User Panel
User Panel
User Panel
MI, USA
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 12:09:04 PM EDT
Long time member and moderator crowboy passed away from cancer on May 27th, 2021 at 74 years old. Crowboy was my dad, and I vividly remember growing up with him as a member on this site, trading and selling, purchasing and collecting rifles and handguns throughout the years. I remember in the beginning, my brother and I would help him navigate taking pictures with our, at the time, modern digital camera. We helped him upload those into each sales post. It swiftly became a beloved hobby of my dad's to belong to this site, and to get to know so many other members. My dad was a veteran of the Army, and a proud patriot. It took me five months after his death to realize that his membership would still exist on here, and it has been the bitterest of bittersweet experiences to read through his posts about his love for Sig's and 1911's.
The last gun my dad sold was shortly before he began hospice at home, and before he passed away. If anyone has any positive stories to share about crowboy, I would so appreciate hearing them. Otherwise, I thought anyone who knew of him here deserved to know that he died peacefully at home, surrounded by family. Airborne forever, as he'd always say. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 12:17:52 PM EDT
[#1]
My condolences to you and your family.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 12:21:05 PM EDT
[Last Edit: RDTCU]
[#2]
 Sorry for your loss. My only direct interaction with him was helping me get a scammer banned for selling knockoffs years ago... |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 12:21:38 PM EDT
[#3]
Condolences
Prayers for comfort to you and your family. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 12:25:03 PM EDT
[#4]
Your father was a good man and will be missed here by many. Prayers and condolences to you and the entire family.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 12:25:56 PM EDT
[#5]
I'm sorry to hear he passed. He sounds like a great dad.
|
|
|
|
USA
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 12:29:30 PM EDT
[#6]
Welcome to the site, we all wish it was for better reasons.
Positive vibes being sent your way, very sorry for your loss. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 12:33:21 PM EDT
[Last Edit: smullen]
[#7]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DV8: Your father was a good man and will be missed here by many. Prayers and condolences to you and the entire family. This is a huge loss for you and all of us here. He was a good man!!! Be proud of him and remember his greatness. It always angers me when god takes the good ones like him and leaves us with so so many shit bums... Why not be like a cat and swat the shit bums right off the planet, leave guys like your dad to make the world a better place. Feel welcome to call this place a home. I know its a Gun forum by title, but if you look around there is a section for many things and there are many great folks here. Its a good place to come for advice on pretty much anything, or just for some random conversation. Before long, it'll become and extended family. I was introduced to my wife by a member who, who actually preformed our service... 
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 1:19:43 PM EDT
[#8]
My sincere condolences to you and the family.
RIP Gene. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 2:20:08 PM EDT
[#9]
I'm sorry op.
Hope you and yours are doing better. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 2:25:28 PM EDT
[#10]
I am so sorry for you and your family's loss.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 2:31:18 PM EDT
[#11]
I remember Crowboy.
I also know that losing Dad is a hard thing. You and your family have my condolences. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 2:53:18 PM EDT
[#12]
I hope this doesn't sound unsympathetic, but when I lost my Dad to complications from dementia, I was actually grateful that the pain had ended and he could be at peace.
God rest your father's soul. And God bless you and the rest of the family as you heal. |
|
|
|
USA
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 3:25:59 PM EDT
[#13]
I did not have any interactions with your dad that I can recall but I sure am glad you are here.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 3:27:20 PM EDT
[#14]
RIP
|
|
|
|
MO, USA
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 3:31:40 PM EDT
[#15]
My condolences.
RIP Crowboy |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 3:53:14 PM EDT
[#16]
 Your Dad is one of the old guard here, from the earliest days. Condolences on your loss.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 3:58:29 PM EDT
[#17]
Sorry for you loss.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 5:32:18 PM EDT
[#18]
My sincerest condolences to you and the family.
RIP Gene. You will be missed.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 6:05:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Eat_Beef]
[#19]
I remember well when your dad swung the Crowbar as a moderator in the EE. I've worked with him both as a member myself and he the mod, and the other way around.
I'm sorry for your loss, and may God bless him and your family. Thank you for letting us know. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 6:23:47 PM EDT
[#20]
Crowboy and his reign over the equipment exchange as a moderator is what got me into the EE as a moderator today.
Seriously. What a huge impact he had on the 2nd amendment and the ar15.com community. Rest in piece. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 6:28:00 PM EDT
[#21]
Sorry for the loss of your Dad. May he now Rest in Peace.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 6:42:20 PM EDT
[Last Edit: WILSON]
[#22]
Darn Gene, I wish you would've said something.
 
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 6:47:23 PM EDT
[#23]
Man.
Seems like he has a great daughter and family that loved him. That is the greatest tribute and the finest legacy. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 7:01:13 PM EDT
[#24]
RIP Gene.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 7:06:15 PM EDT
[#25]
I'm sorry to hear this. My condolences to you and your family.
