Truly a sad day for everyone. My condolences to his family, friends, and workers.
Benjamin Young On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Vince Sabolik <[email protected]> wrote: > .... a good man. > > Our condolences, Ken. > > > Vince > > > > > At 10:09 AM 6/27/2013, you wrote: > >> Dear Forumites, >> >> It is with great sorrow that I bear the news that George L. Church, Jr. >> past away last evening after a 16 month battle with lung cancer. >> George was 58 years old. George leaves behind a wife Cathy, daughter >> Margaret (Meg) Ames, son-in law Dave Ames, his mother and four sisters. >> >> George's sprinkler career started in 1974 with Automatic Sprinkler >> Corporation of America (Philly) and in 1998 started Rowe Sprinkler with his >> wife Cathy. >> As many of you know, he was a fan of this forum and an huge advocate for >> the fire sprinkler industry. He served on several NFPA committees and >> valued the many friends he made along his journey. >> His humor, enthusiasm, and passion for the sprinkler business will be a >> great loss for all of us. >> >> I will post funeral arrangements here on the forum when they become >> available. >> >> But in true George Church fashion and as a tribute and continuation of >> his last forum post....I know he is licking (kicking) himself in a better >> place. >> (Sorry Mr. Muncy, but I know he wouldn't have passed this one up.) >> >> Wiping away tears as I hit the send button. >> >> Ken Holsopple >> Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. >> Vince Sabolik, West Tech Fire Protection, Inc. >> > 11351 Pearl Road / Strongsville, Ohio 44136 440 238-4800 Fax 440 > 238-4876 > ______________________________**______________________________**________ > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@lists.**firesprinkler.org<[email protected]> > http://lists.firesprinkler.**org/listinfo.cgi/** > sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.**org<http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org> > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
