Garry Krauss am
25/12/1941 – 04/08/2020
Aged 78
The Funeral Service to Celebrate the Life of Garry Krauss am
will be held in the St John’s Anglican Church
86 Clendon Rd,Toorak on Friday (14 August) 2020 commencing at 1:00pm
“Private Cremation”
On Behalf of the Family & Bell Funeral Services we would like to thank you for attending the Live Streamed funeral service.
137 Comments
To all the Krauss girls and their families sending you so much love.
Deepest sympathies but also fondest wishes to Garry’s family & friends.
Outstanding company, generous, warm & kind. So many thanks are due to him, by so many.
How lucky we were.
Very best to Pru – what a great team.
Simon and Ruth Wallace
In thought with you in this sad time.
All our love ‘and prays to you all xxx
Terrible loss! Beautiful man! Fabulous family! Our love to you all.
Dear Pru and girls our deepest sympathy on the sad passing of Garry – a truly remarkable man.
Love Bill and Denise
My condolences to the Krauss family. Garry was a wonderful man so generous to so many we will miss him.
I was so blessed to be taken under the Krauss family wing when I first moved to Melbourne in the mid 90’s Pu and Gary were always so kind to me and supported me in my early career. My heart is so heavy for al the Krauss family.. love to you all, Ty Henschke.
Such fond memories of a generous man with a wicked sense of humour .
Big hugs to Pru, Katie, Victoria, Anna and families. xx
All those years ago when we first met you , the memory of Garry that we cherish is his welcoming us to your home and lives with the ease of a man who was literally larger than life . Bless him
A true gentleman, bon vivant, lover of all beautiful things. A kind generous person
My sincere sympathy to all the family. My association with Garry was through the Richmond Football Club and the Aussie Club. Garry was a generous thoughtful and sincere person, very loyal and true to his beliefs. I will miss him
My deepest condolences to the Krauss Family. Garry will be truly missed. A great man and such good company.
My sincere sympathy to Pru and the Krauss family. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Sincere condolences to all Krauss Family members for your loss. With our very best wishes, Robert & Revecca Angel.
Our sincere sympathy to Prue and the Krauss family..At a time of the TIGERS needing desparate help ,Garry answered the call with the utmost generosity.becoming its number one member and then a vice patron.,a reflection of the high esteem Garry was thought of.at the RFC. Great memories.Our love. Dawn and Bill Durham.
I wish to express our condolences to Prue and the Krauss family.
We knew Garry through our involvement in Anderson St over many many years. He was always a gentleman and very helpful.
We remember him fondly.
The Zimet family
We loved and admired Gary.We cherished his friendship and now we grieve .
Our hearts go out to Pru,Katie,Victoria ,Anna and their families.
Dear Pru, Katie, Victoria & Anna,
Our condolences to you all at this sad time.
With sympathy
Liz, Danielle & Louise Conroy
Elaine and I send our sincere condolences to Prue and the extended Krauss family. It comes as a shock and unexpected. Garry and I grew up together from early childhood days in Ivanhoe, through to early adulthood. Many special memories from times past.
He will be sadly missed.
Sad time for you all , Gary was a wonderful man ,thoughts are with you Prue & family lots of love Kevin & Marg Regan
A true Tiger and a through gentleman I will miss my chats with him over lunch
His interest and support over many years will be missed. RIP.
Our love & thoughts are with you dear Pru, Katie, Tori & Anna.
Remembering more than 40 years of fun and friendship. Our yachting holiday in Turkey will live in or memories for ever.
To Pru, Katie, Victoria, Anna my deepest condolences on the passing of Garry. A wonderful man, larger than life, caring and generous now resting with all Tiger Legends. RIP Carole Blake
So many trips and fun times. While travelling 1through the Dordogne Garry befriended a local dog which subsequently bit him. We dined out for years on rabies stories.
Dear Pru, Katie, Tori & Anna
We were deeply saddened to hear of Garrys passing. Garry was always the generous and inclusive friend who had a knack of making everyone feel important. He was such a lovely, gentle man. We remember Garry with a big smile and a great sense of humour, always with a story.
