Niels was one of the funniest people I ever met, and I could never list every moment he broke me from a bad mood with a joke or a look. The moment I remember most clearly, and most fondly, was at a courthouse. We'd been mugged, and I'd been sent to the hospital after being beaten. We were fifteen. The kid who did it was going to stand trial and we were there to testify if need be. Somehow, in this overblown melodramatic wreck of a moment, Niels found lightness and humor. He found a way to make me laugh in the face of violence. I don't know what I would have made of that day without him, but now I think back to our ill-fitting button downs and ties and it makes me smile, because I think of Niels, and his unbreakable sense of absurdity. He was and is someone I think of when I want - or need - to laugh. He will be missed ferociously. Thank you, Niels, for sharing some of your time and presence with me. 

-Stephen

Joseph Gawler's Sons, LLC

Niels Verhoeven

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Niels Verhoeven

18 June, 1996 – 20 September, 2021

Joseph Gawler’s Sons, LLC

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