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RIMMINGTON
RIMON
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RIMMER o@ca.on.grey_county.artemesia.flesherton.the_flesherton_advance 2006-02-08 published
RAWLINGS,
Millie
Millie RAWLINGS passed away in Owen Sound hospital on Sunday
January 15, 2006 aged 72, after a lengthy illness. Born Mary
Mildred Bethea July 25, 1933 near Maxwell, the youngest daughter
of Len and May
(BENNINGTON)
DUCKETT and resided all her life
in the Maxwell area.
On August 28, 1954 she married Murry
RAWLINGS at the home of
her parents. As a bride and groom they settled on the farm where
they now reside. Born to them were two sons, Paul and Glenn and
made a home for Pat who was like a daughter to them.
Millie was an honourary member of the Osprey Women's Institute
having being a life member first with the Maxwell branch and
later with Osprey.
Surviving are her husband of 51 years, two sons, Paul and his
wife Sharon of Newmarket, Glenn and Liza of Portlaw and Pat and
Mike MARSDEN of Feversham; grandchildren Jennifer and Matthew
RAWLINGS, Cody
RAWLINGS, Andrea
WENSLEY, Clayton
KALBFLEISCH
one sister Violet
RAWLINGS.
She was predeceased by a sister Reta
(MILLS)
ALSEY and in-laws Joe
RAWLINGS, Harold and Margaret
RAWLINGS.
Surviving also are sister-in-law Ethel
TRACEY,
Elgin and Dawn
RAWLINGS and Jim
ALSEY.
The funeral was held at the Fawcett Funeral Home, Flesherton
on Wednesday afternoon January 18, 2006 at 1 p.m. Mrs. Norma
GODBOLD officiated. Cremation followed with later interment in
Maxwell Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Cody
RAWLINGS, Matthew
RAWLINGS, Clayton
KALBFLEISCH,
Wayne WRIGHT,
Norman
MILLS and Doug
RIMMER. Flowerbearers were
Jennifer RAWLINGS, Sharon
RAWLINGS, Lisa
WENSLEY and Pat
RAWLINGS.
Following the service a fellowship time with Osprey Museum serving
refreshments at the Maxwell Community Centre was held.
Relatives and Friends present were June and Jim
RICH of Verplanck
New York Bob and Hazel
GILBANK of Hampton, Doug
RIMMER of Rusty
Cove, Prince Edward Island as well from Brampton, Shelburne,
Collingwood, Stayner and surrounding communities.
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RIMMER o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2006-04-10 published
RIMMER,
Eric
Suddenly on April 7, 2006 at Norfolk General Hospital, Simcoe
surrounded by his loving wife Joan and cherished daughter Lee
and her husband Matt
CREARY of Cayuga. Beloved grandfather of
Alexandra and Erica. Dear son-in-law of Doreen
RADCLIFFE of Owen
Sound.
Eric will be sadly missed by his brother Frank
RIMMER
and his wife
Marg▼ of Owen Sound, Archie
RIMMER and Glenda of
Owen
Sound, sister Vera
WELLS of Owen Sound, sisters-in-law Linda
RADCLIFFE, and Mary
GRAHAM and her husband Doug of Owen Sound.
Predeceased by his twin sons, father-in-law Harry
RADCLIFFE,
brother Gordon
RIMMER, sister Annie
FISHER and her husband Murray,
and brothers-in-law Doug
RADCLIFFE and Gilpen
WELLS.
Also survived
by several nieces and nephews. The family will receive Friends
to share their memories of Eric at The Baldock Funeral Home 96 Norfold
St. N., Simcoe on Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. and
on Wednesday
from 12: 00 noon until 1:00 p.m. Funeral Service to celebrate
Mr. RIMMER's life will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday,
April 12, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m. Reverend Bob
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON officiating.
Cremation to follow with interment at Oakwood Cemetery at a later
date. Following the funeral Service a reception will be held
at the Army and Navy, Simcoe. Donations in memory of Eric to the
Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Norfolk General Hospital Building
Fund would be appreciated by the family. Baldock's 519-426-0291
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RIMMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-01-25 published
COLLINS,
Orvil
John
At London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Campus on Sunday,
January 22, 2006 Orvil John
COLLINS of London in his 90th year.
Beloved husband of Norma Jamesina
COLLINS
(McINTYRE) for 62 years.
Loving father of Gordon (Shirley)
DORCHESTER,
Victor
(Ellie)
of Toronto, Jeanine
BUSS
(Syd
FLOYD) of London and Denise
CRNICH
(Joe) of Brampton. Predeceased by daughter Velma
LYNNETTE, 1948.
