FReeper Solo Gringo has passed away

May 19, 2006

[Reader of news]

Freeper Solo Gringo, a FRiend of mine, passed away at home last Friday around midnight. He was 71 and owned a ranch in Southern Texas.

May God bless his soul and confort his family.

[Reader of news]

Prayers, please.

[Cicero]

May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, rest in peace.

[Perdogg]

prayers.

[lilylangtree]

RIP! So sorry to hear of this news.

[colorcountry]

Prayers bump.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

RIP and Prayers up for his family and friends.

[Old Grumpy]

RIP, Solo Gringo.

[reagan_fanatic]

My condolences. Sorry to hear sad news like this.

[Andy28]

Thoughts and prayers to you, his family and friends.

[CholeraJoe]

Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.

[mysterio]

Prayers sent.

[eyespysomething]

Prayers for comfort for those who feel the loss.

[BlessedBeGod]

Prayers on the way for his soul, and for the comfort and consolation of his friends and family.

[B Knotts]

Prayer BUMP

[LdSentinal]

RIP.

[NRA2BFree]

I'm sorry to learn of his death. Prayers go out for his loved ones. May God comfort them all and give them strength in the difficult days ahead.

[Nachum]

Prayers

[ClearCase_guy]

Prayers.

I was just looking at the Memorial Wall the other day and marveling that we hadn't lost a freeper since last November. Weird.

[retrokitten]

Prayers said for Solo Gringo.

[george wythe]

Prayer for his soul, his family and friends.

May his soul rest in peace till we meet again on the last day.

When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.

[ICE-FLYER]

Rest in peace as you head off into sunset my firend

[geezerwheezer]

May his family and friends find comfort in knowing the Good Lord is with him and keeping him with the angels.

[Hydroshock]

May God bless his soul and confort his family. Amen.

[Texas_Jarhead]

May he rest in peace and may his family find consolation in the Lord.

[Rightly Biased]

Is it to JimRob to get Freepers put on the Memorial wall?

[fatima]

Sorry to hear about your friend Dubya's fan.I will pray,fatima

[ClearCase_guy]

Is it to JimRob to get Freepers put on the Memorial wall?

I'm afraid I don't know the policy for the Memorial Wall. But I know someone who does.

[fedupjohn]

My prayers to his family.

[TexasTransplant]

Prayers for the Family, may he Rest in Peace.

[Smokin' Joe]

Prayers up!

[monkapotamus]

http://www.rancholaleonaeast.com/

[RockinRight]

RIP.

[litehaus]

Prayers for family and FRiends.........

[P-40]

owned a ranch in Southern Texas.

Sounds like he is leaving one Heaven and going to another. :)

Prayers for the family and friends. :)

[trisham]

I'm so sorry. Prayers are on the way.

[blam]

Rest In Peace Solo Gringo.

[G.Mason]

My condolences to his family and friends.

[wouldntbprudent]

((prayers))

[Spirited]

Prayers for family and friends.

[kschlenker]

Thank you for your post and for the prayers from everyone. I will print up the posts, and give them to my mother, as she does not use the computer. (I am his youngest daughter.) My dad's ashes will be spread on the ranch this coming Tuesday. He leaves behind five daughters, their husbands, and his wife and numerous grandchildren. My daughter is working on his eulogy, which she and her sister will present at the ceremony. The rough draft is below:

Back in March, Grandpa had me drive him around in his truck, and he gave me a long list of things he wanted to make sure I told everyone. It was our last long talk, and he told me a lot of things. He told me how pleased he was with his lot in life, and that his life was going to end with him being pleased to have made the most of his chance, and grateful he had that chance. He told me there were things he wished had turned out different, but nothing he had done, that he would have actually changed if given the chance. He was a laughing man, who was forever trying to lighten the mood in any given situation. He loved jokes, laughter, silly things, and his family. He asked me to tell everyone to not grieve any longer than they had to, because he wanted us to be happy and laughing just as soon as possible. He also asked that I make sure everyone knew how much he loved them. He loved his wife, his siblings, his daughters, his grandchildren. He kept telling me how lucky he considered himself, and wouldn’t agree with me when I told him we were the lucky ones. He told me how he still thought his wife was the most beautiful woman in the world, but that all his daughters and granddaughters came close, and that he thought his grandsons might be as handsome as he was. He told me he was so very proud of all of us. He may have been stubborn to a fault (at least all of us here come by it honestly), but a lesser man would have faltered in the face of what he faced in his life. But through it all, he did all that he could and more for his family, and loved of us each so much that the man I had never seen cry, started to when trying to describe how much he loved us. He said that we were his life, and that the only thing he was sad about was that he’d be leaving us, but that at least his life wasn’t wasted. I miss him. We miss him. We loved him, he loved us. Even as we are giving his ashes back to the land he poured so much of himself into, the land that gave him a challenge to keep fighting every day, he hasn’t really left us, as long as we remember his laughter, his hugs, his stubbornness and his love.

[Judith Anne]

Thanks so much for the beautiful and touching post.

Prayers for the consolation of your family, and for the repose of his soul in the loving arms of God Eternal.

[IrishRainy]

That was beautiful! He sounds like a wonderful man, and your family will be in my prayers.

[Jim Robinson]

I'm so sorry. You and your family are in our prayers.

[freeangel]

May God bless him and his family & friends.

[Pegita]

A tearful thank you, kschlenker, for the warm words about your beloved father ... his FReeper family joins you and your family in mourning his passing. May you be strengthened in the knowledge that parting is but momentary ... eternal reunion awaits.

Pegita

[Tribune7]

Prayer bump

[SpeakLittle_ThinkMuch]

May he rest in peace, and may you and your family be comforted in your loss.

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle Autumn rain.
When you wake in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush, of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starlight at night.
Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep.

Mary Frye (1932)

[PGalt]

Thanks very much for posting the glimpse of your father through your daughters life. Condolences to you, your mom, sisters (& husbands), grandkids and the rest of your dad's family and friends.

Life, love.

[bwteim]

Thank you for letting us have a glimpse of your dad and his rich life. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this difficult time. Your dad will live on through you and your sisters and others. And in time, you will see him again.

The link to your ranch is wonderful. I am copying the wreath below.

And a big Welcome to FreeRepublic!

[bwteim]

Please ping your list to a *genuine* insider ping from Freeper Solo's daughter and give a generous welcome to her and her family.

Please see her post
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1635030/posts?page=40#40
about her father who died a week ago today.

http://rancholaleonaeast.com.hosting.domaindirect.com/

Thanks.