Saying goodbye to my Pop. Rest in peace.

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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,250
    Sending love.
  • RogueStoner
    RogueStoner Sunny AZ Posts: 1,716
    My deepest condolences on your terrible loss, Brian. :(
  • WhatYouTaughtMe
    WhatYouTaughtMe Posts: 4,957
    I'm very sorry Brian. Just from getting to know you a little on here over the last couple years, I'm sure your Father was proud of the stand up person you have become. Hugs and good thoughts from here.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,846
    Thank you all so much, my friends. Your thoughts and love mean very much to me.
    lastexitlondon said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Sorry Brian. Sounds like he liked a great life and was able to see/do many wonderful things.  
    This is true try and remember what a life that is.
    A fantastic journey and a good man.
    Thats all we can aspire to.
    So true.  Pop had quite a life.  He was born into an Amish family but by the time he was a young man had moved into the modern world.  Pop was rejected by the military at the start of WWII for having flat feet so he  rubbed dirt on the edges of his feet for several days to make them look normal and then left Pennsylvania to enlist in another state where he was accepted and shipped off to the Salomon Islands to serve as an Aviation Machinist's Mate.  After graduation from UC Berkeley, he went to work for United Airlines as a aeronautical engineer for nearly 25 years.  He played what he called "semi-pro softball" and coached one of my Little League teams.  The antithesis of Amish culture, but he was a man of peace and served faithfully in the Presbyterian Church for several decades both as deacon, moderator of the general assembly and sang in Joyful Noise Choir.   He was a fine father and faithful husband.

    He was a good guy who always left us with these parting words, "Have fun!" 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,294
    Sorry for your loss bri
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    Sorry for your loss Brian.
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,352
    Sorry to hear man!
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,389
    I'm sorry for your loss, brianlux.
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  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,093
    So sorry, Brian.
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,803
    saw you post it on facebook, sorry for your loss Brian
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  • pickupyourwill
    pickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    Sorry for your loss, Brian.   I don't get on here much anymore, but this caught my eye.  You're a good dude.   Thanks for all your help with my Sanders questions last year.   Hang in there.  Take care.
  • hauntingfamiliar
    hauntingfamiliar Wilmington, NC Posts: 10,405
    Very sorry for your loss Brian. You and your family are in my thoughts.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,846
    Thanks so much my friends.    You guys really are the best. 
    Love to you all,
    Brian
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Sprunkn7
    Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    Sorry for your loss.  Just remember he lives on in you and he really is never far away :hug:
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • FoxyRedLa
    FoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    Brian, I have no idea what to say. All these lovely comments before me. Sounds like you hit the jackpot for parents. Did he have a fav PJ song? I'm sorry for your loss and know you'll continue to honor him as you are know. Good man. RIP. 
    Oh please let it rain today.
    Those that can be trusted can change their mind.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,846
    edited November 2017
    Sprunkn7 said:
    Sorry for your loss.  Just remember he lives on in you and he really is never far away :hug:
    Thank you so much.
    FoxyRedLa said:
    Brian, I have no idea what to say. All these lovely comments before me. Sounds like you hit the jackpot for parents. Did he have a fav PJ song? I'm sorry for your loss and know you'll continue to honor him as you are know. Good man. RIP. 
    Thank you FLA.  Pop was a G.I. generation man (it struck me how few of them there are now and one less as of Sunday) so definitely more a Glenn Miller era fan than PJ. 

    I thought about what Pearl Jam song fit him the most and it's a toss up between "Better Man" (yes, hard to find a better man) and, because he wished almost more than anything he could fly so, "Given to Fly". 

    My Mom was a bit more into contemporary music.  In fact, one weekend while I was recovering from hernia surgery she sat down with me and watched the Neil Young and Crazy Horse "The Complex Sessions" DVD with me and dug it.  I played my acoustic guitar version of "My Heart" at her memorial. 
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    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,366
    My condolences Brian 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 31,089
    Sorry for your loss Brian.. I lost my father when I was 20 but we always felt better telling stories.  If you ever feel up to it, I'm sure we'd all love to hear more about him someday.  
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,846

    josevolution said:
    My condolences Brian 

    mrussel1 said:
    Sorry for your loss Brian.. I lost my father when I was 20 but we always felt better telling stories.  If you ever feel up to it, I'm sure we'd all love to hear more about him someday.  
    Thank you, guys.

    Yes, M., stories are great.  My sister just forwarded the following story to me.  One of Pop's big projects with Unites Air Lines was working on specs for the Boeing 747 during its  development up in Seattle (he made many a trip up there to work with Boeing).   As the article pointed out, today marked "the final time that the airline [United] will use the massive jetliner for commercial travel."  My sister told me she figured somehow Pop made it (figuratively speaking) on the last flight to be with our mom in paradise.  Pretty sweet.

    https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Final-Flight-United-Airlines-747-Aircraft-455899543.html

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 31,089
    That is cool.. I didn't realize they were retiring the big sonsuvbitches.  

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