Our condolences to you all.
Sue, Reg, Nick and Jessica
My condolences to you all at this sad time. I enjoyed so much working with Garry at PROK and was sad to hear of his passing.
We will really miss our dearest friend and neighbour. Our love and thoughts are with the Krauss Family
Great man & great family.. Be proud!
On behalf of the 18,500 members of RTSSG. We wanted to add to the glowing tributes and memories of a truly remarkable Tiger. Thank you Garry and condolences to the family. Greatly missed
To Prue and her family. I was so sad to hear Garry had passed away. I can’t imagine how difficult this must be for you all now, please remember that I care about you all. I hope you all feel surrounded by much love.
I’ll miss Garry. I loved ticking him off. He could be a bit of a naught boy sometimes. What I really loved more, was when he would disappear down stairs and return with a saucer with chocolates on it to share. We’re both addicted to chocolate. He always asked me not to tell Prue. I didn’t. She probably already knew.
He was good fun, in to everything. He loved his cigars with a drink, his motor bikes and cars. I’ll miss listening to his stories. He was so generous with both time and money for those in need. A good man. One I’ll miss.
You are all in my thoughts, Bev Cartwright
Sad to hear of your Loss Pru. From an old distant neighbour. You had a wonderful life together. Fond memories of the Spinney clan – from Grant Strachan
Dearest Tori – we are thinking of you and your family today. Georgie & Nick Murdoch
From Running With The Bulls in Pamplona to appreciating opera in Melbourne, Garry was the consummate host. His role at Tigerland in the Save Our Skins days should never be forgotten. Condolences to Pru and family. With love from Pat, Trevor, Paige, Cassy and Evie.
Gary unpretentious gentleman.Fond memories St.Caths , rowing Grandview Grove, V.S.O. and Portsea
.Will be greatly missed.
Our love and thoughts are with you Prue and your family.
Peter ,Phoebe , Alana and Donald.
To have known him was a privilege ,there are not enough superlatives to describe this Gentleman’s,Gentleman.
Dear Pru and your beautiful family I have known garry since he was 7 yrs his mum and dad were friends with my mum and dad we have cherished memories of Happy years garrys mum dad came up to our place on the farm every Christmas and stay we werelike brothers garry was groomsman at Paul’s wedding such cherished memories to keep in our hearts forever my wife jean met garry in 1960 our love to you pru and your. beautiful family on the sad loss of garry all our love Leon and Jean xx
Prue, Anna, Katie and Tori,
I wish to express my deepest condolences to you all on the passing of Garry. Garry was a wonderful person to be around and would always put a smile and make me laugh with his vibrant nature. Will always cherish our friendship and will deeply miss him. My love and thoughts are will you all.
I shall miss my dear friend forever. The world is a lesser place without him.
So sorry to hear of Gary’s passing.. So many happy memories of the RFC days and the mad, funny times at Portsea. Condolences to Pru & family.
Bill Duff, Stuart & Angela.
When we first met Garry, in 1985, he was wearing jeans and a white shirt with French cuffs and cufflinks while atop top an elephant at Tiger Tops in Nepal. Fast forward nine months later, when we landed at Melbourne airport to stay for a week at the Krauss Haus with people we didn’t know very well but who had nevertheless invited us to be “their Yanks” for our visit to Oz. When Garry apologized about the size of the boot in his Silver Cloud Rolls Royce, Patrick asked him why he hadn’t brought the good car.
This began of a friendship that has lasted all these years, with crisscross visits in Australia (Prahran, Portsea, Merricks), Bahrain, and Florida.
Garry always made us feel so very welcome—and he made us laugh. He was a great human being and gentleman who didn’t take himself too seriously. That’s why we love him.
Love and hugs to all his girls.
Elizabeth and Patrick
Generous, adventurous. We had many good times together from Bali to Beirut. A special man.
My thoughts are with Pru Katie, Tory and Anna.
Dear Tori, Our love and thoughts are with you and your family at this sad time.
