After leaving Denver, Jeff aka Shorty, spent the majority of his life in the Dallas area. Before his long stint in Texas, he managed a full-service restaurant that his dad had purchased in San Diego. He enjoyed cooking his entire life and had an avocation for it. After paying his dues in the restaurant business for a few years, he returned to Dallas and spent his prime years working at his dad’s Volkswagen dealership - Central Volkswagen in Richardson. He grew through the ranks into a role in management. Jeff’s dad sold Central Volkswagen and Jeff remained with the new owners for a year or two but left the business to start a landscaping business that he owned and operated for years.

He was always interested in the living world around him whether it was plants and trees or the animals he hunted. He remained an active hunter until his health prevented it. He watched NatGeo and various hunting shows in his later sedentary years. Jeff was hardheaded and independent to his final days. He always loved rock and roll and amused himself with YouTube videos of ZZ Top, Johnny Winter, Lynyrd Skynyrd, et al.

Jeff was married twice – the second one being somewhat brief. He reconciled with his first wife Maureen who lived in Scottsdale. They never again were “an item” but remained friends until his final day.

Unfortunately, Jeff inherited a troublesome heart (his mom was the 1st woman in Colorado to receive a heart transplant at around the age of sixty). As his health presented more challenges, he relocated to Phoenix where it ultimately became a disability. His cooking skills once again came into play. His strict diet constraints forced him to make all his own meals from scratch, no more prepared foods or fast food. Maureen proved to be a saint in her attentiveness to his needs and challenges those last few years. In the end, she was the most devoted friend that Jeff ever had.