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CVO Social => Rider Down => Topic started by: MIKEYTEE on October 12, 2017, 07:53:59 AM
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The phone rang at 6:25 this morning. My youngest brother was calling to tell me the news you don't want to hear. Dad died this morning sometime after 2:00 and before 6:15 AM. Dad lived a good life and some may remember that he remarried at the tender age of 90. At 97 and with congestive heart failure it was his time.
I last saw him in August when we gathered in Nags Head, NC for a dinner to celebrate his life while he could still enjoy the event.
Dad was a pilot in WWII and was an engineer at NASA in the space program. Dad retired some 30+ years ago and enjoyed a good healthy life until the last year or so when the heart problems started.
Dad was a long time member of the Lions Club and had a fishing tournament for the blind named after him.
Dad used to say " I don't have any old friends, they are all dead! " Well now he can reunite with those old friends on the golden streets of Heaven.
Till we meet again, Rest In Peace, you deserve the rest.
Mike
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So very sorry to hear.
My condolences
Marty
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Mike,
You were very fortunate to have been able to have your Dad still around and functional to such an advanced age. Most of us have lost our Dads long before the age of 90 and beyond.
May all the Dads (and Moms too) that have passed on............rest in peace.
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To be a child of God means absent from the body, present with the Lord. While you and the family miss him, you are right Mike that you will see him again someday with a new body, no hurts, pains, crying, sorrow...."when we've been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing His praise than when we first begun".
My step father is still with us and sharp as a tack at 94 with 69 missions over Germany under his belt. I salute him and your father, Mike. They truly are/were the greatest generation.
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Mike, losing a parent is so very hard, but when they have a long healthy life it makes it somewhat easier.
Our prayers are with you and your family.
Richard & Vicki
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Sorry for your loss Mikey
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So sorry to read of your father's passing.
Lifting you and your family up in prayer.
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Well said, Mike. Sorry for your loss. Congratulations to your father on a great life.
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Condolences Mike. Prayers for you and your family.
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So sorry for your loss Mikey
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Very sorry for your loss, Mike... I am glad your dad had a such a full life. Condolences to you and your family...
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Condolences, sorry for your loss :(
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RIP...We are only here for a short time..
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Sorry for your father's passing,.... condolences from across the pond.
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RIP........sorry for your loss Mike, I am glad he lived a long and prosperous life.
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We should all be so lucky to live such a long and adventurous life.
Remember, it's the dash that counts, and your Dad's was a long one. Good for him and bless him for his service to others.
Regardless, it is always tough when a loved one passes. All the very best to you Mike and your entire family at this difficult time.
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Mikey, our condolences on the passing of your father. Losing a loved one is never easy, you and your family will be in our thoughts and prayers.
It sounds as though he led a long and prosperous life that deserves to be celebrated and remembered. Truly a member of "the greatest Generation".
God Bless you and your family.
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Sorry for your loss. Thought and prayers are with you and your family.
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Sorry for your loss "Unc" prayers of comfort for you, family, and friends.
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Ride Safe,
Fired00d
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Sad to hear the loss of your Dad, Mike. Our prayers are with you and your family!
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Thank you all for the responses to my Dad's passing. It is never easy loosing someone you love, weather it is a parent, grandparent, sibling, child or any family member. ( That includes our pets. ) You my friends here make it bearable. I truly believe without friends you might as well live in a sealed box.
Mike
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Glad to hear he had long and blessed life. Prayers and support for you and your family.
Brad & Val
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Sorry for your loss Mike......Condolences to you and the family.
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My condolences Mikey for your loss, prayers for you and you family. May he rest in peace.
Dwayne & Pam
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My deepest condolences Mikey.
I will Pray for you and your family.
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Sorry for your loss Mikey.
Our condolences to you and family.
Our prayers are for you and your family during this most difficult time.
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Sorry for you loss Mike. Carla and I send our prayers to you and the family.
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Sorry to hear about your Dad....97! Wow!!
