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RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 5:16 pm
by Kull
Didn't want to make (much less read) this thread, but Ron was a big part of the old WitP community and he deserves commemoration.
Passed away on March 3, 2017 at age 51. Too young...wayyyyy too young. Wherever you are Ron, hopefully it has a good view of well endowed beach bunnies playing volleyball on Zakynthos!
Edit: Added link to obit
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 5:30 pm
by Nomad
Wow, did not know that my friend Ron passed away.
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 5:35 pm
by rustysi
Sad to hear.
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 5:49 pm
by btd64
RIP....GP
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 5:55 pm
by witpqs
Kull,
I'm confused by this. I had been lead to understand that Ron Saueracker was his forum name, that his real first name was Dirk.
Was I under a misunderstanding?
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 5:59 pm
by RogerJNeilson
Seriously young to leave.....
RIP
Roger
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 6:03 pm
by Kull
ORIGINAL: witpqs
Kull,
I'm confused by this. I had been lead to understand that Ron Saueracker was his forum name, that his real first name was Dirk.
Was I under a misunderstanding?
Well, his Forum avatar info said he was from Ottawa and we know he lived in Greece for a while, and both are noted in the obit. I'd like to be wrong, but I doubt it.
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 6:30 pm
by Shellshock
ORIGINAL: Kull
Wherever you are Ron, hopefully it has a good view of well endowed beach bunnies playing volleyball on Zakynthos!
Sad news. Fair wind and following seas old friend...and don't run aground.
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 7:44 pm
by PaxMondo
fair winds friend ...
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 7:48 pm
by Canoerebel
Wasn't it DivePac whose name was Dirk? (If not, I apologize for sidetracking things.)
I didn't know Ron at all except for his name and avatar, but I'm sorry to hear he passed so young.
Kull, how did you find out? It's very nice of you to give us this sad news. And it's nice of the community to remember him.
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:08 pm
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Wasn't it DivePac whose name was Dirk? (If not, I apologize for sidetracking things.)
I didn't know Ron at all except for his name and avatar, but I'm sorry to hear he passed so young.
Kull, how did you find out? It's very nice of you to give us this sad news. And it's nice of the community to remember him.
Not sure, but I am remembering someone referring specifically to Ron.
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:18 pm
by PaxMondo
You're thinking of Des ….
Desmond Wallace
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:23 pm
by Halsey
Ron was a stalwart player, and contributor, of the original WIP game.
I remember him well.
Ron and Mogami were always at loggerheads over some miniscule detail.[:D]
Party hardy Ron!
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:25 pm
by Nomad
From his forum profile page. I think the Dirk Steele referred to a character in a series of books.
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:26 pm
by Halsey
Dive Pac, and Cobra Aus, well remembered and missed as contributors to a game that still persists today.[;)]
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:28 pm
by PaxMondo
Don't know if our "Ron" is the original, or an admirer of Ron. He certainly was popular and missed in Greece. Read the obit, but then read on down … people came just for him.
https://www.facebook.com/Apotiki-Lounge ... 276981545/
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:29 pm
by PaxMondo
ORIGINAL: Nomad
From his forum profile page. I think the Dirk Steele referred to a character in a series of books.
Yes.
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:34 pm
by USSAmerica
Sad to hear this. Fair winds, Ron.
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:16 pm
by Kull
ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Kull, how did you find out?
I spend half my life lately doing internet searches for Japanese merchant ships, and today I was a bit bored and tried to see if Ron's old signature pic might somehow exist in the depths of the internet. Sadly, that soon turned up some ominous indications, but nothing firm until I found the linked obit. Ugh.
RE: RIP Ron Saueracker
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:54 pm
by Shellshock
ORIGINAL: Kull
ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Kull, how did you find out?
I spend half my life lately doing internet searches for Japanese merchant ships, and today I was a bit bored and tried to see if Ron's old signature pic might somehow exist in the depths of the internet. Sadly, that soon turned up some ominous indications, but nothing firm until I found the linked obit. Ugh.
At least the signature pic is still with us.
