Comments on: Jason VON STRAUSSENBURG, Rest in Peace http://blog.eronj.com/2009/03/15/jason-von-straussenburg-rest-in-peace/ Ron K. Jeffries -- Listen, read, think, write. Rinse and repeat as needed. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: ray'ssister http://blog.eronj.com/2009/03/15/jason-von-straussenburg-rest-in-peace/#comment-144862 ray'ssister Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:47:00 +0000 http://blog.eronj.com/?p=2131#comment-144862 My brother and Roger Crona were very good friends during their teens in Michigan. I remember that Roger's father went to the store to pick up some milk and never returned home. I think Roger was about ten at the time. His mother really fell apart and had a very hard time raising her children by herself. Roger was so smart and creative and, yes, a bit wild. He had a room over the garage where he had installed "Get Smart" type doors - doors that opened and closed automatically. He invented a remote controlled blob that he and my brother would take out on Halloween and have go into people's houses when they opened the door for trick or treaters. They also recorded one of the worst thunderstorms and later during a very hot summer night (before people had central air) they put speakers up on the roof and blasted it as loud as possible in the middle of night. They cracked up as they saw all the lights go on around the neighborhood and people slamming their windows closed so they could swelter inside on a hot...and definitely rainless... summer night. A little discomfort but not serious mischief and definitely a very good prank for a couple of 15 year olds to pull off. They perpetrated a lot of good pranks. Roger was always inventing things and one of them was a new kind of metallic car paint. Someone he knew stole a Corvette and Roger was repainting it in his garage. He wanted to test out his new paint. At least that is the story I heard and that was the first time he was sent to jail. When anything was stolen that no one would want, the local police always knew to go to Roger's house because he was always liberating things so he could build something new. My Dad always said that some big company should just give Roger a nice annual salary and any components he requested and just let him invent. He was a great guy who was too creative to conform to the conventional norms. I will always remember him and all the unusual fun he brought to our neighborhood. I am so sorry that the State of Michigan did not let him finish his life in peace. He deserved better. My brother and Roger Crona were very good friends during their teens in Michigan. I remember that Roger’s father went to the store to pick up some milk and never returned home. I think Roger was about ten at the time. His mother really fell apart and had a very hard time raising her children by herself. Roger was so smart and creative and, yes, a bit wild. He had a room over the garage where he had installed “Get Smart” type doors – doors that opened and closed automatically. He invented a remote controlled blob that he and my brother would take out on Halloween and have go into people’s houses when they opened the door for trick or treaters. They also recorded one of the worst thunderstorms and later during a very hot summer night (before people had central air) they put speakers up on the roof and blasted it as loud as possible in the middle of night. They cracked up as they saw all the lights go on around the neighborhood and people slamming their windows closed so they could swelter inside on a hot…and definitely rainless… summer night. A little discomfort but not serious mischief and definitely a very good prank for a couple of 15 year olds to pull off. They perpetrated a lot of good pranks.

Roger was always inventing things and one of them was a new kind of metallic car paint. Someone he knew stole a Corvette and Roger was repainting it in his garage. He wanted to test out his new paint. At least that is the story I heard and that was the first time he was sent to jail. When anything was stolen that no one would want, the local police always knew to go to Roger’s house because he was always liberating things so he could build something new. My Dad always said that some big company should just give Roger a nice annual salary and any components he requested and just let him invent. He was a great guy who was too creative to conform to the conventional norms. I will always remember him and all the unusual fun he brought to our neighborhood. I am so sorry that the State of Michigan did not let him finish his life in peace. He deserved better.

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