about what your significant other is doing while you are away. It could be for investigative purposes, collection of property, process service, or to check the welfare of your children. We would like to assist you with that as we have a heart for the sacrifices of our soldiers. Unfortunately, there is a select few in our society that are taking advantage of our soldiers' paychecks, promising a loving relationship on the other side. We have seen it all too often. If this is a concern of yours or you have any questions, please feel free to contact us for a no obligation, free consultation. We could even just be a listening ear, and offer you suggestions to your situation. We do not, however, offer legal advice.
Additionally, since I (Lori) have a soft spot for the older vets, because my father served in the Army on the front lines in the Pacific Theater during WWII, we are extending this offer to all veterans that feel they may be (or have been) taken advantage of as well. Again the sacrifices of our soldiers and veterans are immeasurable. Now, all too often, our older veterans are losing money (and hearts) to scam artists, or predators as I like to call them.
Please, when contacting us, let us know you have served (or are currently serving our country) and let us know how we can assist you.

Phone:  715-524-9044 

or E-mail: magnumi@frontiernet.net

Posted by Magnum Investigations Plus at 3/13/2009 11:42 AM

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