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Posted: 1/16/2015 12:48:33 PM EDT
Yesterday I got a call from Robert’s (tnsparky) dad to find out that Robert had lost his battle with cancer. Last October, Robert went to see his doctor due to complaints of stomach pains. It was then he found out that he had cancer in his colon and liver. It wasn't long before the cancer spread to his lungs.
I met him and so many other people I now call friends in the 24/365 threads. Who knew that 24/365 would go from a thread on the internet to tight knit group that acts like a family? It’s a sad day for all of us, as we have lost one of our own. We all called him friend. Since Robert was local to me, I got to know him the best. We spent a fair amount of time either at Odell’s brewery or out in the Eastern plains shooting prairie dogs. He was even a guest at my wedding. When we weren't hanging out in real life, we were razzing each other on arfcom. He was quite fond of saying “suck me sideways” when no other retort would do. Robert was working on his PhD in electrical engineering at Colorado State University, when he was presented with an opportunity to go work with sonar equipment for a company in New Jersey. Of course he jumped at the chance and he was well on his way to making a very successful life for himself. I certainly missed my drinking and hunting buddy, but I was happy for him. Robert was an opinionated, stubborn son of a gun, but he was also one of the most caring, gracious people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. I will miss him dearly. The only good news in all of this, is that Robert is no longer in pain. Rest in peace buddy. We’re all going to miss you. As to cancer, suck me sideways. |
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Posted: 1/16/2015 12:50:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2015 12:50:50 PM EDT
[#2]
R.I.P.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 12:52:17 PM EDT
[#3]
Rest in peace Sparklez
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Posted: 1/16/2015 12:52:19 PM EDT
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Rest well my friend.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 12:52:34 PM EDT
[#5]
Rest easy buddy.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 12:53:15 PM EDT
[#6]
Rest in peace, friend.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 12:54:06 PM EDT
[#7]
R.I.P. Sparky
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Posted: 1/16/2015 12:55:01 PM EDT
[#8]
Fuck cancer with a goddamn angry, AIDS encrusted cactus, sideways.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 12:57:30 PM EDT
[#9]
You are missed.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 12:59:44 PM EDT
[#10]
May you get all the sideways sucking you ever asked for...
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:01:16 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:07:12 PM EDT
[#12]
We miss you sparky. Rest easy, brother.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:17:21 PM EDT
[#13]
Rest easy buddy, we're all going to miss you dearly.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:17:38 PM EDT
[#14]
RIP TNSparky
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:18:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:19:30 PM EDT
[#16]
RIP
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:20:39 PM EDT
[#17]
RIP ButtRub
you and that damn insanely high posts per day I'll miss you |
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:20:49 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:21:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:22:11 PM EDT
[#20]
RIP
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:22:46 PM EDT
[#21]
RIP. Fuck cancer.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:24:35 PM EDT
[#22]
Good night, my friend. I'll see you again someday. The heavens have one more spark tonight.
-Lil Bit |
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:24:45 PM EDT
[#23]
damn it.
Nice of you to write a remembrance for him. |
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:24:52 PM EDT
[#24]
RIP.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:25:08 PM EDT
[#25]
Sure has taken a toll here.
Sorry for the loss of a friend, op. |
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:25:30 PM EDT
[#26]
I cannot say, and I will not say
That he is dead. He is just away. With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand, He has wandered into an unknown land And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there. And you—oh you, who the wildest yearn For an old-time step, and the glad return, Think of him faring on, as dear In the love of There as the love of Here. Think of him still as the same. I say, He is not dead—he is just away. -James Whitcomb Riley You are missed Sparky
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:27:00 PM EDT
[#27]
R.I.P.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:28:29 PM EDT
[#28]
A sad loss. RIP, brother.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:28:37 PM EDT
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IN, USA
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:28:57 PM EDT
[#30]
RIP buddy. I lost my mother in law and also a good buddy from work to the same thing. Colon cancer spreading to the liver and elsewhere.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:34:11 PM EDT
[#31]
RIP
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MO, USA
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:35:29 PM EDT
[#32]
RIP, tnsparky.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:37:36 PM EDT
[#33]
Rest in peace, Sparky.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:37:39 PM EDT
[#34]
RIP
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:37:44 PM EDT
[#35]
RIP...
Godspeed Brother. |
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:39:31 PM EDT
[#36]
Rest in Peace, Brother.
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side, spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other. Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone" Gone where? Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast, hull and spar as she was when she left my side. And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port. Her diminished size is in me -- not in her. And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone," there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!" -Henry Van Dyke |
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:42:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:42:36 PM EDT
[#38]
RIP
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:44:11 PM EDT
[#39]
RIP
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:45:07 PM EDT
[#40]
I'm sorry for the loss of your friend and the loss to our community.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:45:28 PM EDT
[#41]
RIP Sparky.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:45:44 PM EDT
[#42]
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CA, USA
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:50:48 PM EDT
[#43]
May God be with you.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 1:51:23 PM EDT
[#44]
Rest in peace Sparky
Until we meet again Vern
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Posted: 1/16/2015 2:15:55 PM EDT
[#45]
Rest in peace brother
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Posted: 1/16/2015 2:18:53 PM EDT
[#46]
RIP Sparky, you will be missed
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Posted: 1/16/2015 2:20:10 PM EDT
[#47]
My condolences to his family and friends. Fuck cancer. |
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Posted: 1/16/2015 2:26:00 PM EDT
[#48]
RIP Sparky.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 2:28:23 PM EDT
[#49]
Hard part's over now, RIP brother.
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Posted: 1/16/2015 2:28:34 PM EDT
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