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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Yeager on March 27, 2005, 02:39:53 AM
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My Dad, Charles Franklin Hall, died suddenly and unexpectedly last night, March 25th, 2005 at the age of 74. I loved my dad dearly with all my heart and I now realize that he was the best friend I have ever had.
He was the kind of guy that any aviation fan would have loved to meet and talk with. He joined the USAAF in early 1947 and was there to witness the birth of the USAF. He became part of SAC as a engine mechanic on B-36s before becoming a flight engineer on KC-97Gs. He then transferred to Burmuda to fly with ASR (I was born on Kindley AFB Burmuda in 1964). After that he transferred to MAC at McChord AFB flying C141s where he eventually retired in 1975. While there, he was a crew member on "Operation Homecoming" bringing home the POWs from North Vietnam (I still remember all the "welcome home POWs" banners posted on base).
My dad retired two years earlier then planned after 28 years of service due to my mothers insistence. In 1975 dad was supposed to fly home on a C141 from Tokyo but missed the flight due to bad traffic in downtown Tokyo. That flight, with my dads crew, was mistakenly vectored into a mountain in the Olympic moutain range as they decended into McChord AFB. All on board were lost. I remember my frantic mother herding all us kids together in our home as news began to trickle down on base about the crash. I remember the phone call from my dad telling her he was still in Tokyo and alright. You can imagine my mothers and our joy at learning he was alive when we were expecting the worst.
After retiring Dad went on to earn a BA in Business at Clover Park College graduating at the Top of his class. He was an exceptionally intelligent man who dwelled in the details. Thats where he was most comfortable. He spent quite a few years as a electronics repairman before retiring fully to enjoy his extended family these past 25 years.
He loved life. He loved his wife. He loved his family and we are all at such a loss without him. We will continue and carry on but we will never be the same without him.
I know many here have disagreed with me on many subjects as we have progressed through these last several years, but I honestly have enjoyed so many of you here for so long that I thought I would share this part of my life with you as I cannot think of a better group of people to share the life story of my father with.
He was a wonderful man.
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Very sorry that you lost your father at such a relatively young age. He was a true American for serving in the military and also for educating himself by earning a college degree.
You should write down your memories of him so they wont be lost in the passage of time.
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Sounds like a good life lived to the full.....condolences to your family.
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My condolences to you and your family.
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Sorry to hear about it Yeager, he sounds like a helluva guy.
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My condolences to you, his friends and family. He sounds like a wonderful man. S!
May you remember the good memories always.
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My condolances to you and your's Yeagar.
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Salute.
Condolences to you and your family.
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Sorry to hear about your loss Yeager. I lost my Father 6 years ago so I know how you're feeling.
RIP Charles Franklin Hall
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I know the feeling having lost my Father years ago. My condolences or as they say round here: Sorry for your troubles.
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very sorry about your father Yeager
may your family find peace in knowing such a good man has found his
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sorry to hear this.
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Yeager,
Its good to see you post about it. He sounds like he is/was a wonderful man, wonderful soldier, and wonderful father. You will carry him in your heart, your soul for many years to come. He is resting now and looking down on you...do your best in this life, he will admire you even from afar.
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Very sorry to hear this, Yeager. You have my sympathy and condolences. Thanks for taking the time to share a little something about your Dad so the rest of us got to see him as the great man you knew.
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My condolences Yeager :(
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Yeager...really sorry to hear this. My condolances to you and all your family. May he rest in peace.
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Best wishes to you and your family on this difficult day.
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it sounds like your father had a fantastic life and was a much loved man. My condolences to you Yeager.
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I’m sorry to read of your loss; he sounds as if he was a great man.
eskimo
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You are on the right path, remembering what a great guy he was and what he meant to you. My sympathies on your loss.
dago
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Yeager, I am so sorry sir.
Condolences to you and your family.
RTR
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My condolences Yeager
shamus
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Sorry about your loss Yeager. Thoughts are with you and your family.
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sorry to hear about your loss Yeager. For the short term the memories will be painful, over time they will be something you cherish the most.
