We Remember

Hal Drake - (52) 2023
Margaret (Peggy O'Keefe) Stickley - (?) 2023
Glenn Olenick- (?) 2023
Ken Lewis- (?) 2023
Wayne Lewis- (?) 2023
Arnold Jewell-(?) 2023
 
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Hunter said:
I'm not sure whether his birth year was shown in your original post # 225; which is what prompted my reply. However, based on your response I found his obit and saw that he died in 2022 -- that has been corrected.
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I did indeed initially add his birth year in post 225. I also edited it to add the explanation. My apology for not adding the explanation initially.
 
I lost contact over the years, and I haven't been active since 2009. There are so many names that I had some interactions with – names from which I gained insights, names I made purchases from, and even names from whom I received services. I'm appreciative of the foundation they all laid for me. Thank you for this bittersweet post. I genuinely value it.
 
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R.G. (Bob) Sherer 1911-2001 age 90. Rifle barrel maker from the 1950's though middle 1980's. I shot many NBRSA matches with Bob in the late 70's & early 80's at Beeson's Range, as well as some in Ohio.
 
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With so many of our benchrest friends and acquaintances having "left the range," I thought it would be nice to have a somewhat comprehensive list of them.

2023
Joe Maisto - 89
Al (alinwa) Matson - 61
Hal Drake - 52
Margaret (Peggy O'Keefe) Stickley - 58
Glenn Olenick - 61
Ken Lewis- 76
Wayne Lewis- 79
Kay C. Young - 88
Tom Dickson - 85

I see Tom Dickson on the list for 2023. In 2009 while at the Coors Range I bought a really nice HV rifle from a gentleman whose name I can't recall. Bat action in a nice, laminated stock in 6PPC. Shot very well. Eventually I put a 30BR barrel on it and have been using it in score competition. The serial number on the action was unusual, TD2, and I finally called BAT and inquired about it. They said it had been built by Tom Dickson, a Bat employee. Another time at the Coors range someone saw the rifle and said that Tom had made three actions, TD1, TD2 and TD3. He said that he had TD1, and nobody knew who had TD3. My memory is fuzzy so that could have been the other way around. Anyway, that's a nice way to leave a legacy.
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Otto Klittich - November, 2022, 93 years old. Traveled far and wide to shoot benchrest for many years. Fun guy, always had a brew ready for you!

RIP Otto
 
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Otto Klittich - November, 2022, 93 years old. Traveled far and wide to shoot benchrest for many years. Fun guy, always had a brew ready for you!

RIP Otto
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Thanks for posting a tribute to your friend. I'm impressed when I hear/read about folks who stayed married "until death do us part." :)
 
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With so many of our benchrest friends and acquaintances having "left the range," I thought it would be nice to have a somewhat comprehensive list of them. Feel free to post name(s), year(s) of death, and age at death of your benchrest friends and acquaintances who have "left the range"; I'll add them to a "master" list below -- that way there will be one "comprehensive" list.

I think the list below reflects all the above additions (as corrected). Can any of you provide the year of death and/or age at death (or enough info so I can find an obit) for those that do not show those details? Also, feel free to correct (or confirm) the spelling of those names below followed by "(sp?)."

2024
Donovan Moran - 58
Dennis Tinkham - 84
JD Denoff - 72

2023
Joe Maisto - 89
Al (alinwa) Matson - 61
Hal Drake - 52
Margaret (Peggy O'Keefe) Stickley - 58
Glenn Olenick - 61
Ken Lewis- 76
Wayne Lewis- 79
Kay C. Young - 88
Tom Dickson - 85
Carroll Green - 95

2022
Tommy McKee - 68
Larry Baggett - 78
Bill Forrester - 79
Stan Taylor - 69
Dave Bright - 79
Ricky Read - 69
Mickey Connelly - 82
Cecil Tucker - 86
Todd Tyler - 57
George Lavender - 90
Nick Marino - 80
Dwayne Edelman - 58
Arnold Jewell - 85
Otto Klittich - 93

2021
Wilbur Harris - 71
Stan Ware - 78
John Verhagen
Bruno Bosso - 62
John Whitley - 57
Albert Clark - 80
Larry McDaniel
Walt Berger - 92
Ed Nazy - 79
Bill Brawand - 86
Ed Hubel - 81
Gilbert Riggins - 89
Ernest "Ernie" Jenderko - 82

2020
Gene Bukys ~ 73
Manny Garcia - 83
Smiley Hensley - 78
Dan Opel (Canada) - 63
Dave "Flyshooter" Kranch - 73
Mark Engle - 73
Bob Maxson - 75
Hoke Kerns - 90
Fred Sinclair
Ed Hartman - 81
Randy Perkowski - 66
Larry Hanselman - 76
Tom Henderson - 79
William "Bill" Smith - 77
Hugh McCombs - 67

2019
Dick Wright - 82
Faye Boyer - 75
Ron Hoehn - 77
Terry Leonard - 76
Jim Hutchison
John Loh - 67
Gerald Forys - 80
Dave Brennan - 81
John Inman - 77
Frank Sweterlitsch - 82
Sid Goodling - 65
Travis Cannon - 72
Dorothy Jamison - 84
Richard Watson - 81
Aaron Calton - 66
Dean Parker - 78
Richard "Sonny Boy" Collins - 84

