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R I P - Ken Staninger

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mtgrizrule

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Ken Staninger passed away. I have not heard the details. My prayers and condolences to family, and friends. R I P Ken.
 
Evidently he had pancreatic cancer.

But as Rule notes, Griz Nation mourns. All the best to his family and friends, of which I know there are many.
 
Sad news, i believe he played goalie for the Mules hockey team in the late 70's with a couple of my buddies. Far too young anda guy who helped a lot of Griz players moving to the next level. He'll be missed by many.
 
Real sad and sudden. Word through the Realtor community was that he was diagnosed in the summer but didn't tell his colleagues until just a few weeks back. Caught so many of us off-guard, it made for a pretty somber week.

Ken as a Realtor was one of the most respected commercial brokers in town, he was a titan of the industry. Of course he's well known in many Griz circles too as an agent to many former players. Sending a lot of prayers to his family tonight.
 
34 minutes ago • By FRITZ NEIGHBOR of the Missoulian(0) Comments
Known only recently to be seriously ill, Ken Staninger, an NFL agent who began his successful agency in his hometown of Missoula over 30 years ago, died of cancer Saturday. He was 63 years old.

Staninger’s wife, Mary, confirmed the news Saturday evening. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in August, Staninger passed away in front of family at 6:42 p.m.

“We wanted to keep it quiet,” Mary Staninger said of his illness. “We wanted to let his players get through the season before telling them.

“And he thought he was going to beat it. He had such a positive attitude that he thought he was going to beat it.”

If Ken Staninger sought to avoid attention he nonetheless found plenty of support. Many of his NFL clients, including Mark Rypien, were able to get to Missoula to say their goodbyes.

“It was beautiful,” Mary said. “We were struggling, and having such a hard time, and Ken was struggling. But his friends came to say goodbye, and all his relatives came.”

Rypien, perhaps Staninger’s most high-profile client, was among those many friends. The former Washington State standout signed a large contract after his standout 1991 season that culminated in him being Super Bowl MVP.

That was Super Bowl XXVI, which Washington won 37-24 over Buffalo on Jan. 26, 1992; Staninger passed away 21 years later to the day.

Many other players made the trip to Missoula, including Brent Pease, the Griz quarterback who is offensive coordinator for the Florida Gators; Dave Dickenson, the Griz and CFL great who is the OC for the Calgary Stampeders; and Dan Carpenter, the Griz and Miami Dolphins kicker who made the NFL Pro Bowl in 2010.

“It was very sad, but very rewarding,” Mary said. “And Ken didn’t think he had that many friends. But all his friends had rallied around him and came to see him.”

Staninger was on May 15, 1949, in Missoula.

A standout athlete whose college football career was ended by a motorcycle accident, he became a successful real-estate broker in Missoula.

Staninger started what is now called Stinger Sports Group by signing Griz center Guy Bingham, who played 14 years in the NFL.

Besides Mary, he is survived but their sons Brett and Rick, who both live in Renton, Wash., and Ryan, who lives in Portland, Ore. Mary noted that Brett and his wife just had their first son recently.

Ken Staninger also has a sister, Judy Staninger-Gurnsey, in Great Falls, and nephew Josh in Bozeman.

He is also survived by the many players he represented, like Jake Scott, an offensive lineman who won a Super Bowl with the 2006 Indianapolis Colts.

The Staningers went to that game as well as the one in which Rypien starred.

“We went to a lot of NFL games,” Mary Staninger said. “It was a fun time.
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...saturday at 2 at the hilton garden...
...you mite want to show up early...
...r i p ken you were the best...

... 8-) ...
 
Kenny was much more than an agent. He worked out in front and behind the scenes selflessly in many efforts that greatly benefited athletics and athletes. He was an old school "what you see is what you get" guy and we all got a lot. He will be missed.
 
Ken was a great human being.

Great supporter of all things Missoula. He was just simply a great human being. Got to know him a little bit when I was in college when I coached Brett in baseball and my lasting impression of him was that it didn't matter if you knew him a little bit, he always treated you as if you had been a life long friend. Really nice guy.

A lot people thought the world of Ken and that says a ton about the guy.
 
Dave Dickenson has some nice things to say about Staninger, who was his agent.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20130127/SPORTS/301270018/Dickenson-mourns-loss-Staninger" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
 
A really good guy. Did some estate appraisals for the family back in 1988. You're on a really short tether with pancreatic cancer...RIP Ken
 
RIP Mr. Staninger! You made a great impact in this community both professionally and personally. I will miss you.
 
Properties 2000 put this up on their facebook page.

BTW - the service for Ken is Saturday, 2pm, at the Hilton.

Ken Staninger, the Patriarch of Properties 2000, passed away this weekend after a short but valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. Licensed in 1973, Ken went on to co-found Properties 2000 in 1984. Although Ken wore many hats (husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather, brother, uncle, sports agent, entrepreneur, etc.) we at Properties 2000 knew him as a world class commercial & land broker- and more importantly as a dear friend and mentor. The consummate salesman- Ken was known for his charisma, passion, humor and fair dealing. Always the first to arrive and the last to leave the office, Ken's presence will be missed tremendously. With the seed of hard work and unrivaled customer service sowed nearly three decades ago, Properties 2000 will continue his example of excellence and fair dealing. All of us are better practitioners and better people for having had Ken in our lives. Rest in Peace, Bull.
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