[NSRCA-discussion] Ron Van Putte

[Doug Harvel]

I am absolutely in total shock. Met this great man at my first ever
contest. He and I had come to be very good friends and talked almost weekly
and told some great stories, most of them borderline truth. I loved and
respected him with all my heart. I do not know his family but my heart and
prayers are with them. And I always closed my conversations with I will do
it one more time “See You Soon you Ole Goat” and as I called him “Sir
Ronald  Von Pootenberg”. RIP
BOPOD, Doug, Joyce

On Sunday, March 11, 2018, mups53 via NSRCA-discussion <
nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

> We lost a good one today.
> RIP EVO and Godspeed.
>  Mike
>
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Vicente Bortone via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.
> org>
> Date: 3/11/18 6:22 PM (GMT-06:00)
> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>, Stuart
> Chale <schale1 at outlook.com>
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Ron Van Putte
>
> Yes.  Very sorry John. RIP
>
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 6:08 PM Stuart Chale via NSRCA-discussion <
> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
>> Major loss to the community and list.
>>
>> very sad.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/11/2018 7:03 PM, DaveL322 via NSRCA-discussion wrote:
>>
>> Wow.  How unexpected.  RIP RVP.
>>
>> The pattern world will never be the same without him.
>>
>> Condolences to his family.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5.
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: John Fuqua via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>> <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>> Date: 3/11/18 6:43 PM (GMT-05:00)
>> To: 'General pattern discussion' <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>> <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Ron Van Putte
>>
>> It is with a great personal sense of loss and sadness that I inform the
>> pattern community that Ronald E. Van Putte passed away today.    Ron had
>> had bypass surgery and seemingly was recovering from that with no
>> issues.     But sadly after we returned from the Southeast Model Show, Ron
>> had to be admitted to the hospital with pneumonia and other heart related
>> issues from which he never recovered.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ron was an icon in the pattern world.    He started flying pattern in the
>> early 60’s and was active to the end.    He did it all.    Fierce pattern
>> competitor, Contest Director, Nats Event director multiple times,  World
>> Championship judge, World Championship co-event director.    He was the
>> anchor of the Eglin Aero Modelers for as long as the club has existed and
>> also ran a hobby shop for many, many years.
>>
>>
>>
>> I knew him for 40 years and we probably put 50,000 miles together on our
>> vehicles going to contests over the years.    He was my best friend and I
>> will miss him greatly as the whole community will.    I have no
>> information  at this time on funeral plans.
>>
>>
>>
>> Very respectfully
>>
>>
>>
>> John Fuqua
>>
>> Cell 850-974-6655
>>
>>
>>
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> --
> Vicente "Vince" Bortone
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