[AT] Dave Rotigel

[k7jdj at aol.com]

: "Life is good."

Now we know the punchline.  I was afraid this was his parting message to ATIS in true Dave style. I will miss his contribution to the List.

Gary

Renton, WA

 His last post caught me a little off guard and I was
fully expecting a punchline to follow it shortly. His contributions will be
missed.



-----Original Message-----
From: Mogrits <mogrits at gmail.com>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wed, Nov 8, 2017 10:12 am
Subject: Re: [AT] Dave Rotigel

This is sad news. His last post caught me a little off guard and I was
fully expecting a punchline to follow it shortly. His contributions will be
missed.

Warren Smith

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Grant Brians <sales at heirloom-organic.com>
wrote:

> It is always sad when someone we know passes. Yet at the same time
> release from the cares of this world is often welcome too. That word
> Cancer is a clue there to all of us.
>       I want the comment on your comments as well, Spencer. Your
> comment, "We saw eye to eye on nearly nothing yet I always looked
> forward to seeing him and I considered him a friend.",
>
> speaks to something I have been thinking a lot about. If we cannot have
> friendships and acquaintances who fit in that category, then how do we make
> sure we learn as much as we can? Also how do we ever have the opportunity
> to live life to the fullest? Or find out that someone with a different view
> can enhance our understanding or persuade someone who we think is just
> plain wrong about something to open up their understanding? I know I am
> thankful that my church's Christian faith life encourages questioning and
> learning rather than blind adherence to someone's interpretation of the
> scriptures. This informs how I approach life in general.
>
> I have always enjoyed those opportunities to learn. I will admit I never
> would have guessed him to be a PhD and a Professor, but now that I know
> it I can see him being just like my very,very good friend the crotchety
> talk radio host - provocative, a buddy, a friend and also frustrating.
> In short someone to be at a party with at least to the point that his
> whiskey runs out! Notice I said HIS whiskey as I don't drink hard liquor
> because I don't care for it, lol.... I think the list will lose both an
> agent provocateur and an interesting character. All the best for his
> family and we will miss him too.
>
>        Grant Brians - Hollister,California farmer
>
> On 11/8/2017 7:50 AM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> > I need to relay some sad news:  Dave Rotigel, a long time SEL and AT
> list member (one of the original) and very ardent supporter of ATIS in
> general, passed away Monday from cancer.  He was 79.
> >
> > Many of you know Dave Rotigel from the engine and tractor shows -
> particularly Portland.  Even those of you that don't know him personally;
> you know him from the posts he made here on AT and SEL.  Always shocking,
> always irreverent, Dave was nonetheless smart, funny, dependable, honest,
> and insightful.  We saw eye to eye on nearly nothing yet I always looked
> forward to seeing him and I considered him a friend.  His engines and
> tractors were always some of the best examples of restoration and his big
> Galloway engine is nearly legendary. I envied his knowledge and abilities
> and I wish I had half his competence and acumen.  He was an integral part
> of the "Great West Virginia and Pennsylvania Oil Field Engine Hunt" - the
> one where I found my 25HP Ball oilfield engine - and was a big part of the
> later excavator extraction of said engine.   He helped me get it running
> and was instrumental in that restoration's success.
> >
> > His last post to this list, just a few weeks ago was:  "Life is good."
> >
> > Indeed Dave.  Thanks for the memories.
> >
> > His wife passed along his obituary and I include it below; I think it
> was published this morning and you can probably catch it online too.
>  Brice will be making the announcement to the engine list and will
> formulate a group/ATIS plan for flowers or a donation.  No instructions are
> In the obituary but we are reaching out to a close friend of his to see if
> there is anything the family would prefer.
> >
> > My condolences to his hundreds of other friends on both lists.
> >
> >
> > Spencer Yost
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dr. David Emery Rotigel, 79, of Bonita Springs, Fla., formerly of
> Greensburg, Pa. and Indiana, Pa., died Monday, November 6, 2017.  He was
> born November 10, 1937, in Detroit, Mich., son of the late Joseph and Fern
> M. Emery Rotigel.
> >
> > He was married to Jennifer Vickers Rotigel of Greensburg PA on November
> 14th, 1981, and they had 36 wonderful years together that included raising
> 6 children. Dave enjoyed living in the country and was an avid gardener,
> house builder, hunter, woodworker, and lover of all things mechanical.
> >
> > Dave received his doctoral degree in Philosophy of Education from the
> University of Illinois. He served as a professor for 39 years, first at the
> University of Indiana and subsequently at Indiana University of
> Pennsylvania. He was chair of the Foundations of Education Department and
> Coordinator of the Langley/IUP Urban Teaching Center in Pittsburgh, PA. He
> was an active professional and made many presentations and published many
> professional articles. Dave was a gifted educator and enjoyed mentoring
> novice teachers.
> >
> > Dave was a loving husband and father who was very involved with his
> children and their activities. He served as Packmaster of Cub Scout Troup
> 212 in Delmont for a number of years and coached his sons' dek hockey and
> baseball teams. He was also active in the Pennsylvania Association for
> Gifted Education.
> >
> > An active member of the Fort Allen Antique Farm Equipment Association,
> he enjoyed repairing and restoring antique farm equipment, especially Hit
> and Miss Engines. He loved attending engine shows all over the country and
> showing his many engines and tractors. Dave was widely sought for his
> expertise and experience and was instrumental in several large projects to
> preserve the historical nature of the equipment he loved. Dave was
> internationally known and kept in touch with his engine friends around the
> world.
> >
> > He is survived by his wife, Jennifer Vickers Rotigel of Bonita Springs,
> Fl.; children: Seely Emery (Tammy) Rotigel of Kalamazoo, Mich., David John
> (Misty) Rotigel, of York, Pa., Todd Michael (Tina O'Hara) Rotigel, of Mt.
> Pulaski, Ill., Pedro Martin (Marisa) Bidegaray, of Miami, Fla., Daniel
> Leslie (Brigid) Rotigel, of Bonita Springs, Fla., and Michael Steven
> Rotigel, of N. Fort Myers, Fla.; a granddaughter, Sydney Rotigel-Finegan,
> and a grandson, Pedro Julian Bidegaray.
> >
> > Family and friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday,
> November 10th at BARNHART FUNERAL HOME, 505 E. Pittsburgh St., Greensburg,
> Pa.  A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the funeral
> home.  Entombment with full military honors accorded by the VFW Post 33,
> will follow at St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.  For online condolences,
> visit BarnhartFuneralHome.com.
> >
> >
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