As we pass through life we only meet a very few people who add value to our life in what we do, impacting who we are and enriching our enjoyment of living.
Garry was one of those special people…. I convey my deepest sympathy to you all.
To a very special man and friend. The consummate gentleman. We have many fond memories that I will cherish. The Crowe Family
Thanks for being a great neighbour. Deepest sympathy to Pru and the girls.
I send my sincere sympathy to Prue and the Krauss family. Garry my family grew up together from an early age in Ivanhoe and knew him as a kind person with a very good sense of humour. Many fond memories will remain. He will be deeply missed.
Dearest Pru, Katie, Tori, Anna and all the grandchildren, so many happy memories of 35 years of shared family holidays and special times. Thinking of you with great sadness today and sending fondest love always. xx
Dear Pru, my deepest sympathy on the loss of wonderfull Gary, I know he will be truly missed by the family, and his many friends, especially me, much love Jeanne
Sending my sincere sympathy and love to Pru, Katie, Tori, Anna and families. Garry was so kind, generous and hospitable to me in my teenage years. Many special and happy memories. Thinking of you all at this sad time.
To Prue, Katie, Tory, Anna and all the extended family,
Our thoughts are with you during this time. Gary will always be remembered as a man of business, culture and family. I will remember his passion for culinary delights and his eccentric and loud personality …. just like some of his daughters! 🙂 The vision of him in Portsea on his moped is the one that sticks in my mind. Sending our love on this sad day. Lisa xx
“Tiger Boy ” , our Sergeant at Arms , Lets hear the ROAR …..
Sincere condolences to you Pru and family.
Wonderful memories of Garry , Pamplona , dinners ,red wine ,single malts and. cigars.
A full life , but far too young
A lifetime together is never enough. Gary leaves a legacy of a man who was larger than life, He has given so many of us treasured memories. He will be missed by many. My condolences to you Pru and the rest of the family
Melbourne has lost an absolute gentleman. A giant of a man, generous in all respects. Vale Garry.
Sending Love to All the Krauss Family. Thinking of you at this sad time. Lots of love from the Fortey’s
Garry was a complete gentleman. Every interaction I had with him was laced with good humour, generosity and an assuring sense of savoir faire. We will miss him enormously
I loved every moment of working with Garry at the Opera Society. Such a generous, kind man. The world is a sadder place without him.
Sending our love to Prue and the Krauss girls and their families. xx
Dear Anna, Pru and the extended Krauss family. Sending you my sincere sympathy at this very sad time. Garry is someone I remember very well from our boarding school days, and I know he will be missed by you all. With much love, Kirsty x
A great man, with whom chats were straight forward and insightful. A great sense of humour and loved the Tigers.
A true gentleman and a very gentle man, rest in peace Gary.
The President and Members of the Opera Society Inc wish to extend their deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Garry Krass AM.
Garry was a long standing and generous member of the VSO and subsequently the Opera Society and he made a significant and valued contribution to the performance of opera in Victoria.
Valma Allaway OAM, President, Opera Society Inc.
We take our hats off to Garry, the world’s greatest wedding chauffeur. Remembering happy times at the opera, footy and Wien. Much love to Pru and family.
A fine generous man. Condolences to Pru and the family. Looking forward to the time when we can gather together.
Our deepest sympathies to you Prue and your Family. Garry was a charming and interesting man, He will be missed by the many friends he made throughout his life. May he rest inPeace.
Mt deepest sympathy to all the family. I will ever be grateful for the support and welcome Garry gave to me when I joined the Board of the Victorian Opera. A true gentleman.
Deepest sympathies to Prue,Katie, Victoria and Anna – many treasured memories
Pru thank you for accepting me into your group. Garry was a large part of that and I am really going to miss him
Dear Prue.
My condolences to you and your family. I’ll never forget the amazing lunches Garry turned on for the WBC walkers and I always enjoyed his quiet humour and insights.
With all my love to Pru and family.
Dear Garry, somewhere in time I had the luck to know you as a genius man, who was also an ode to life. Thank you for knowing you.
