Farewell to 2Sticks

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Re: Farewell to 2Sticks

Post by Alison01326 » Sat Jan 09, 2016 1:49 am

Sad news. We didn't know him well but chatted to them at Looe over several years.

RIP Ben, and our every sympathy to Pat and Terry.
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Re: Farewell to 2Sticks

Post by kingbillybongo » Sun Jan 10, 2016 11:07 am

Very sad indeed, thoughts go out to his family and friends at this very sad time.
RIP Ben.
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Re: Farewell to 2Sticks

Post by johnnybee » Wed Jan 13, 2016 8:23 pm

Hi Everyone, Just to let you know Jan and I attended Ben's funeral today.
We went in our Bongo and Pat and immediate family went in hers so there was a Bongo Presence.
Lovely service not religious although we did sing "Morning Has Broken" better known by Cat Stevens than as a hymn.
Some sad moments and light hearted moments too from two of his sons who read superb eulogies.
His exit was accompanied by "I did it my way" which most thought was amazingly appropriate for Ben.
Pat was so pleased with all the comments on the Forum, even showed them to members of the family. So thank you very much.
He had become a bit frail but had seen many members of his family before and after Christmas.
He wanted to work on his computer so one of his sons pushed him up to it on an office chair.
He sat for a while and fell asleep.
He never woke up.
The phrase He died doing what he loved is bandied about a lot, but he really did.
RIP Ben I will miss you.
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Re: Farewell to 2Sticks

Post by Northern Bongolow » Wed Jan 13, 2016 8:54 pm

thanks for passing this on. RIP ben.
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Re: Farewell to 2Sticks

Post by francophile1947 » Wed Jan 13, 2016 9:43 pm

Thanks for the update John. Sitting in front of his computer sounds ideal - he would have been happy :D
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Re: Farewell to 2Sticks

Post by Bob » Wed Jan 13, 2016 11:08 pm

A fitting tribute, thanks for letting us know.
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Re: Farewell to 2Sticks

Post by Jillygumbo » Thu Jan 14, 2016 6:55 pm

Ah John that is so sad and so appropriate. Thanks for passing it on.
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Re: Farewell to 2Sticks

Post by bongopat » Tue Jan 19, 2016 3:41 pm

Pat and Terry would like to thank all our Bongo Friends for their kind words of condolence at the loss of Ben (2sticks).

Hopefully we wil be seeing you sometime this year.

Best Regards to all.
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Re: Farewell to 2Sticks

Post by Jillygumbo » Thu Jan 21, 2016 8:42 pm

Look forward to seeing you again soon Pat and I hope Terry is ok
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Re: Farewell to 2Sticks

Post by haydn callow » Sat Apr 09, 2016 11:32 am

Sad news indeed, sorry I am so late in picking this up.
Many fond memories of afternoons spent with Ben, Pat and Terry.
Lovely family
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