fred1ross 
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| 30 Aug 2006 9:31 AM |
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So sad so tragic a loss - Rest in Peace
Standing by
Fred
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stores
Posts: 14
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| 30 Aug 2006 12:47 PM |
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Linda and the Powell Family,
Your loss is our loss, such a great man. Fair winds Dick. Standing by in Tucson. Stores |
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TomAtnip
Posts: 75
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| 30 Aug 2006 1:41 PM |
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It is sad to see a fallen hero’s family grieve however it takes a little more out of you when you know the person. This is a tough loss for all of us. My heart goes out to all of Dick's family and friends which it is our honor to be associated with. Another sad day to remember and a loss that will not be forgot. Rest in Peace Thingy, your mission is over, ride to your reward, you earned it.
Standiing by in Gilbert
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Slopoke
Posts: 129
Tucson
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| 30 Aug 2006 1:58 PM |
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| My condolences to the family and friends of Dick. I am out of state so I will not be able to physically attend, I will be there in spirit. Rest in peace Dick. |
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CWO, USN, Ret
AZ BK IX
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Warthog
Posts: 121
Tucson AZ
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| 30 Aug 2006 2:39 PM |
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| If you ever want a great example of what the Korean War was like read “Colder than Hell” by Joseph R. Owen. To the Powell family, a hero is going home. I’m glad I got to know Thingy for just a short time. He was such a fine example of the PGR. I will miss him. |
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Warthog
PGR Ride Captain
American Legion Rider
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X TXN
Posts: 32
Avondale, AZ
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| 30 Aug 2006 5:24 PM |
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My condolences to the Powell family. Myay God be with you Thingy.
Do we have a confirmed date yet? I will be in Montrose, Colorado this weekend attending another funeral for Spc. Christopher Sitton.
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Todd H.
Retired Air Force 24 years
SFOR Tuzla, Bosnia & OEF Bagram, Afghanistan
"The Sportbike Rider" |
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PGRLabLuvr
Posts: 8703
Naples, FL
Senior Ride Captain
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| 30 Aug 2006 8:35 PM |
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My deepest, heartfelt condolences to the Family and Friends of Dick Powell.
Pegs down... |
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Joan "PGRLabLuvr" Colosimo
Florida Senior Ride Captain
Proud Military Blue Star Mom
USAF - TSgt Jennifer and her husband, TSgt Mark McIntosh - Kadena
USAR - SGT Dominic Sutherland - WOCS Ft. Rucker
Standing the Flagline...
In Honor of:
SP4 L. Gary Grassi - 4th Infantry Division - Kontum, South Vietnam - 05 FEB 1968 - 37/35
In Memory of:
Ed "oldiron6" Barrett
Jack "jacklok" Loken, Jr.
Mike "deltoid79" Bland
Tom "Flaman2u" Rowell
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
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nighthawk5154
Posts: 394
Ride Captain Tucson, AZ
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| 30 Aug 2006 9:08 PM |
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My sincerest condolenecs to Linda na dher family. Thank you
Dick for your commitment to your country for all those many
years. Standing by in Tucson
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Nighthawk
AKA Freedom Rider
PGR Ride Captain
American Legion Rider
USAF Ret. 1970-1990
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Ronzo
Posts: 92
El Mirage
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| 30 Aug 2006 9:32 PM |
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My condolences to the Powell family. Rest in peace Hero your mission is over. My prayers are with your family and friends. rest in peace.
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AZCOWBOY
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| 30 Aug 2006 9:49 PM |
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To the Powell Family you have my condolences and deepest sympathy.
Thingy rest my Brother your mission here is complete.
Standing by in Peoria AZ.
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Blkraven
Posts: 26
Apache Junction, Az
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| 30 Aug 2006 9:57 PM |
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May there always be Twisties,
to lean your Machine into,
No Cagers,
Only Fellow Riders
Who have left this world
to Ride with You,
On a Road that carries you Endlessly
With no Rain, only Sunshine,
To Miles and Miles of
Everlasting Peace.
with my heartfelt and deepest sympathy
to the family of
Dick "Thingy" Powell
Kathleen/ Blkraven in Apache Junction |
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The Maxx
Posts: 14
The Nekked Pueblo ~ Tucson, Arizona
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| 30 Aug 2006 10:02 PM |
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| I'm truly saddened by this news. My condolences to all the family. |
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"For some there is therapy....