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Uncle Mikeey, so SORRY for the loss of your dad. you & I have had several conversations on the outer banks topic. we are doing a Honor Flight escort this weekend for WWII, Korean War & Vietnam vets to the D-Day memorial in Bedford, Va. will pray with these gentlemen&reference your Dad's passing. my wife's dad is 88 & has outlived all his friends &younger siblings,except one. he was the oldest & the other sibling is the youngest. Melinda's dad says the same thing about out living everyone & says "getting old ain't for sissy's". Prayers,Blessings & condolences to you my friend and your family. God Bless!
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Condolences to you Mikey, my father died 17 years ago today I think of him often.....
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Condolences from Ann and I.
We want to see you in MV when your 97, ok?
Brad
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Condolences from Ann and I.
We want to see you in MV when your 97, ok?
Brad
That might be an ugly site or worse. ;D
Mike
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That might be an ugly site or worse. ;D
Mike
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Hell Mike, the way things have gone since the early to mid 2000s when a lot of the surprising still present old guard of this place started hanging around it could be that a "new version" of the GTGs is a bunch of old farts in their power chairs on the Pig Trail or doing the Dragon (on their way back to Cracker Barrel).
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Mike sorry to hear about your father. Praying for you and the family
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My prayers are with you and your family.
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I am sorry for your loss uncle Mikey. Prayers for you and your family.
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Sorry for your loss Mike. RIP Dad!!!!
Be Safe
THE DAWG
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So sorry to hear Mike. . 97. He did well. . My condolences. . To you and your family. . . Stuart.
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Sorry to hear about your father. Be very glad you had so much time with him. I have lost both my father and mother and think about them always. I will still get a memory of him trigger from an event or discussion and I can't help but smile and relish the moment again.
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So very sorry to hear Soozie & I send prayers your way !
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My heartfelt condolences and prayers for you Mike.
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Condolences Mike. Sorry about your dad.
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Sorry to hear of the loss of your dad. I know the feeling as I lost mine just a few years ago. :(
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Sorry to hear the news Mickeytee, a big salute to another WWII veteran.
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Sorry for your loss. Sounds like he lived a good life.
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Dad's memorial service was yesterday and all went well
Reunited with a lot of cousins that I hadn't seen in 40 to 50+ years ago.
Life is back to normal.
Mike
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So sorry Mike. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and yours.
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Mike,
I don't read the Rider Down much, maybe I should scan a bit more often.
I'm very sorry to read about your dad passing. We all know he's doing better now. Sorry for your loss.
My dad made to 11 days prior to his 95th BD. My mom had passed about 15 years prior to him. In his later life, he got into the local history of the community and had MANY stories to tell about his youth in the area. He was sharing these stories with the local area museum curator. He told me once that he was having problems finding older people to pick their brains about the area. I told that he WAS THE OLDER PEOPLE... The area was rich with logging back in the teens, 20's and 30's.
He was a biker by choice, or by necessity I guess. Back then he rode whatever he could because he didn't have a car. And Michigan winters were always eventful. He had family in WV and he would ride from the Mid-MI area down to WV. He told us about one time he was riding back through Indy and stopped by the race track. Back then it was all brick and they were doing repairs and it was a lot looser in security back then. He asked if he could take a lap and they say hey, go for it. My brother and I did some checking and around the time dad said he was there, they were doing work and people taking laps now and again was not that uncommon. So all the men in my family now have taken laps on the I-500 track...
Mike, I lived so close to my dad in later life, but did not take the time to spend with him as I should have. I miss that now, but I have great memories... :2vrolijk_21:
I'm sure you will carry your memories until you meet with him again.
Ride safe my friend and see you next year in ES.
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Condolences MIKEYTEE my father passed at 76 in 2000 and my Mom at just a couple years ago now on xmas eve. Shockingly painful even when one expects it. Hang in there....
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Mike, just saw this. So sorry. Our prayers go out to your family as you mourn/celebrate his passing and life. Rejoice in it.
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Just reading this... I am sorry for your loss, but happy you had your father for so many years. I hope you were able to build many happy memories with him in those years.
Rob