[Steam-engine] Richard Rorvig Memorial Service

[Jeff Detwiler]

I, too, was extremely blessed to have spent many hours over the last 5 years listening to Richard weave stories of the old days, of all things steam and agriculture, in his norwegian brogue that could only be Richard. I loved to get his blood to churning about different subjects that he was passionate about(read CASE)  We were at his house last year during Rollag and he was as fit and feeling sharp as he had been in several years.  I snapped a picture of he, my mentor Chady Atteberry, and Helen Case....little did i know that it would be the last pic I would ever get of him.

I'm man enough to say I shed many a tear when Chady called me last December to break the news.  I am now working on a story for the Album of some of his more notorious antics and restorations....when he told us of re-building the big 45 Minnie you were right there in the story....

Savor every second you have with the wiser, gifted gentlemen around us...

Jeff 


Oklahoma Steam Threshers
Board Member




--- steam.boat at verizon.net wrote:

From: "Francis Orr" <steam.boat at verizon.net>
To: "Steam-engine mailing list" <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Subject: [Steam-engine] Richard Rorvig Memorial Service
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 09:47:55 -0700

Some few of you will know or have heard of Richard Rorvig of Rothsay, Mn. He
was very active in the Mn. Steam Engine Assn. working hard to initiate and
control legislation affecting the steam hobby. He was also a very effective
writter on the subject. Richard passed away in Arizona just before
Christmas. On 5 May, some 200 people braved 65 mph winds and torrential
rains to attend a memorial service for him in the Nelson Building at the
Rollag show grounds. A friend of Richard's for 37 years, I want to thank
those of you who were able to make the service in that weather. The hobby
will feel the loss of Richard Rorvig.
Francis A. Orr


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