Pru, that all your memories may comfort you. Love Eveline
My most sincere sympathy to the Krauss family.
Gary was a great Tiger and a top bloke. The first person I ever met who would attend the football in the afternoon and opera in the evening. An all round champion.
His generosity is legendary and I will long remember him with great fondness.
May God bless and keep him.
A true gentleman and best mate. Condolences to all the Krauss family. Sadly missed.
Dear Tori, thinking of you and your family today. Lots of love Emma, & Richard Green
Dear Katie and family,
Deepest sympathy on Garry’s death. Many happy memories of opera and great food at your house with my late husband.
Love and prayers,
Your old maths teacher,
Mim Davidson..
My greatest memory of Garry is of him at his 50th birthday party. What a great night and what a great man! Sending my love to all the family, Polly xo
Sending love and sincere condolences to Pru, Katie, Tori, Anna and families at this sad time.
Our deepest sympathy to Prue and family. As a Board colleague Garry was a great contributor to bringing Richmond back from the brink. As a friend we shared many a pleasant social occasion. Those memories will be with us forever. We will miss you.
Dear Pru, Tori, Katie, Anna and your families.
A beautiful man larger than life itself.
How blessed you are all to have him be your husband and dad, and how blessed he was to have you all – his treasured gaggle of girls.
Sending you my love and thoughts xxx
Dear Prue and girls, deepest sympathy. A generous man. Many fond memories
My heartfelt love and strength to the Krauss family. So many fond memories at Grandview, to be cherished forever. Sending Pru, Katie, Tori and Ans all of our love from the van Haandel family.
Garry,
We will miss the travels and the times together.
You will be missed but never forgotten
Our condolences to Pru and your girls and their husbands and your grandchildren.
Lots of love to you and your family Tori xo
Much love to you Tori and Prue, and to your families. A beautiful service.
Love and sympathy,
Rebecca Turnbull and family & the Opie family. Xxxxx
Sue Hunt and I send our deepest condolences to Prue and the girls, and your wider family . Garry was such a great supporter of the old VSO , but it went beyond generous financial support to real engagement with the staff and artists. His personal commitment to the opera society made this group one of the most successful support groups of the Company.
He will always be remembered.
RIP Garry.
Deepest sympathy to Pru and family .
Great memories of wonderful times at Tigerland ,Pamplona , Garry’s cooking exploits , wine ,whisky and cigars .
A great guy , will miss him. ,gone far to young.
DearesT Prue and family,
i was very sad to hear of Garry’s passing my sincere condolences. I have many fond memories of our time together at RFC. RIP Garry Krauss
Musical theatre, singing at an eccentric club, football, cooking and hospitality, travel and an extensive knowledge of European history. Knowing Garry was a life-enriching experience. He made a difference. My deepest sympathy to Pru and the family.
Garry was so generous to me and our family, he was like an uncle, and we will really miss him. We had many memories but I’ll never forget him cooking the food for Toby and Jess’ wedding, sweating like he was running a marathon. Needless to say it was delicious. And for the record, I believe he was a Magpie before he saved Richmond. Condolences and love to Pru, Katie, Tori and Anna.
Deepest sympathies to Pru and the Krauss sisters and families. A terrific man will be sorely missed.
We send our condolences to Prue and the Krauss family. Garry was a companionable friend and will be sorely missed. We recall with affection our endeavours to link Melbourne Opera and Melbourne City Opera. He will be deeply missed.
Dear Prue and family,
We are so sorry to hear of Garry’s passing . We are thinking of you all at this difficult time.
With much love,
David Turner
One of the greatest Melbourne sons – who will be missed by many. We have fond memories of the VSO days and Garry’s outstanding support of the company.
Dear Pru and family,
We very sorry to hear this sad news and our deepest sympathy to all of you. Garry was a truly great man and we have many fond memories.
A man never to be forgotten.
love James, Mega, Flynn & Jessica.
