In Memory of our Friends who are No Longer With Us

[Weedygarden]

Not sure why, but I am in a zone since seeing that my classmate's memorial was this past weekend and after learning that someone else that I knew and thought was a very cool guy from my hometown passed away. The guy that just passed, came from a family of 13 children. I spent lots of time in their house as a young adult. Parents are both deceased and not one of them lives there in hometown now. Here is a crazy thing: one of the brothers found out about his death on Facebook! Really crazy IMHO.

 

[Amish Heart]

It happens. I found out about my half sister's death on facebook last year. It really surprised me.

 

[Shawn Burkett]

When my brother passed away last year, I tried to contact another (estranged) brother. Eventually contacted his daughter on FB. She told me he had passed away 2 years prior. Evidently they didn't think the rest of the family needed to know.

Around the same time I found out another brother (the wanderer) was last heard from when he was in the hospital with his Bp fluctuating wildly. He hasn't contacted the one gal he always stayed in touch with since. Don't know if he is still alive or not. No one knows what hospital or state he was in at the time. I've tried those obituary search things and came up empty handed. There doesn't seem to be any addresses or phone numbers for him in the last few years either. So we just don't know what happened to him. It's an odd feeling not knowing.

So in the blink of an eye I went from having 7 brothers to having 3. One passed a long time ago. If it weren't for FB I wouldn't have known
about the other two brothers.

 

[WVDragonlady]

Wolf Packs and Cliques. You got that right. Still the same even now


Try using this site:
https://www.findagrave.com/?fbclid=...FbH4Nj0D202RzH6xIQ_aem_AK__JfNI6DS_3_kNCA0j5g


See if you come up with something

 

[Pearl]

I used the above link with Tank-Girl's info....... nothing!!

 

[Snowman]

With a Broken and Heavy Heart I have the Regret to Post this...!!! My Best Friend and Veteran Brother "12icemaker" leaved the Boundarys of the Earth on Sept 16, 2024...!!

A "MAN" amongst Men...!

 

[Snowman]

"
Robin had the biggest heart and was always willing and devoted to helping people in any way he could. His biggest passion in life was his family. He and his wife kept their great-granddaughter, Vivian Blair, when her mother went back to work. He cherished every moment he got to spend with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Anytime he had to say goodbye, his hugs would end with either, “I love you. If you need anything at all, you know you can call me,” or “Anytime, anywhere, you need me, you know I’m only one phone call away.” His family was his greatest joy and his strongest love.


Robin is survived by his love of 50 years and beloved wife of 43 years, Mary Hayes Ray; his children, Jennifer Blunt (Tim) and Cody Robin Ray; his grandchildren, Jordan Blunt (Marli) and Summer Blunt; his great-granddaughters, Vivian Blair and Isla Reese Blunt; his sister, Carolyn Ray McGuff (Bobby); his brother-in-law, Roger Hayes (Charlotte); and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Summer Sunshine Ray; and his parents, Peggy and William T. Ray.
"

 

[elkhound]

Man i hate that so much !! Sorry to find out 12icemaker is gone !!

 

[d_marsh]

Now that he knows what's on the other side, I hope @12icemaker has found a peace and joy so incredible that none of us can begin to comprehend it. I hope all who loved him can embrace some of that peace down here as well.

 

[Pearl]

I'm sure going to miss him! And I know all of you who came here together will be missing your friend!! Prayers for his family and friends!! Thank you for posting Snowman!!

 

[Ekatarina]

With a Broken and Heavy Heart I have the Regret to Post this...!!! My Best Friend and Veteran Brother "12icemaker" leaved the Boundarys of the Earth on Sept 16, 2024...!!

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Thank you so much
@Snowman to post the information
Since I know you and @12icemaker since Dec 2015
Sending you big Hugs

 

[Bacpacker]

Prayers going up for his family and friends. He will be missed on here.

 

[Tommyice]

This is sad news. @Ekatarina, @Snowman and all the others who traveled together, I am especially sorry for your loss. We were all just getting to know him and I enjoyed Robin’s posts very much.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Prayers going up for his family and friends.
May everyone find peace.

 

[Haertig]

With a Broken and Heavy Heart I have the Regret to Post this...!!! My Best Friend and Veteran Brother "12icemaker" leaved the Boundarys of the Earth on Sept 16, 2024...!!

Thank you for letting us know @Snowman I am very sad to hear this.

 

[Weedygarden]

With a Broken and Heavy Heart I have the Regret to Post this...!!! My Best Friend and Veteran Brother "12icemaker" leaved the Boundarys of the Earth on Sept 16, 2024...!!

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Thank you for letting us know. I am so sorry for your loss and our loss.

As I said previously, I am in a sad zone with the losses of 4 people this year, none of them relatives, all from my hometown. I had only seen one of them in the last few years. Hometown had so many smart, talented and great people. Of course not everyone was great, but there were many who were.

I don't know why the last one has bothered me so much. I hadn't seen him since 1981 when I ran into him and a couple of his brothers at a softball game in Rapid City. I knew he lived alone in a rustic cabin in the Black Hills. He never married. He had been in Korea while in the Army. Their parents were divorced after all 13 kids were gone from home. He was one of the first young men I knew to grow his hair long.

