boomer
05-03-2022, 10:18 AM
Father in law passed away Sunday morning around 8:30 - peacefully in his sleep. He'd been fighting aplastic anemia for several years and then caught pneumonia and had to be intubated. when they pulled the tube, he basically said, "screw this - no more tubes, no more needles. We're done" so we let him go.
He was a longstanding bowler, carrying a 170+ average up until his blood-count dropped his energy level to where he just couldn't do it, up to age 88. I hope that I can carry 170 with the occasional 200+ when I'm 88. Heck, I hope I make it to 88 without wandering around mumbling "brains" at 88 . . .
He has a 299 ring from 1981, which is when I started bowling as a freshman in HS up in Port Angeles, WA. I'll be getting that re-sized so I can wear it as tribute to him. We also have the 5-pin he left (he was good friends with the owner who was able to stop the equipment and run down to get the pin) which has been in our living room and since we've moved, it will get prominent display on our main display wall.
He had a friend that had gotten a brand new ball. He was soooo proud of that ball, so Ron bought the same ball and had it drilled with about 20 holes. . . then swapped them without his friend noticing. :) Oh so many more jokes that he played.
Roll a ball for Ron. Bowler to the end. Practical joker and good natured smack talker to all. He was missed last night. He will be missed.
He was a longstanding bowler, carrying a 170+ average up until his blood-count dropped his energy level to where he just couldn't do it, up to age 88. I hope that I can carry 170 with the occasional 200+ when I'm 88. Heck, I hope I make it to 88 without wandering around mumbling "brains" at 88 . . .
He has a 299 ring from 1981, which is when I started bowling as a freshman in HS up in Port Angeles, WA. I'll be getting that re-sized so I can wear it as tribute to him. We also have the 5-pin he left (he was good friends with the owner who was able to stop the equipment and run down to get the pin) which has been in our living room and since we've moved, it will get prominent display on our main display wall.
He had a friend that had gotten a brand new ball. He was soooo proud of that ball, so Ron bought the same ball and had it drilled with about 20 holes. . . then swapped them without his friend noticing. :) Oh so many more jokes that he played.
Roll a ball for Ron. Bowler to the end. Practical joker and good natured smack talker to all. He was missed last night. He will be missed.