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Sorry for your loss Yeager. Having recently lost my mother I know how you feel.
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My condolences to you and your family. I am the same age as you, Yeager...and oddly, my father is the same age as your father. Thanks for reminding me that any day could be the last I have to receive his wisdom.
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My condolences Yeager.
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Originally posted by Yeager
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He was a wonderful man.
Hear hear.
~S~ culero
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My condolences to you and your family Yeager. Take comfort in the good memories.
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Realizing a form out of stone
Set hands moving
Roan shaped his heart
through his working hands
Work to mold his passion into clay, like the sun
In his room his lady
she would dance and sing so completely
So be still he now cries
I have time oh let clay transform thee so
In the deep cold of night
winter calls he cries Don't deny me
For his lady, deep her illness
Time has caught her
and will for all reasons take her
In the still light of dawn, she dies
Helpless hands soul revealing
Like leaves we touch we learn
We once knew the story
As winter calls he will starve
All but to see the stone be life
Now Roan, no more tears
Set to work his strength
So transformed him
realizing a form out of stone
His work so absorbed him
Could she hear him?
Could she see him?
All aglow was his room dazed in this light
He would touch her
he would hold her
Laughing as they danced
Highest colors touching others
Did her eyes at the turn of the century
tell me plainly
How we meet, how we'll love, oh let life so transform me
Like leaves we touched we danced
We once knew the story
As autumn called and we both
remembered all those many years ago
I'm sure we know
Was the sign of the day with a touch
As I kiss your fingers
We walk hands in the sun
Memories when we're young
Love lingers so
Was it sun through the haze
that made all your looks
as warm as moonlight?
As a pearl deep your eyes
tears have flown away
all the same light
Did her eyes at the turn of the century
tell me plainly
when we meet how we'll look
as we smile time will leave me clearly
Like leaves we touch, we see
We will know the story
As autumn calls we'll both remember
all those many years ago
Yeager.
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sorry for your loss. Sounds like he had a very good life filled with loved ones.
lazs
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Very sad Yeager. Not had to face that yet but it comes to us all in the end I guess. Thoughts are with you.
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Sorry to hear of your loss. Prayers for you and your family.
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My condolences Yeager, sorry to hear.
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My deepest condolences, Yeager. Sounds like your dad had a full and fulfilling life.
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Im sorry for your loss Yeager.
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Amen Yeager.
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Yeager,
I am sad for your time of pain right now. I'm also envious of the time and experiances you had with your father. That was a wonderful tribute to himyou wrote, but the best tribute from him will be you and the rest of the family he has left behind.
Mr Charles Franklin Hall, Fair skies and tailwinds forever. You did well.
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Yeager, that is the best tribute that a man can ever hope to receive, the respect and admiration of his adult children. sorry for your loss. Godspeed Charles Franklin Hall may you rest in peace.
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Yeager,
I'm sorry to hear this. May your father's example always be something for you to remember and strive for.
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Sorry to hear this, Yeager. Glad you felt at ease sharing it with friends from afar.
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Condoléances Yeager,nice text btw.
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Sorry to hear Yeager, take care.
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Sincere condolences Yeager. Very sad. Prayers will be sent your way for you and your family.
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Sincere condolences and prayers for you and your family.
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yeager,
having lost my father only this last september, i understand the loss that you are experiencing at this time and wish you
and your family all of the best in the coming months.
though any loss is difficult, the loss of our father represents one of the greatest challenges of our lives in that i leaves us with such a great vacancy at the helm of our ships. it requires us to both grieve the loss of our captain but to take the helm and steer ourselves without the immediate presence of that greater counsel.
please accept my deepest expressions of understanding, sympathy and compassion and know that irregardless of all that we hold as opinion and virtue pales in comparison to the larger image of brotherhood that all men share in this world.
if there is ever anything that i or any of us can do...please let us know.
to you, your family and to your father
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88
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Sorry to hear this Yeager. You've got my condolences.
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Sorry to hear of your loss.
