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Offline DalesCarpentry

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I found out today a friend has died.
« on: October 28, 2008, 05:02:22 PM »
I just found out today that a friend of mine ( he is my next door neighbor ) died yesterday in the hospital. I have known him for 5 years now and he has helped me with anything I needed help with. When it came time to close my pool and he saw me out there. He would come over and help me take the ( I have a bad back ) heavy filter and heater into the basement. We spent many times cooking out and drinking beer and rum and Coke. He has always been there for me. He knew I was hard up for money and changed the brakes on my truck and an alternator on my van for almost no money. He was a good guy. The factory he worked at a little over a year ago layed him off. I have used him on a couple jobs because he was a hard worker. Things went down hill for him last year ( in the summer ) when I called him in to demo an Olive Garden. He was up on the scaffold ripping out one of the bulk heads and took a stroke. He fell 5 feet to the ground on his back. He had brain surgery and did not even know who I was a month after it happened. I had to tell him I am your neighbor and your friend. I thought his recovery was coming along fine. In the coming months he was able  to remember things and people. He did have to use a cane though and had a new stutter that he never had before. I guess he had another heart attack last week and it did him in. he died yesterday at 4:30 PM. He was only 50 years of age. If this were a piece of paper it would have my tears on it. I will remember him forever for his kindness. Dale
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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2008, 05:08:38 PM »
50 years young.  Wow.  That's a tough one.  Any kids?
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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2008, 05:13:40 PM »
Yes he has 2 kids from another wife. The woman he has been with now for the last 18 years is very ill and I don't think she will be able to live on her own. Dale
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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2008, 05:18:58 PM »
Dale, I am sorry about your friend.
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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2008, 05:21:57 PM »
I have to say it hurts. When my daughter found out she cried pretty good. The funeral I think will be tomorrow. Dale
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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2008, 05:34:15 PM »
That's tough man.
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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2008, 06:09:17 PM »
My condolences to his family and yours.
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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2008, 07:50:02 PM »
Dale, Sorry to hear the sad news. We feel connected and care for coworkers, friends, and neighbors as our own. I know how you feel. I have a handful of friends that are more family to me than some of my own blood. -g

A tear is shed......shall it be wiped with a kleenex...... or left to determine its own course......

.....a course of sorrow and pain......or a course of celebration of the life that was....and is no more...


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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2008, 11:11:42 PM »
... only the good die young. Sorry to hear about your loss Dale. I lost my favorite aunt last year two months before my wedding, she was also 50. Accidents are accidents, you dont plan for them, they just happen. Seems like God takes the good ones in the hope that the rest of us ripen. ( like apples on a tree).

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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2008, 02:11:38 AM »
I am most sorried at the loss.
Don't beat yourself up and remember the good times.
Friends are hard too come by and the loss of any is tough.
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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2008, 03:28:23 AM »
Words or thoughts won't really help with the pain of loss.  If they could I would type a million words and issue a billion thoughts.  That being said, I will leave you with one.  He suffers no more.
I will keep your family and his in my prayers Dale.

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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2008, 04:00:30 AM »
Dale,


I'm very sorry to hear about your friend.
He's in a better place now.




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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2008, 04:20:41 AM »
My condolences.

Dale, this is a journey we must all take, hopefully he was prepared for the trip and will end up in a better place. 
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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2008, 04:24:52 AM »
My deepest condolences Dale... Good friends are sometimes closer than brothers...  :'(
Your and your family are in my prayers.
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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2008, 10:13:16 AM »
Sorry to hear that Dale. Seems like good friends like that are getting harder to find these days.  My prayers go out to his family.
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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #15 on: October 29, 2008, 01:22:53 PM »
Thoughts are with you and his family. you have my condolences




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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #16 on: October 29, 2008, 01:27:07 PM »
Thanks guys and Heather. The funeral is tomorrow and will be going. I hate those things. Dale
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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #17 on: October 29, 2008, 01:38:57 PM »
dale ,read the bottum of greybeards post.. there
 something there that makes all the difference as to what this means as far as he is concerned..
 sorry for your loss , it very hard when you lose a good friend..
 
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Re: I found out today a friend has died.
« Reply #18 on: October 29, 2008, 01:54:41 PM »
I am sorry I don't understand? GB did not post on this thread. Dale
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