{"id":263732,"date":"2017-11-03T06:03:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T20:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=263732"},"modified":"2017-11-03T06:03:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T20:03:24","slug":"tribute-noble-man-imants-ed-klingbergs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tribute-noble-man-imants-ed-klingbergs\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to a noble man: Imants \u2018Ed\u2019 Klingbergs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_263736\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-263736\" style=\"width: 289px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Imants-Edward-Klingbergs-mug.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Imants-Edward-Klingbergs-mug-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-263736\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-263736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Imants \u201cEd\u201d Klingbergs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Whereof the man, that with me trod<br \/>\nThis planet, was a noble type<br \/>\nAppearing ere the times were ripe,<br \/>\nThat friend of mine who lives in God.<br \/>\n\u2014Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Physical distance is one thing; but the heart\u2019s distance another.<\/p>\n<p>Thus I remained close to a dear friend on Saipan: Imants \u201cEd\u201d Klingbergs.<\/p>\n<p>It was a bit of a shock to learn of his death on Oct. 29, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>A kind and noble man has left us. <\/p>\n<p>Long-term educator, entrepreneur, builder, landlord and close friend, Edward was always there to help others. <\/p>\n<p>His kindness, calmness and wisdom were a godsend for those who may have run into difficulties navigating the ups and downs of island life.  He was someone you always could count on no matter what. He loved his children and grand children and thought being with them was the greatest pleasure life had to offer.  <\/p>\n<p>His last project I believe was to build a house in the mountains with a beautiful ocean view. He finished it and I trust his spirit will have a place to rest. All who knew could not help but to be influenced by his kindness, resilience, stability, and generosity. His heart touched many. He will be deeply missed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Samuel Gugliotta, M. ED and Kui Cheng<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Dallas, Texas<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whereof the man, that with me trod This planet, was a noble type Appearing ere&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":263736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[18911,21,133,18912],"class_list":["post-263732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letters-to-the-editor","tag-kui-cheng","tag-life","tag-run","tag-samuel-gugliotta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}