2018
Allie Euber - 72
Dennis Thornbury - 73
Keith Gantt - 70
Bob Adamowicz - 73
Johanna Gordon - 88
Jim Boettcher - 86
Bob De Monstoy - 90
Dennis Brame - 81 yrs
Paul Kempfer - 84
Randy Pumphrey - 73
Jay Sperry - 81
Al Blackwell - 69

2017
Dale Metzger - 68
Tom Libby - 75
Stu Harvey - 86
Bruce Andrews - 69
Dick Grosbier - 72
Dean Parker
Mike Niblett - 71
Kenneth "Ken" Rhyne - 78
Dick McQuisten
Lones Wigger - 80
Wayne Blackketter - 82

2016
Brady Knight - 70
Lowell Hottenstein - 66
Denny Andrews - 74
Brian Albee - 65
Claude Smith - 73
Dominick Denato - 68
Henry Burhman - 74

2015
Ed Shilen - 84
Don Gentner - 77
Marcy Lyons - 80
Richie Friebert - 68
Alex Calder - 70
Clayton Martin - 89
Howard Dietz - 78
Jack Demming - 74
Paul Ryan - 77
Dave Thomas - 72
Mark Ludinsky - 50
Bill Hull - 67
Clayton Brame - 60

2014
Mickey Coleman - 76
Jerry Simison -71
Larry Kuse - 79
Ira Farnsworth - 89
Joe Vinci
Larry Petry - 74
Helen Long - 80

2013
Steve Black - 61
Dick Lockwood
Walter Carraway - 86
Mike Walker - 101
Norman Jones - 71
Vic Swindlehurst - 95
Howard "Snuffy" Smith - 81
Bob Kenderdine - 53
Michael McQuisten
Jon Newman
Bob Prather

2012
Ed Hall
Perry Morton - 63
Olie Olson - 72
Dale Rose - 65
Art "Iron Sides" Kelly
Wally Siebert
Larry D. Cohen - 67
Norm Clark - 68
Butch Kimmell
Joe Haller - 80

2011
Del Bishop - 75
Homer Strickland - 67
Ferris Pindell - 91
Lou Palmisano - 81
David Reynolds - 63
Thomas "Tom" Vanlandingham - 78

2010
Briar Hail - 74
Charles Dalessandro - 66
Vince Pastorella - 73
Henry Vranian - 69

2009
Dave Dohrman - 59
Donald "Don " Sloop - 68
Lee R. Six
Harold McCormick

2008
Shelley (Tinker Toy 30BR) Davidson - 63
Phil Sauer
Manley Oakley - 92
Paul Schmid - 73

2007
MIchelle Sutton - 47
Jef Fowler - 65
Dan Hacket
Ollie Mabry "Doc" Dodgen - 88
Bill Lofink

2006
Ed Watson - 75
Gene Blocker
Selby Wright
Elsworth Smith - 91
Vern Carpenter - 64

2005
Skip Otto
Guy Chism
Dumah Harold Morgan - 75

2004
Eunice Berger - 63
Harold Broughton - 71
Allen Bench - 75

2002
Horace Brotherton - 82

2001
Cecil Gamble - 88
R.G. (Bob) Sherer - 90

2000
Louis Langlinais - 61
Raymond Brunet - 66
L.E. "Red" Cornelison - 77

1999
Homer Culver - 96
Ross Sherman - 96
Myles Hollister - 70

1998
Ed Decker - 86
Gary Pearson

1996
Seely Masker - 83

1995
Gaza Nagy - 74

1986
Nate Boop - 42

1985
Alozono Garcelon - 72

DOD Unknown
Aaron Calton
Al Angerman
Al Gonnela (sp?)
Allen Bench
Angie Fazio
Any Reitmeyer
Art Fruend
Barb Shellert
Bill Bates
Bill Saxton
Bill Shjellert (sp?)
Bill Wilkinson
Bud Pryor
Butch Fischer
Clarence Detsch
Dale Fritts
Dave Reynolds
Dean Parker
Dick Knott
Don Judd
Don Spencer
Ed Joiner
Erv Reigles
Erwin Shinkle
Fletcher Williams
Frank L. Murphy
Frank Nash
Gene Craig
George Myer
Grant Pickard
Guy Green
Hank gponnela (sp?)
Henry Dunbar
James Pappas
Jean Claude Gros
Jessie Coder
Jim Pherson
Joe Banard
John Bunch
Jon Newman
Julio Deangelis
Keith Morris
Mac McCluskey
Maurice ( Doc ) Bandy
Marv Roberts
Mike Rydquist
Nels Nelson
Paul Olewine
Paul Wolf
Pierre Condomines
Rich Altemus
Richard Watson
Ron Bradford
Ron Keim
Roy Lememby
Tom Manno (sp?)
Tony Allegra
Uchel Coder (sp?)
Woody Cahill
 
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Hunter, please post Carroll Green age 95 in 2023, Carroll was the winner of the 1st and 2nd hunter rifle national matches. Was for many years president of Hub City Rifle & Pistol Club in Lafayette Louisiana.
 
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