The Passing of Much-Beloved Gus Knoche

• Gus Knoche was someone who touched most of us in the THS Class of 1971 in some way. He taught algebra and geometry, and was a sports statistician, among many other things. He made things fun. We'll miss him.
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• His obituary can be found at:
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• August Knoche Obituary

His longstanding contributions in teaching, performing statistical data accumulation and analysis for sports, and playing tenor sax in the Mesa City Band were indicative of his dedication to things he loved, and exemplify the oft-noted intertwining of music and mathematics in people's souls. 

Our condolences to those who were close to him.

Some comments from our classmates on Facebook:

• Scott Clayton I spoke with Gus a few years ago at a Corona del Sol basketball game. He was still doing the stats. When he retired from teaching he kept doing the stats....after Tempe High, he moved to Corona probably because of his good friend Sammy Duane who was coaching at the school. Now Sammy's son Sammy Jr. is the coach and CdS recently won its 4th consecutive state basketball championship.
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  Scott Clayton Gus did stats for a total of at least 60 years....can you imagine that?

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  Deb Snyder Found Gus Knoche with Mesa City Band.http://www.mesacityband.com/2009/06/personnel.html Played tenor sax and in one of the photos...he looks like I remember him.
  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  Mesa City Band: Personnel

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  Patrick Fleming Right, Deb. Here he is in the center of the photo.
  

  
  

  

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  Denise Kobel Yes, I remember him well.

• Gary Burger I will never forget that the signals in baseball games were given by Knoche - not Coach Younger. Back of his clipboard for bunt, the scorecard “sheet” for steal. I don’t think any opposing team ever picked up on it. We were not a bunch of super smart guys, so this simplicity was necessary. The number of hours Knoche put in at games to keep the stats have to number in the thousands. Thank you, Gus.
  
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  Phil Lundberg Thanks, Pat

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  Cindy Ewing Arbuckle Thx

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  Patrick Fleming Thanks for recalling that, Gary! And thanks, Gus.

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  Elaine Burgoyne LeVan Thank you Pat for finding the obituary.

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• Donald Hull Thanks for this Pat. I had gus for junior yr alg 3 and 4. if u struggled with it hed sure help ya thru it, great Man!