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Ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 2530
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 09, 2019 - 08:23 am: | 
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One of the founding members of this discussion board and noted Palmer Brothers Engine Company historian Richard A Day passed away last night
07 09 2019.
I will post more info as I have it.
Ernie Darrow
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J.B. Castagnos
Senior Member
Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 1426
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 09, 2019 - 07:07 pm: |
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Sorry to here this. Dick had a good run, guessing he was 95 or so, was very sharp until the last year or so. He was great for the hobby, he had an eye for collectables before they were collectable. I always enjoyed the trips to his place. |
J.B. Castagnos
Senior Member
Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 1427
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 09, 2019 - 07:17 pm: |
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This is Dick taking a ride in Dave's Model T when he came to Louisiana for a visit in 2017. He was up to everything that went on, had a great time.
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Ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 2532
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 - 05:55 pm: |
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Here are Dick and his wife Barbra at Calvert in 2013
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Keith Billet
Senior Member
Username: keith
Post Number: 534
Registered: 02-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 - 11:18 pm: |
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We have all, on this forum, and those that have attended either Calvert or Mystic experienced the knowledge and commitment to the history of early marine engines and the life of those early mariners. Here�s to a wonderful, intelligent contributor to our country and our hobby.
Keith |
Jeff Kitzmiller
Member
Username: jeffk
Post Number: 21
Registered: 04-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, July 11, 2019 - 12:32 pm: |
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God bless the man that got me started in the antique marine engine hobby.
Jeff |
Andrew Menkart
Board Administrator
Username: admin
Post Number: 56
Registered: 07-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 12, 2019 - 04:30 pm: |
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Dick was a wonderful guy and an inspiration to me and anyone involved in this hobby. His legacy will live on through the research and documentation that he did as well as through his many friends that will remember him with fondness and admiration.
Andrew Menkart |
miro forest
Senior Member
Username: miro
Post Number: 1051
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2019 - 09:15 am: |
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Yes, like many others, it was through Dick Day's contact that I have learned so much and have met so many good people all over the world. All of his family were most welcoming to newcomers. His contribution will not be surpassed.
The world became a better place because of his life.
Miro Forest |
Ned Lloyd
Senior Member
Username: ned_l
Post Number: 194
Registered: 08-2012
| | Posted on Thursday, August 01, 2019 - 04:16 pm: |
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My condolences, ....... I had he good fortune of meeting Dick at Mystic Seaport two years ago, .. a vary nice person. |
Narra Bay
Senior Member
Username: narrabay2
Post Number: 200
Registered: 10-2019
| | Posted on Thursday, August 19, 2021 - 04:53 pm: |
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I've been looking for some Palmer history this afternoon, and Dick keeps coming up. So, two years on, he lives on.
In this, like many preservation hobbies, there are a few real producers and many consumers such as myself. Dick was a super producer and he lives on in his work to the benefit of many others. |