CHRIS |
|
|
|
USA
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 7:11:15 PM EDT
[#26]
Very sorry for your loss and glad you were able to share some fond memories.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 7:13:13 PM EDT
[#27]
Your father was a super good guy, I enjoyed what time I had with him.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 7:24:37 PM EDT
[#28]
Originally Posted By Crowgirl173: Long time member and moderator crowboy passed away from cancer on May 27th, 2021 at 74 years old. Crowboy was my dad, and I vividly remember growing up with him as a member on this site, trading and selling, purchasing and collecting rifles and handguns throughout the years. I remember in the beginning, my brother and I would help him navigate taking pictures with our, at the time, modern digital camera. We helped him upload those into each sales post. It swiftly became a beloved hobby of my dad's to belong to this site, and to get to know so many other members. My dad was a veteran of the Army, and a proud patriot. It took me five months after his death to realize that his membership would still exist on here, and it has been the bitterest of bittersweet experiences to read through his posts about his love for Sig's and 1911's. The last gun my dad sold was shortly before he began hospice at home, and before he passed away. If anyone has any positive stories to share about crowboy, I would so appreciate hearing them. Otherwise, I thought anyone who knew of him here deserved to know that he died peacefully at home, surrounded by family. Airborne forever, as he'd always say. Sorry for your loss….
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 7:27:17 PM EDT
[#29]
I'm sorry for your loss, Crowboy was a great guy and a lot of fun.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 7:32:23 PM EDT
[#30]
Thank you for coming on here and letting us know. Welcome to ARFCOM.. so sorry for your families loss.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 7:37:16 PM EDT
[#31]
Your Dad helped me out a few times over the past years - and as early adopters on APRCOM, he was one of the most level, steady, unassuming, and non-pretentious members and mods on the board. 74 is too young for any of us older members to depart.
I wish you peace and thank you for sharing. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 7:47:11 PM EDT
[#32]
I probably sold or bought something from him over the years. I’m very sorry for your loss. May God bless you and your family.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 7:52:39 PM EDT
[#33]
Prayers for Cowboy, you and your family
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 7:55:05 PM EDT
[#34]
I didn't cross paths with him but it sounds like I would have liked him. I hope God has given your family peace.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 8:09:06 PM EDT
[#35]
I offer prayers and condolences.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 8:11:02 PM EDT
[#36]
My condolences to your family. May he rest in peace.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 8:55:38 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Wangstang]
[#37]
@OP
I am sorry for your loss. My prayers and thoughts will include you and your family and I hope you all will be able to continue to move through the grieving as gracefully as possible. Your father, as noted above, had a notable contribution to making this site what it is today (owners interviewed on major news networks in the last 12mths) and had a positive impact in shaping members to be their best. I'm sure like everyone, he had his quirk's, but I have no doubt from what I've seen, he had to be a great father to you and the rest of your family. |
|
|
|
MI, USA
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 9:28:13 PM EDT
[#38]
Reading these responses has been a gift. I am overwhelmed with gratitude by everyone’s kindness, well wishes, and prayers. I was eleven when my dad began this journey on here, and I never could have known then the comfort this site would bring to me 20 years later as I mourn his loss. I remember some of your avatars and usernames. It’s so surreal what we can remember.
Fortitude and humility were the hallmarks of my dad’s personality, and he fought fiercely against his cancer for three years. This is my first loss, and it has been devastating. He was one in a million, and we were so lucky to love him and be loved by him. The gratitude I carry that he was my dad, and that he’s finally at peace from the pain of his cancer, are both things that help each day feel just a little less heavy. And realizing just how widespread the community he cultivated here, brings a lot of happiness to me. Dad was a private guy, and he really kept to himself outside of our family. To see this kind of response has been so wonderful. Thank you everyone. I can see why he found such a camaraderie in this. I am grateful for all of you, and I mean this sincerely, thank you. |
|
|
MEX
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 9:40:07 PM EDT
[Last Edit: SSeric02]
[#39]
So sorry to read this. Your dad was one of my favorite folks on this site. Hadn't seen him post in quite awhile, and hate why. But, all of us here are better for having 'known' and interacted with him over the years. |
|
|
TX, USA
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 9:54:46 PM EDT
[#40]
Crowboy was a hell of a man and helped many of us get bad situations sorted out in the EE. He’ll definitely be missed.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 10:02:32 PM EDT
[#41]
RIP Gene.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 10:08:39 PM EDT
[#42]
RIP...he was a great guy
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 10:13:51 PM EDT
[#43]
sorry for your loss
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 10:37:04 PM EDT
[#44]
Condolences to you and your family.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 10:39:21 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DV8: Your father was a good man and will be missed here by many. Prayers and condolences to you and the entire family. Couldn't have said it any better.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 11:06:26 PM EDT
[#46]
Thanks for letting us know, condolence to you and your family
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 11:28:12 PM EDT
[#47]
Sorry for your family's loss.
It is a healing process when you loose a parent. RIP
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 11:29:05 PM EDT
[#48]
@Gatorhunt
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 11:35:46 PM EDT
[#49]
I'm sorry for your loss.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/29/2021 11:38:58 PM EDT
[#50]
I wondered what had happened to him.
From one old 1911 guy to another that has crossed over. RIP. |
|
|
|
Win a FREE Membership!
Sign up for the ARFCOM weekly newsletter and be entered to win a free ARFCOM membership. One new winner* is announced every week!
You will receive an email every Friday morning featuring the latest chatter from the hottest topics, breaking news surrounding legislation, as well as exclusive deals only available to ARFCOM email subscribers.
AR15.COM is the world's largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types.
From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm.
Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more.
Copyright © 1996-2024 AR15.COM LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited.
AR15.Com reserves the right to overwrite or replace any affiliate, commercial, or monetizable links, posted by users, with our own.
