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05-31-2011, 07:45 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Bay Pines, FL (based @ KCLW)
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Pierre,
Sorry for your loss.
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05-31-2011, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Pierre,
Sorry to hear about your loss and for everyone who knew your Dad.
No matter how well prepared you think you are it's still a shock.
But it is also clear he lived well...and that is a rare thing.
Glenn Wilkinson
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05-31-2011, 08:26 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: NJ
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Sorry to hear of it Pierre. 90 years of good memories sounds like a full life!! I'm sure you have many!
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05-31-2011, 11:12 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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Pierre,
There is not much anyone can say at this moment that will assuage your feelings. As time goes by you will continue to remember your father and the good (and maybe some of the bad) times you had together. Those feelings of loss will diminish but will never quite go away.
Your Dad had a great innings, it is time to celebrate his life, not his passing.
I have never met you Pierre, but through this forum I have got to know you a little. My heart is with you and your family.
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Brit working in Zurich, Switzerland.
1500 hour pilot and ex instructor and examiner.
RV-4 s/n 4572 Emp Kit.
RV-3B s/n 11460 Emp Kit. (In storage).
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06-01-2011, 12:33 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 2,125
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Thoughts are with you Pierre, and it was good talking with you today. You sounded strong and full of the belief that your Father lived a wonderful, long life!
Will be standing by to assist in any way needed out here, as I know others are as well. Safe travels out for your Dad's services, and please don't hesitate to call.
All the Best,
Bob
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06-01-2011, 03:35 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Olney, Texas
Posts: 143
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Father
So sorry for your loss Pierre. I know he is in a better place now.. God Bless
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06-01-2011, 04:22 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Louisville, Ga
Posts: 7,840
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Thanks very much everybody.
We'll be burying him in Paradise, Ca. on Saturday afternoon...myself (The oldest), brother Dan, a pastor of the Vineyard Christian fellowship in Camarillo..(Dad always wanted at least one son to follow in his footsteps)...Leon and baby Sis Ruth. My mom, Maria, his wife of over 65 years...a loving, God-fearing companion who thought he was crazy when he decided to leave everything behind in Rhodesia...servants, houses and land and his beloved brickfield, to become a missionary to  America, of all places!!
A conservative by nature, he was involved in politics most of his life.
He lead dozens, if not hundreds to salvation over the years, including half a dozen more in his last year or so, at the Lifehouse Cypress care facility, in Paradise, Ca.
He lead a life by example and love for all his fellow men/women, was compassionate and loved his Saviour more than life itself. God's promise of three score and twenty was fulfilled, PLUS a bonus of 20 additional years.
Thanks,
Pierre
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RV-10, 510 TT
RV6A (Sojourner) 180 HP, Catto 3 Bl (502Hrs), gone...and already missed
Air Tractor AT 502B PT 6-15 Sold
Air Tractor 402 PT-6-20 Sold
EAA Flight Advisor/CFI/Tech Counselor
Louisville, Ga
It's never skill or craftsmanship that completes airplanes, it's the will to do so,
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Dues gladly paid!
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06-01-2011, 04:42 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Gilbert, AZ
Posts: 1,627
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Pierre,
Sounds like your dad had a long and full life. I am sorry for your loss.
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Ron Schreck
IAC National Judge
RV-8, "Miss Izzy", 2250 Hours - Sold
VAF 2021 Donor
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06-01-2011, 06:07 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Chesterfield, Missouri
Posts: 4,514
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pierre smith
He lead dozens, if not hundreds to salvation over the years, including half a dozen more in his last year or so, at the Lifehouse Cypress care facility, in Paradise, Ca.
He lead a life by example and love for all his fellow men/women, was compassionate and loved his Saviour more than life itself. God's promise of three score and twenty was fulfilled, PLUS a bonus of 20 additional years.
Thanks,
Pierre
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That's what counts, service to others. You had a great father. For sure he will be missed.
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06-01-2011, 08:36 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Posts: 427
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Pierre: if your father served on his life's mission with only half of the kindness to others you show around here, then his was a life well-lived. Your younger brother may have been the only one to follow in your father's vocation, but he's not the only son who serves by example. Thank you for sharing a little of your dad's wonderful life with us.
--Stephen
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