For the rest of us there are motorcycles!"
USAF Linguist/Intell 77-93
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louann
Posts: 1550
Peoria, Arizona
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| 30 Aug 2006 10:13 PM |
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I recieved this in my email...
My deepest love and smypathy for the loss of our brother. May the the lord keep you by his side forever. You will always be in our prayers and never forgotten. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Sincere love Tom Dolan |
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Louann Thomas
National Captain
We of our own selves do nothing, for even in loving it is love that loves thru us. |
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SGTAllensWife
Posts: 117
Tempe, AZ
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| 31 Aug 2006 1:33 AM |
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As I sit here with tears in my eyes and pain in my heart I offer my deepest and most heartfelt sympathy to the Powell family. I will regretably be unable to attend this mission while I care for DocTaz but my heart will be there. If there is anything at all that I can do please let me know.
Dick, I know you are in good company and will have many stories to share with them. Tell my husband I love him and miss him and please know that you will be missed here on earth as well. |
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Patience
Proud wife of SGT Howard Paul Allen
KIA September 26, 2005 in Baghdad, Iraq
My Hero Always. My Love Forever.
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PoppaGene
Posts: 164
Tucson Arizone
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| 31 Aug 2006 2:10 AM |
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Linda..... our hurt and love are with you and your family at this time. You can be sure of this..... I and many others will be making this last ride with Dick. The LadyLyn is a powerful prayer warrior and we pray together so that many thousands of Angels are with you and your family, protecting and looking over all of you.
GOD Bless you,your family and Dick...... In the Name of JESUS.
Blue-Warthog and Ironass........ as Ride Captains in Tucson, we must be looking to our duties in this Mission. Louann will be in contact with us very soon.
Standing By in Tucson & Marana
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PoppaGene
aka-Sidetrip
American Legion Rider
Viet-Nam 66-67 (TDY68) 69-70
* the side trips started a long time ago
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Grey Wolf
Posts: 14
Bullhead City Arizona
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| 31 Aug 2006 3:46 AM |
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| My sincere condolences to the Powell family. Thingy was a brother ALR and PGR rider and my heart goes out to his wife. This is a tough one. We had so much in common. I was even invited to the same run he was coming home from. This is a painful job we do, but Thingys death is the toughest to handle mentally. Heaven got a true hero and I know he will be respected, honored and appreciated. Ride with the Angels in Peace now my brother. |
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Dying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen.....being forgotten is ! NEVER FORGET American POW/MIA's |
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tricster
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| 31 Aug 2006 5:14 AM |
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POSTED FOR "Wild Bill "
Rick Smith
Phx, Ariz.
Dick You have met your "Rendezous with Destiny".
Dick "Thingy" Powell , My Warrior Brother, Dick I only knew you one day of your Gloriuos life . I knew when I met you , you were a man of Courage and Honor. A true Patriot and a warrior to be recognized,honored and respected. Dick you fought your war and served your country long before I even arrived on the scene. Men like you inspired in young boys like me the patriotism and honor of being an American. Men like you Dick and my Father ,are the men who instilled in us the young warriors of Vietnam the courage ,integrety ,honor of country and fellow man to step up and go and suffer and endure and sacrifice for a people we had never known. The courage to fight for the opportunity for another mans right to be free, For a whole nation and race of people to be free. Just as you had done in your war. Yes you and I and all of our brothers were not allowed to accomplish that goal, but by God we stood up and were counted and gave our hearts and souls to that Mission that Destiny had called us to.
Dick you did just that once again when you and your Brothers jumped on your bikes and rode all the way to San Mateo this past weekend to support and honor your younger Brothers of A-Co "ABU" 1st 327th Infantry Regiment ,101st Airborne. Men you had not fought with,but surely had supported while we were there in the "NAM".
Dick, you honored me and all my Brothers by being there with us on Sunday. We were so honored and in awe of you and your brother riders for coming so far to support total strangers in our hour of Honor by our adopted City of San Mateo.I hope you and your Brother Riders realized that you were brought into and welcomed to, and on Sunday came to be a member of our Band of Brothers! You will always be Honored and Remembered by all "ABU" Brothers Dick!
