[AlaskaRC] death of flying friend

[Tom Simes]

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:28:00 -0700 (PDT)
Gary Rude <ruderc at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> I'm using the mailing list from the newsletter to let those who may
> not have heard or read the Daily News that Gary Rude passed away on
> October 10 after a long battle with lung cancer.  The obituary was
> finally published in Thursday's paper (with a wrong time for the
> interment).  The interment appropriately ended with sun appearing from
> behind clouds and a plane leaving from Merrill and flying over the
> cemetery.   Gary's wife,Phyllis
> phyllisr at gci.net

Hello Phyllis,

You have my heartfelt sympathy.  Gary was a fun and memorable character
who was really one of the movers and shakers of the R/C sport up here. 
The whole R/C community will miss him greatly.  If there is anything I
or the ARCS club can do to help, please let me know.

Tom

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