One of my friends who died, D, lived in Colorado for many years. We met for coffee in late 2019 and then COVID hit. We had talked on the phone, private messaged, and were back and forth on Facebook, one on one, and in the hometown group and h.s. group. I hadn't seen him since h.s. prior to meeting him for coffee. He was in college when the Vietnam birthday lottery was announced. He was two or three on the list. Vietnam was hard on him. His family moved from S.D. to Colorado. He owned a condo some miles from me. Both D and his sister got into drugs, heroin, I think. He got clean and was clean for many years. His sister is clean now as well. Their mother died and the rest of the family decided not to tell them about their mother's death. They were still using at the time. She had been gone for a while before they found out. His sister called me when he died, crying so hard to tell me that he was gone, asking me to let people in S.D. know he was gone in the Facebook groups. I did. He had injured his eyes in an industrial accident, maybe sandblasting or something, so he couldn't drive. He was a Christian and often talked about Jesus in his discussions. He sat in front of me in World History and that class had some wild and memorable moments.

 

[Swing]

I am so sorry to hear of his passing—condolences to all who knew him and were his friends.

 

[OldSchool]

With a Broken and Heavy Heart I have the Regret to Post this...!!! My Best Friend and Veteran Brother "12icemaker" leaved the Boundarys of the Earth on Sept 16, 2024...!!

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Reading that brought chills, literally, then some anger and tears.

RIP

 

[Supervisor42]

Reading that brought chills, literally, then some anger and tears.

RIP

He was on the forum on Sept. 10th, just 6 days before his passing.
I wonder, what took him out that quick?

 

[OldSchool]

I knew him from another forum. It’s a long story thing about that place and it’s demise and how some of us came here. He was well liked there throughout the years.

I can still login there and think I should post about his passing @Snowman ok?

 

[Snowman]

He was on the forum on Sept. 10th, just 6 days before his passing.
I wonder, what took him out that quick?

He is Needed Some Place More...!!!

 

[Jen]

With a Broken and Heavy Heart I have the Regret to Post this...!!! My Best Friend and Veteran Brother "12icemaker" leaved the Boundarys of the Earth on Sept 16, 2024...!!

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I am so sorry to see this. I knew him from another forum. Recently, he sent me a PM here about a mutual friend on the other forum that hadn't been seen for a while. I didn't have any information to give him, but I enjoyed our conversation.

Each of us has an expiration date that we aren't aware of. It is sad to see the best among us leave this life. 12icer was one of those best among us.

 

[Weedygarden]

Wolf Packs and Cliques. You got that right. Still the same even now


Try using this site:
https://www.findagrave.com/?fbclid=...FbH4Nj0D202RzH6xIQ_aem_AK__JfNI6DS_3_kNCA0j5g


See if you come up with something

As someone who has done a lot of genealogy and family history work, I have contributed to hundreds of memorials on Find a Grave.

What is going on now is that there are people who die and there is no funeral, no obituary, no burial, now only cremation, no burial site, no nothing. These things cost money, so some people are not partaking in them. There are people dying nowadays that there will be little information to find out about them. For some of us, that is not a bad thing.

 

[havasu]

My condolences to his family and friends. He will be missed!

 

[Jen]

As someone who has done a lot of genealogy and family history work, I have contributed to hundreds of memorials on Find a Grave.

What is going on now is that there are people who die and there is no funeral, no obituary, no burial, now only cremation, no burial site, no nothing. These things cost money, so some people are not partaking in them. There are people dying nowadays that there will be little information to find out about them. For some of us, that is not a bad thing.

Part of the reason for that is that families no longer stay in one spot for generations. I have told my husband I want no funeral and need no local obituary. I do have a few cousins in this state, but they can just be notified. I just want to be remembered on occasion when the family gathers. We always remember my parents and hubs's parents and our family members who have gone on before us, so I am sure I will be added to that list of fine people. It's all good.

 

[OldSchool]

I knew him from another forum. It’s a long story thing about that place and it’s demise and how some of us came here. He was well liked there throughout the years.

I can still login there and think I should post about his passing @Snowman ok?

I did post there about our lose. It’s turning out to be a good and interesting thread with enough activity for the place that’s lost a few good members, due to one reason or another.

 

[Snowman]

Can/Will You present a Screen Shot...?!? Tks...

 

[Magpie]

Funerals appear to be a trend on this side of the world also; we had three this week, and on the way home from one yesterday got word a man my husband knows very well passed. He had a dizzy spell one morning getting up earlier this year, his wife convinced him to go to the doctor- by the end of the day he was in surgery for a tumor.He did recover well, but over the last month his speech started to go, in two weeks he went from a wheelchair to the bed to gone. On the good side my aunt, who has a rare immune disease, has recovered from a weird bug that led to sepsis and is home, but feeling very tired still.

 

[OldSchool]

Can/Will You present a Screen Shot...?!? Tks...

I should have asked if you were okay that.

I’ll try, but bring up when the admin told me there’s no family there kinda got me in trouble there.

 

[Spikedriver]

@12icemaker was a member I felt connected to. He was a railroader too and was probably the only other one here who really understood the life I live. I'll miss his comments...