Very sad news - Kentucky Rifle has died...

[mondocomputerman]

When I heard the knews I immediately remembered the picture of him and Oleg and the dogs. Truely very sad news. Will be praying for his family.

 

[gyp_c2]

KR....

..vaya con Dios...

 

[Lennyjoe]

Unbelievable.

Thats two HighRoad/TFL'ers in the last few months.

Rest in peace my friend.

 

[Atticus]

Sad news. He joins many good ones..unfortunately for us.

 

[Lancel]

Although we never met, he was not a stranger. His posts influenced me in good ways.
May he have a peaceful rest. Condolences to his family.

Larry

 

[GLOCKME]

Saddens Me Greatly

To hear that he is gone..
We e-mailed back & forth about a Seecamp issue and I enjoyed every moment we corresponded...

I did not know you personally K.R.

But I thank you for letting me know you thru the boards...

 

[seecamp]

Will started out as a customer and became a valued friend. His emails and telephone conversations will be missed. He surerly enriched the lives of all those who knew him and recognized a class act. Will had the graciousness, gentility and generosity of a different era. I sometimes thought he was too caring and loving for this world.

Perhaps the good Lord thought so too -- for Will is now surely in a better place.

May he RIP and know that those of us who were fortunate enough to meet him will forever remember him in their hearts.

Larry

P.S. Will, I know you're reading this. Forget the cat shirt you were going to send me. We'll talk about it when it's my time. Hope you like the flowers I'll be sending.

 

[Kendra Pacelli]

R.I.P KR

I am blown away by this news. I wish I could make the trip to pay my respects.

My prayers go out to his family.

 

[firearms_instructor]

I'm new here and didn't really know him, but...

Sorry to hear about him going. Clearly he is missed my many here. God bless his family.

A good friend's mother died recently, we attended the funeral last week, so I know how it feels when a good person dies.

 

[Barbara]

 

[Preacherman]

I'm sure Will wouldn't want us being sad for him, but rather happy that he's in a better place, free of pain after so many years of suffering. I'm going to remember his wonderful sense of humor... As an example, from this thread dealing with "assault toilets" (!) on TFL:

When I first read this post and the replies yesterday, I started laughing and couldn't stop. The phone rang with a fellow wanting to talk about a vest that I'm considering for my wife as a Christmas gift. I almost choked. He asked me what was the matter, I told him, he bagan to laugh uncontrolably and asked me to call later when we'd both "laughed it out". Took a long time.
The lady in question should turn the other cheek (as it were) and fess up, less we have an assault toilet ban called for by the Brady Bunch. BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Whew--cracked myself up again.

KR

 

[Legionnaire]

I'm saddened. I never met the man, but was impressed by the thoughtfulness of his posts. I feel the loss to our community.

 

[Bridger]

I'm still fairly new here, and been doing more reading than posting, but his posts always stood out to me.

Very sorry to hear of this, my condolences.

 

[Feanaro]

I am saddened by his passing. Prayers for him and his family.

 

[The Real Hawkeye]

Wow! I didn't know him well, but I do remember reading his post about his concerns about his ex wife and threats against him. Wonder if she knew he communicated about it on the internet. Very sad, indeed. Really hits home when one recalls reading his posts what seems like just a few days ago, and to think he was living then, and now he's gone. God bless him. What a tragedy. I hope it gets looked into, as it does seem an extremely unlikly coincidence.

 

[Safety First]

Very sad news indeed! KR will be sorely missed by all in this forum. Prayers and thoughts to the family.

 

[19112XS]

Wow! How very sad. My condolences to all truly knew him.

 

[Schuey2002]

Farewell, Will.



My condolences go out to all his loved ones.

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

Just sent flowers to the funeral addressed to Will's parents. My message:

"The world is a little darker place now. Rest in Peace, Will "Kentucky Rifle" - Larry Ashcraft, Pueblo Colo.

As Betty says, let's fill that room with flowers.

 

[Prodigalshooter]

Sad, he always had interesting posts, my condolences.

 

[kcslim]

I did not know you Will,but I know you are with God now. R.I.P. Sir,by the word's of people here,you sound like one of the good ones.

 

[Jim March]

Dammit!

Sigh.

OK, let's ask two questions Will would care about:

1) Do the cops know about the threats?

2) This is going to seem silly but Will would care: is there a home for his dogs available? If not, can we collectively arrange something...find somebody here who can take them in, and have people chip in for transport costs if necessary? I know this is something I would have wanted back when I had the ferts...

 

[goalie]

He deserves a flawless rendition of taps followed by a 21 gun salute.

Semper-Fi

 

[Kcustom45]

 

[tomkatz]

I agree with Jim March, let's see if we can help his dogs....My wife and I are involved in animal rescue, she actually has contacts all over the U.S.....this is very sad, we are severely diminished......tom