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Allison Born
Lloyd William Born, II
November 1st, 1944 - September 2nd, 2021
November 1st, 1944 - September 2nd, 2021
Lloyd William Born II died on September 2, 2021 from pancreatic cancer.
Lloyd had numerous academic and professional accomplishments, but considered his family his biggest blessing and achievement. He loved his sister Diane and brother-in-law David, his brother Robert and sister-in-law Lori, his son Brian and daughter-in-law Amanda, his daughter Brenna and son-in-law Stephane, his daughter Allison and son-in-law Scott, his grandkids Rylee, Parker, Britton, Alison, Sophia, Zoe, Xander, Oliver, and Adeline, his nephews Jon, Todd, Brendan, and Kyle, their spouses Rachel, Jayme, Jillian, and Jennie, and their kids Aaron, Ruth, Eliana, Haley, Maya, Jameson, Preston, Lucas, and Piper.
Lloyd was born in Fairfield, OH in 1944, and grew up in Seattle. He told childhood stories about being the station manager of his neighborhood paper route, about drawing a map of houses that gave the best Halloween candy then hitting the chocolate houses first (and a 3pm trick-or-treating start time to have enough time to fill his bag - his candy stash for the whole year), and sneaking into the 1962 World's Fair throughout the summer after high school.
Lloyd earned both his undergrad and graduate degrees at the University of Washington. After getting his MBA he started working as an auditor for an accounting firm and ultimately took the CPA exam, earning the second highest score in the country. After 11 years at the firm (and two years as full partner), he shifted to a company called Polygon as the Treasurer (functionally the CFO). He and his family moved to Mount Vernon in 1982 to work at Polygon's central office. He had various roles within Polygon, the last being President.
Lloyd pursued various investment opportunities throughout his career, concentrating heavily in real estate development. He enjoyed the challenge of identifying the best investments and dedicated time to understanding markets and profitable investment strategies.
After leaving Polygon in 2000, he worked for himself as a consultant, investor, professor, and public speaker.
This wouldn't be a good obituary without acknowledging Lloyd's unique abilities - whether it be with numbers, investments, or tax codes. He was brilliant, thorough, and willing to share his knowledge with others.
He was loved, and will be missed.
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Tom Tindall
Lloyd, thank you for all your support. You always took time to help this one person CPA office. I will always remember your kindness and timely knowledgeable advice. You are simply the best and a first class person. I will you. Thanks again for everything.
Diane Feldhammer
I was born 11 months after Lloyd, so we shared many life experiences together. I remember when I was 5 or 6, he provoked me into chasing after him. He knew where the ground was very muddy and avoided it, but I ran right into it. That was his plan. He wasn't always a mischievous brother. He was more than willing to help me with my schoolwork. He took chemistry as a senior in high school and I took it as a junior. We took the same tests, always given on Mondays. I studied like crazy on Sunday for the test, but whenever I went down to his bedroom to ask him a question, he was napping or doing something other than studying. We both got A's. After college, I moved to California, so our time together was limited. When he moved to his house on the lake, we were always welcome. He was the ultimate host. I got a kick out of opening his cupboard and finding several boxes of the same kind of cereal. Of course, he had bought it on sale. Our mother was very poor as a child and was frugal all of her life. We were raised to spend money wisely. Family was very important to Lloyd. He talked so fondly of his children and grandchildren. He never forgot their birthdays or those of his siblings or nieces or nephews. He once showed me a computer program that kept track, down to the day, of the ages of all his family members. Since our father was deceased, Lloyd was happy to walk me down the aisle on my wedding day. He attended our sons' weddings and our grandson's Bar Mitzvah. He was always there for us on special occasions. Lloyd was one of a kind and will be sorely missed. I feel as if I now have a little hole in my heart.
Steve Albright
For the past thirty years I had the privilege of working for and later with Lloyd in connection with the tax returns and tax issues for the Polygon Group of companies and their owners. Lloyd was Mr Tax. He was the tax geek's tax geek. Lloyd did not pretend to have knowledge about all federal income tax matters. If he had a need to know about or an interest in a particular tax subject area, then he learned everything there was to know about that subject area. Indeed, on several occasions he said confidently and as a matter of fact that the Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service was wrong about something (perhaps a regulation or a form instruction). We did it Lloyd's way. Last, but most importantly, Lloyd was always respectful and kind to everyone. He served as a good example to us all.
Kell Rabern
Lloyd was a brilliant CPA of utmost character. A wonderful man to guide and mentor to the rest of us. He provided great insight into solving challenges.
Todd F
Uncle Lloyd will be remembered for many things. His intellect, his kindness, his humor, his generosity. But what I will always remember is his focused presence. When he was with you, you never felt as though he was distracted or had something more important to do. What I would call talking or hanging out, he called “visiting.” (“It was nice visiting with you.” “I wish we had more of a chance to visit.”) When I was a kid, Uncle Lloyd would come visit our family in California. I assume he had some work to do but I never noticed anything but spending time with us. He would play with my brother and me for what seemed like hours. I remember him hiding checkers around the family room and us looking for them and finding them in the couch cushions and him hiding them again. He was genuinely interested in playing with us and figuring out how we were thinking about the game. I felt it was a rare gift for an adult to pay such close attention to children, and it made me feel important. I remember playing basketball in the backyard with Uncle Lloyd and a friend of mine. We were playing HORSE and joking around, and Uncle Lloyd was very funny and fun to joke around with. Domino’s Pizza had the Noid character on commercials and we were calling him “Uncle Noid” and he made up a nickname for my friend (The Red Baron) because he was wearing red striped socks or something. I thought he was the coolest uncle because he was spending time having fun playing with these 10 year old kids. It felt truly unique as I don’t remember other adults in my life that really seemed like they wanted to spend time with me and just have fun. When we were older and Jayme and I went to visit Uncle Lloyd at the lake, the focused presence continued. If he had some work to do, it took very minimal time and the rest of the time he was an attentive host, totally focused on “visiting.” We would play Hearts or other games, and just enjoy each other’s company. The distinctiveness of this quality seems even more remarkable now than when I was a kid, due to the intrusion of technology and ever-present smartphones. People rarely seem to give each other their full attention any more. I will always remember Uncle Lloyd for the way he made me and others feel important by being fully present and interested, and I will endeavor to emulate this quality as well.
Sarah Morris
We have been consulting with Lloyd for several years on tax research and he is by far our favorite person we ever worked with. He had such a kind nature and was such an amazing teacher! He was a brilliant man who was humble and so easily approachable because of it. I feel fortunate to have had Lloyd cross my path in life and will miss him dearly. My prayers go out to his loved ones!
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