Nuttz
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Sorry for your loss
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YEager,
Sorry to hear of your personal loss. Here is a heartly salute for a wonderful man and veteran.
SALUTE!!
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So very sorry to hear of your lose.
Men like your father are the last of a dying breed.
We should all take a moment and thank all the young men that faught in WW2.
True Americans that paid for our rich way of life here in America.
They spilled blood making this country what she is.
My father will turn 77 on 4-13-05 and he was one hell of a Marine.
Hard as nails SOB that kicked my *** most of my childhood.
But as an adult I can now see what he was trying to teach me.
A fathers love will go on forever Yeager so never feel alone he will be with you always as you are his son.
God Bless And to your father.
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Lost mine in January after a long illness, I know how tough it is. May God bless and comfort you and yours in your time of loss and pain.
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I'm sorry to hear this, I am loading the Prayer cannon. <
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Karaya
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Thank you for sharing your father's story with us.
I am truly saddened by your loss, please accept my deepest condolences. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
In Sympathy,
Gainsie
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Sorry to here that yeager , I lost my dad 4 yrs ago and know somewhat how you feel .
see you in the skies
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Sorry for your loss Yeager.
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Sounds like a good man that had a good life and I'm sure wherever he is, he'll do well there as well.
Salute
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Sorry to hear that Yeager, he sounds like a good person, he has his old flight crew to guide him in now, stay strong
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Sorry for you loss man.
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My condolences.
Charon
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To your Dad Yeager.
Very sorry for your loss.
Prayers for your father and you and your family.
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My condolences Yeager of your loss.
Prayers for strength to you and yours.
Mac
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Sorry for your loss Yeager. He sounds like a great man.
MiG
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I want to thank ALL of you for your wonderful and heartfelt expressions of sympathy. I have taken genuine comfort reading them. Thank you all sincerely! I mean this deeply, thank you!
To DiabloTX, thank you for referring to the the Yessong "Turn of the Century"......it is such a beautiful song and so appropraite. Diablo and I both share a love of the music of Yes and Dad sincerely appreciated Yesmusic too! (it was my dads 1964 Fender jaguar afterall that began my journey into music in the first place, thanks dad).
Dad loved taking 35mm film and had them developed as slides for viewing in the slide projector format. We have slides starting in 1957 going through 1977. I hope that I can manage to share some of these pictures with all of you in the not too distant future.
Dads remains were cremated and placed in a Urn that now rests atop the liquor cabinet in the dining room where he loved to read the paper, do the crossword puzzles, watch the news, eat wonderful dinners and drink martinis, wine and beer with family and friends. We had such a wonderful time together dad.
Charlie is now in a holding pattern while he waits for Jean to come in on final so they both can rest in peace together.
When the time comes we will take mom and dad back to where they met in Idaho and give them back to the earth in their most favourite place.
Thank you!
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Yeager, your dad is in a far better place and is in total peace. Sorry that you have lost him, but just try to imagine him in complete paradise.
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Bad news. Sorry for you Yeager.
Comes to us all in the end but that makes it no easier to bear.
Condolences to you and your family.
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Yeager, I just read about your loss. I'm very sorry to hear this. Prayers now going up for you and your family.
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I am reading just now this bad news.
Yeager, le mie più sincere condoglianze a te ed alla famiglia.
Charles Franklin Hall, Requiescat In Pax.
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Hate to hear that Yeager.
Prayers going out to you and your family.
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to you Dad Yeager, Sounds like an excellent man.I hope you have sons too so you can know how he felt about you.
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Sorry to hear about your loss.
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Sorry to hear of your loss, Yeager - condolences to you and your family.
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Yeager.....very sorry to hear of your loss. My thoughts and prayers with you and for your family.
Hajo
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Yeager, condolences and best wishes from my entire family. You and yours are in our thoughts.
Regards,
Ben Hallert
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My condolances...
All I can offer is that it gets better over time. I lost my father almost twelve years ago, and not a day goes by when I don't miss him. What gets better over time is the ability to look back and feel happy, lucky, and joyful rather than just the loss.
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My sympathies..........