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Post by HankRocks on Dec 31, 2017 17:52:12 GMT -5
No better words than those, thanks
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Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Dec 31, 2017 18:31:14 GMT -5
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Post by Rockoonz on Dec 31, 2017 18:34:43 GMT -5
Smooth sailing, Don. Prayers for peace for Linda and family.
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Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Dec 31, 2017 18:40:22 GMT -5
The Grim Reaper always wins in the end, but he didn't win without a few black eyes from Don.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 31, 2017 19:48:33 GMT -5
This is so very sad to hear. Don fought a valiant fight. Anyone who has lost a loved one to cancer knows that it is both a curse and a blessing when they go home to G_d.
Rest in peace, Don. My condolences to his family and friends.
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mtmadman
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Post by mtmadman on Dec 31, 2017 20:29:44 GMT -5
Just got word this early AM......Don passed away..It was a peaceful passing,Linda (His wife) said..... Don, we will miss you ,but you are now in a peaceful place....God Bless.... Please send out prayers to his Linda.......Thank you... As some of you knew,Don was a Navy Veteran of 20+ years,we "SALUTE" you Brother!!!!!!
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mtmadman
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Post by mtmadman on Dec 31, 2017 20:31:06 GMT -5
linda And i will miss him the most he,ll live forever in our hearts and ill carry the torch proudly he gave me
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cardiobill
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Post by cardiobill on Dec 31, 2017 20:43:13 GMT -5
RIP Don.
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snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Dec 31, 2017 23:14:39 GMT -5
May Don RIP! He will be missed
snuffy
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scottyh
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Post by scottyh on Jan 1, 2018 3:19:29 GMT -5
Never met or had interactions with Don, But as my Uncle was one of the most decorated solders in NZ of WW2... My Respects go out t0 Don and his family. Rest in Peace
Kind regards Scott
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Post by Peruano on Jan 1, 2018 7:12:22 GMT -5
Don was a collector of equipment and rocks. He took great joy in scoring another addition to his collection preferring the old, the odd, and the slightly different and always with the aspiration of fixing it up. That made him an historian as well as a supporter of the field. He was as excited about purchasing an old lapidary catalogue as he was about some machine costing much more. And he was willing to share his trove with photos and info when appropriate. If "he who dies with the most toys, wins" --- Don was and is a winner. For those of you who may have forgotten, he had a favorite Fairburn agate set aside that he wanted to be buried with. It is a suitable memorial stone if there every was one. Most of us need to be reminded of our mortality - lets let this discussion of Don's passing jog us all to consider our respective futures and the advantages we share.
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Post by 1dave on Jan 1, 2018 8:20:06 GMT -5
The Last Leaf Oliver Wendell Holmes
I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o’er the ground With his cane.
They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town.
But now he walks the streets, And looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, “They are gone.”
The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
My grandmamma has said— Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago— That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow;
But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh.
I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer!
And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring, Let them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling.
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Post by fernwood on Jan 1, 2018 10:03:08 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2018 20:37:20 GMT -5
Thanks Mike. Nice poem!
Nice thoughts by everyone. I'm humbled to be in such company.
RIP Don. You live on in our thoughts and memories.
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Post by drocknut on Jan 2, 2018 10:16:12 GMT -5
RIP Jakesrocks you will be missed but glad to know you are no longer in pain. My condolences to the forum as well as his family. I will forever have fond memories of you, my friend. Though we never met in person we met in spirit and I'm proud to call you my friend!
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Post by roy on Jan 2, 2018 11:32:30 GMT -5
he will be forever missed here rest easy my friend!
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bsky4463
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Post by bsky4463 on Jan 2, 2018 13:10:07 GMT -5
My condolences to Don's family and his friends here at RTH...I originally found the RTH because of one of Don's posts. He shared knowledge, humor and his opinion freely. He will be missed and remembered. Rest in peace...
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meviva
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Post by meviva on Jan 2, 2018 15:33:52 GMT -5
Very sad to hear. RIP Don. Andrea
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Post by Pat on Jan 2, 2018 16:59:18 GMT -5
RIP, Don.
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Post by NDK on Jan 2, 2018 18:10:47 GMT -5
Thank you for all your help through the years Don. RIP my friend. Condolences to his family as well.
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