Dear Pru & family. Both of us can hardly believe the man we met when we first came to Melbourne in the 80s has departed. Garry introduced us to Aussie Rules, shared our love of opera, was a generous host & loved a party. Vale Garry Krauss.
I spent 1958 with Garry in the first year of an engineering diploma course at Swinburne. At the same end of that year, rejecting his father’s advice, he took his life in a different direction.
We crossed paths on occasions as his life moved through business, sport, the arts, and people people people. Many will miss Garry.
Best wishes to all his family.
Deepest sympathy to Pru and family, Garry was a great supporter of the Tigers , a real Gentleman and a good bloke.
Sending so much love to you all. I’m so sorry for your loss. All my love Amie Grasyan
My great sympathies to Prue and the Krauss family. He was indeed larger than life with a unique sense of humour and great generosity! I have only fond and happy memories of my time around Garry including at the opera company Board, social events and as my proposer to WBC too! Again, thank you so much for proposing me Garry. Many memories. I will never forget Garry’s turbo charged martini’s or calling in for a coffee and ending up with a huge gourmet spread as brunch. I also once sent a fax to Garry in the days when they were still in vogue and he said to me: “What are you doing? My machine has run out of paper…” and he proceeded to give me a memorable quote from Shakespeare: “Brevity is the font of all wit!” Polonius to his son, i think, or?…and I do keep that in mind and certainly did laugh and love at the time! Vale Garry Krauss, great man and a real friend to us all.
What a wonderful farewell. Many good memories. Sympathy to Pru and your girls. X
Sending my love to Pru, Katie, Tori and Anna. I was at that fabulous 50th and will never forget it.
Gary was one in a million. His hilarious and wicked sense of humour lives on with my friend darling friend Tori.
Sending love x
A life lived to the fullest.
Thank you dear Pru and family for giving us the opportunity of farewelling Garry. What a truly remarkable person he was. Rest In Peace.
Dearest Ans, my thoughts and deepest sympathy are with you and your family. Listening to the stories today bring back so many happy memories of Grandview, Portsea and footy days. A lovely celebration of a great man’s life. Lots and lots of love x x x x
A wonderful celebration of the life of a very fine bloke. Terry & Grannia.
A beautiful sincere service paid perfect tribute to an outstanding gentleman.
What a life. What a contribution.
My sympathy to all of the family.
Krystyna
Beautiful service. It was lovely to hear about Garry’s life lived large. My sincere condolences to Prue and the family.
Garry was a man I looked up to. He is worthy of the honoric, The Honourable Garry Krauss. Enjoy the strudel and cigars in heaven Garry.
Sending our sincere condolences to the Krauss family.
We remember Garry with great fondness & the fun times we shared with you Pru and the girls. A wonderful tribute to him today. A man for all seasons. Vale Garry.
Lou and MichaelDAVID
To Prue and all the Krauss Family we extend our condolences to you all
We remember Garry with great fondness & the fun times we shared with you Pru and the girls. A wonderful tribute to him today. A man for all seasons. Vale Garry.
Lou and Michael DAVID
My deepest sympathy to you Pru and all of the family.
It has been my pleasure to have known Garry and following the service and eulogies ,wonderful memories came flooding back and I will remember them all fondly.
The Chaplain said 2 words that summed his life up beautifully , “well played “.
We send you our deepest sympathy to Pru and the family. I remember meeting Garry in the old VSO days, his warmth and generosity impressed. A great mate at WBC. He will be missed.
What a wonderful service for such a truly amazing person, husband, father and friend to so many. So many happy memories and a smile on my face when I remember back on the times I spent with Garry and the family. I was made to feel so welcome and loved by Garry, Pru and the girls in my early years in Melbourne. I was blessed to be included in so many fun times at Grandview Gve, Portsea, the MCG, and sipping scotch with Garry in the den. Love to you all. RIP Garry and God bless you. Bakes
Dear Pru and family
I was so sorry to hear that Gary had passed away. Please accept my sincerest condolences at this difficult time. Gary was such a lovely, generous and warm person. I really enjoyed working with him on the board of the VSO and have many happy memories of that time. He will be sadly missed by all and the service today was an outstanding one which is a credit to you and your family, Warmest regards
Yours Sincerely Jack O’Connell AO
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never ever the same.