People ask why we go to reunions, join organizations such as ALRAZ. Dick I tell them we do these things ,
Not to tell stories or look at pictures. Not to laugh or weep.
Brother Warriors gather because they long to be with men who once acted their best.....Men who suffered and scaraficed....Men who were stripped raw..Right down to their Humanity.
They yearn to be in the presence of Honorable Men !
Dick you are in such a place now. You have gone honorably to be with your honorable Bros. Dick you are now with the most Honorable Man to have ever walked this earth.
You are with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Rest in peace and honor and know that we honor you ,and we will all join you on that long Patrol you are on one day Dick. We will all walk that trail together one day soon.
Dick we send our love and wrap Linda and your family in that love in their hour of loss and need . We do this out of our love and Honor for You Our "Brother Warrior" ,Love You Man !
"Wild Bill "
Rick Smith
Phx, Ariz.
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firemanjerry
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Willcox, AZ
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| 31 Aug 2006 12:59 PM |
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My Heartfelt condolences to the Powell family, I hope there is some solace in the fact that Thingy will be missed and remembered by his brothers and sisters here. I will be standing by in Willcox for this mission.
Go easy bro, rest in peace. |
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Phoenix Dawg
Posts: 81
Avondale
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| 31 Aug 2006 2:11 PM |
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My condolences to the Powell family, our thoughts and prayers are with you at this very difficult time.
Standing by in Avondale. |
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I ride to show respect and gratitude for those who protect my freedoms.
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junglejim
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| 31 Aug 2006 2:50 PM |
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Ever since I joined ALRAZ, where I met Dick"Thingy" Powell, we built a very close friendship. He and the other ALRAZ and PGR brothers, after riding out to San Mateo, were recognized as ABU Brothers by the City of San Mateo.I know Dick was doing what he loved to do...ride.I know he's being accepted into God's hands with his new Fallen ABU Brother, Joe Artavia.It's difficult to express feelings in words that I have toward Dick and his wife Linda.I will never forget Dick as long as I live.
Dick, if you can hear my words, I will never forget your laughter, jokes and beaming smile that you left me with in San Mateo and touched my face to tell ME I would be okay. .I'll be honored to lead you to your resting place carrying the Airborne Flag in your honor and memory.
Standing by in Tucson
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Ironass
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Tucson, AZ
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| 31 Aug 2006 6:17 PM |
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Ok. here it is:
Services will be at:
Desert Sunset Funeral Home
3081 E Orange Grove Rd
Tucson, Az 85741
520-297-9007
Services will be at 10:00 a.m. wed Sept 6th followed by graveside military honors at National Cemetery in Sierra Vista at 1:00
FYI we got him a casket that matches the color of his bike. all
it will need is the Gold Wing emblem for his final ride to his new home
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dynagc
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| 31 Aug 2006 8:28 PM |
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My sincere condolences go out to the Family and Friends of Dick Powell. We have truly lost one of our own and best. He will be missed by all of us. His mission is over here and now he has earned his rest.
Pete Waddell
dynagc@aol.com
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nighthawk5154
Posts: 394
Ride Captain Tucson, AZ
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| 31 Aug 2006 8:39 PM |
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A mission I must miss but my heart is with the family and the mission
riders. Unfortunately, I was off all this week and cannot
take off for this mission. Be safe on your final ride Thingy!
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Nighthawk
AKA Freedom Rider
PGR Ride Captain
American Legion Rider
USAF Ret. 1970-1990
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popeye64
Posts: 47
anthem, az
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| 31 Aug 2006 9:10 PM |
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| My sincere condolences go out to the Powell family and thier Friends. I'm off next week so I should be able to join the mission. Will be watching for info. |
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Old School
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| 01 Sep 2006 10:01 AM |
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| My condolences to the Powell family, he will be missed by many. For any Phx westside riders I will be leaving for Tucson about 0600 hours Wed. Little less than 2 hour drive, right at 2 if we stop and with form up at 0830 that should be about right. Being rush hour it may be a little longer. The old standby at Dysart works for me. |
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Pat Eagan
It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.
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