“An amazing story of good fortune and hard choices; of being Chinese and becoming American."
-Mikko Jokela (nephew)
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“Thanks to Leon, I got interested in almost everything, because he was interested in everything.”"
-Irene Vernimmen (sister)
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“[When you’re a kid] you’re looking for an adult other than your parents to be a role model. There’s always that guy that you follow around and you want their attention and you want to be like that person. And he has been that person to literally thousands of kids.”
-Andy Locke (longtime friend)
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"He was having this great high school career where he played football and was doing track and then the next thing you know there's World War Two ... He's in the war for all of a week and he gets captured by the Germans."
-Andy Wiedlin (Robert's Son)
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"Mikko and Laura understand the idea that it's a virtue to give. They don't give with the idea that they're going to get something back, and that's surprisingly unique in this culture."
-Bob Cruikshank (neighbor and friend)