R.I.P. Garry, a true gentleman and friend.
Dear Pru, Katie, Tori & Anna. Our deepest thoughts and sympathies are with you during this time. I will always hold fond memories of growing up on Grandview Gr and the laugh of Garry that would fill a room. Lots of love Oli
We will miss you Garry. We will always remember the mezzanine floor at 44 Latham Drive, as our little castle. Thank you for such fond memories. Our condolences to your beautiful family xx
Such a special man, family and collection of friends. Garry, you impacted us so deeply and we will miss you. Our love to you all.
A beautiful service, Pru.. Krauss girls and friends, we are so sorry not to be there and give you a hug.
Remembering St Caths rowing, VSO, Aussie Club, Production Company,Tiger times (Trish) and dinners together.
Lots of love to the Krauss family, and here’s to a tribute drink to a wonderful and generous man when times permit.
Trish and Tim. Xx
Such a special man, family and collection of friends. Garry, you impacted us so deeply and we will miss you. Our love to you all.
Dearest Pru,TorI,Katie,Anna and families our love, best wishes and sincerest condolences on Garry’s passing. The world needs more bonvivants like him. Stay safe. Lots of love The a’Beckett’s
Beautiful service. So sorry we could not be with you.
Wonderful eulogies by John, Nick, Ken and Ian.
Farewell dear friend. You will be greatly missed. May you Rest In Peace. God bless
To Prue and Krauss family sending our deepest condolences to you all, our prays are with you,
It was a privilege to work alongside and get to know Garry over my years at The Production Company. He certainly lived a wonderful life. My condolences to Pru, Tori and all of the family.
Tough day today saying goodbye to Garry. Such a wonderful person to be around that spread his goodwill to his and all the families he touched. Sending my love to Pru, Katie, Tori and Anna. Thanks Gaz it was fun.
Garry was such a huge part of my life and was there for so many signifying moments in our family history. It won’t be the same without him. However, I will cherish all the memories and look forward to celebrating his life with the girls soon. Lots of love x
We have so many great memories of fun times at Grandview Grove with Garry. Sending love to Pru, Katie, Tori & Anna x
I send lots of love to you Prue and the girls Katie, Tori and Anna and the extended family at this sad time. Garry was an amazing man with so many diverse interests. We enjoyed his company and will miss him greatly.
Dear Pru, Katie, Tori and Anna,
The service today was a great tribute to Garry’s life. He will be greatly missed by us all.
Thinking of you all at this time. love from Richard and Lucy Knight
A very beautiful man
A beautiful service. My love and thoughts to you Pru Katie Tori and Anna. Thank goodness Anna you married Nick and we were able to meet and get to know Garry. He was pretty amazing. Lots of love.
So sad to hear the passing of this generous warm man who was always the first person to say “how can I help” particularly his beloved Tigers. 30 years ago this year he was again one of the
First. We had some wonderful fun times as well with PRU and the girls. It was my pleasure to have known and worked with him at Tigerland.
Pauline Satchell. Xx
Our lives would certainly not have been as filled with love, laughter, noise, yummy cooking, wine and whisky, great stories, jokes, cigar smoke, Reg, cracker arguments and large amounts of fun and occasional grumpiness if we had not met you and our second family. We will miss you. Love to Pru, Katie, Fez and Breath et al.. Us Beamses xxxx
Dear Pru, on behalf of all the Forbes family I send our deepest sympathy for your loss of Garry. He was one of my oldest and dearest friends. I will always have a vision in my head of Garry’s arrival in Grandview Grove on the back of a camel!
He was an inspiration to many and gave practical assistance wherever possible.
Our friendship started in 1955 and endures to this day.
Fay and l will miss his warmth and sprit.of hospitality..
We will leave a light on for him at the Prairie Park homestead In his honour as the moonlight seems a little duller since he left.
Love John and Fay Forbes.
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