Dear grandfather of Kirby (Gillian), Jeff (Liz) all of Burlington,
Scott, and Sara
GRAHAM
(Jonathon) all of Toronto. Loving great-grandfather
of Nya, daughter of Jeff and Liz. Survived by brother Ralph (Kay),
and 3 sisters, Mary
STONE
(George,)
Marie
SMITH (Charles) and
Lenora JOHNSON
(John,) many nieces and nephews. Brother-in-law
of Mary RIMMER,
Sadie
LOCKHART, Jean
SHEPPARD and Martin (Laine)
McINTYRE.
Predeceased by his parents, and brothers Milburn, Bryce,
Ercel and James. Friends will be received on Wednesday, February
1st from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Westview Funeral Chapel, 709
Wonderland Road N., London, where the funeral service will be
conducted by Reverend Howard
IRELAND on Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
at 11: 00 a.m. Interment to follow at Putnam Cemetery. Special
thanks to the London Health Sciences Centre A.C.E. unit staff.
As expressions of sympathy, donations to London Health Sciences
Centre Foundation A.C.E. unit or B.C.M. International (Canada)
Inc., 685 Main Street East, Hamilton, L8M 1K4 would be appreciated.
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RIMMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-07-12 published
WILLERT,
Joyce
Doreen (née
AIKENHEAD)
Peacefully, at her residence, on Tuesday, July 11, 2006, Joyce
Doreen (AIKENHEAD)
WILLERT, of Hensall, in her 80th year. Beloved
wife of the late Harold
WILLERT (1985.) Dear mother of Barb and
Roy OESCH of Clinton, Richard and Susan
WILLERT of Hensall, Pat
WILLERT and John
LANTZ of Saint Marys, Jerry and Joanne
WILLERT
of Hensall, Sharon and Earle
ROSE of Stratford, Darlene
GERBER
and Rick RICHARDSON of Stratford, Bernice
PETRIE of Stratford,
Ervine and Ansberth
WILLERT of Hensall, Barry
WILLERT and Kerri
GINGERICH of Zurich and Peggy
WILLERT of Hensall. Loving grandmother
of 23 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Sadly missed
by a special family friend Jim
COOPER. Dear sister and sister-in-law
of Elizabeth
FOSTER, Amy and Richard (Bud)
HUNT, Jim and Eunice
AIKENHEAD,
Stew and Olive
BROADFOOT, Freda
AIKENHEAD and Beatrice
RICHARDSON.
Also survived by many nieces, nephews, great nieces
and great-nephews. Predeceased by her parents Jack and Reta
(HARRISON)
AIKENHEAD, one son-in-law Wayne
PETRIE, one grand_son Doug
RIMMER,
brother Bill
AIKENHEAD, sister-in-law Pearl
KOEHLER and her husband
Bruce and brothers-in-law Stan
COLLINS and Ross
RICHARDSON.
Visitation
in the J.M. McBeath Funeral Home, 49 Goshen St. N., Zurich on
Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be conducted
on Thursday, July 13, 2006 at 11 a.m. in Saint Peter's Lutheran
Church,
Zurich.
Pastor Ann
KRUEGER officiating. Interment Saint Peter's
Lutheran Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the
Canadian Cancer Society, St. Elizabeth Health Care Foundation
or Saint Peter's Lutheran Church. Condolences may be forwarded
to www.jmmcbeathfuneralhome.com A tree will be planted as a living
memorial to Joyce
WILLERT.
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RIMMER o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-12-16 published
LOCKHART,
Sarah
Elizabeth
(McINTYRE)
Peacefully at Chelsey Park Nursing Home, London, Ontario on Thursday,
December 14, 2006, Sarah Elizabeth
(McINTYRE)
LOCKHART, formerly
of East Williams Township. Beloved wife of the late Wellington
LOCKHART (1987.) Loving mother of Lawrence and Linda
LOCKHART
of Bayfield, Frank and Lorraine
TURPIN of Owen Sound, Ernie and
Joyce SCHLEGEL of Strathroy, Ron
LOCKHART and Terri
TERNOY of
London and Wes
LOCKHART of Corunna. Cherished grandmother of
Lori and Bill
FINCH,
Mark and Lisa
LOCKHART, Aaron
TURPIN and
Tanya COUSINS, Alicia
TURPIN, Kim
SCHLEGEL and Dave
ELLIOT/ELLIOTT,
Jeff and Krista
SCHLEGEL,
Derek
SCHLEGEL and Karen
HARLTON and
Justin LOCKHART. Dear great-grandmother of Mitchell and Logan
FINCH;
Tyler,
Mya and Brycen
LOCKHART. Sadly missed by sisters
Mary RIMMER, Jean
SHEPPARD, Norma
COLLINS, brother Martin
McINTYRE
and sisters-in-law Laine
McINTYRE,
Freida
LOCKHART, Alma
GENTTNER
and Betty LOCKHART.
Pre-deceased by son Robert and brother John.
Cremation has taken place. No funeral home visitation. Private
family service will be held with interment at Nairn Cemetery.
Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada or the
Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated. T. Stephenson and
son Funeral Home entrusted with arrangements. 519-293-3331. A tree
will be planted in memory of Mrs. Sarah
LOCKHART.
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RIMMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-14 published
RIMMER,
Marjorie▲
Ann (née
ASHTON) (1921-2006)
Peacefully, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, surrounded by family
members, on Tuesday, January 10, 2006, in her 85th year. Beloved
wife of William
RIMMER for 60 years. Loving mother of Jacqueline
(Mrs. Keith
CLARKSON) of New Jersey, Jeff (Pam) of Newmarket,
Natalie
(Mrs.
Chris
HEMPSTEAD) of Courtice, and Greg of Erin.
Devoted grandmother to Elaine, Sharon, Jeffrey, Kent, Eric, Elizabeth,
and all her granddogs. Dear sister of Ralph (Louise)
ASHTON and
family of Powell River, British Columbia. Marjorie was known
for her exemplary work with volunteer organizations including
the Boy Scouts of Canada, Nursing Veteran at Canadian Forces
Base Borden World War 2, hospital auxiliaries in Mississauga
and Cambridge (Past President Cambridge Memorial Hospital Auxiliary)
and Children with Disabilities. A special thanks to the doctors
and medical staff from the Cambridge Memorial Hospital Medical
Day Care and Oncology Department. Our sincere gratitude to the
Community Care Access Centre of Waterloo Region and especially
to Abby, Ruth and Gladys. A Celebration of Marjorie's life will
be held at Trinity Anglican Church, 12 Blair Road, Cambridge,
on Monday, January 16, 2006 at 1: 30 p.m., The Reverend Dr. D.V.
MacDONALD
officiating. Interment later St. Peter's Anglican Church Cemetery,
Maple Lake. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Cambridge
Memorial Hospital Foundation, Oncology Medical Day Care, 700
Coronation Boulevard, Cambridge, Ontario N1R 3G2 would be appreciated
by the family. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the
Haliburton Community Funeral Home, Haliburton, Ontario, 705-457-9209.
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RIMMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-09 published
RIMMER,
Ralph
(April 18, 1915-March 8, 2006)
Resident of Pickering Village from 1950 to 1972. Retired employee
of the University of Toronto, Athletic Dept. in 1980. Ralph was
an avid Squash player and coach of inter-collegiate and intramural
teams at the University of Toronto and after retirement an instructor
in the Whitby and Oshawa areas. In his 91st year, peacefully
at Hillsdale Seniors Home, Oshawa on March 8, 2006. Predeceased
by his parents William and Isabella
RIMMER, his wife of 36 years
Lillian (GROVES,) his sister Florence
CHRISTIE
(Bill,) his daughter
Joyce WATSON and son-in-law Reg
WATSON of Newcastle. Survived
by his loving wife Joyce, his sons Bill of Peterborough, Rick
(Jane) of Oshawa, his brothers Bill of Cambridge and Gord (Jane)
of Seaforth, step-daughters Margot
McKINLAY
(Mike) of Oshawa,
Heather MUDD
(Graeme) of Calgary and Adrienne
STRONACH of Owen
Sound. Sadly missed by 19 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren
and 3 great-great-grandchildren. Family and Friends will be received
at the McEachnie Funeral Home, 28 Old Kingston Rd., Ajax on Friday,
March 10, 2006 from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, March 11 from 12
noon to 1 p.m. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, March
11, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m. at the McEachnie Funeral Home. Memorial
donations to the Alzheimer Society would be appreciated and may
be made through the McEachnie Funeral Home.
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RIMMINGTON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-04-14 published
TILFORD,
Gordon
E.
Of Saint Thomas, on Wednesday, April 12, 2006, at the Saint Thomas-Elgin
General Hospital, after a courgeous battle, surrounded by his
loving family, in his 78th year. Dearly loved husband of Audrey
(LOCKHART)
TILFORD and the late Barbara
(PROWSE)
TILFORD. Loved
father of Janice and her husband Gregory
MORRIS of Saint Thomas,
D. Craig TILFORD and his partner Sharon
OLMSTEAD of Caledonia
and William E.
TILFORD and his wife
Marion
CUNNINGHAM of British
Columbia and Glenys and her husband John
ROSE of Massachusetts.
Dear step-father of Aaron and his wife
Kristi
HENOP of Hamilton
and Kimberley Ann
HENOP and her fiancé Gary
SWICK of Stoney Creek.
Predeceased by a sister Elsie
RIMMINGTON.
Much loved grandfather
of Ian, Collin, Duncan, Nyssa, Emily, Aiden and Brande. Great-grandfather
of Collin. Gord was born in Woodstock on July 21, 1928, the son
of the late Edward and Mabel
(ROBERTSON)
TILFORD. He owned and
operated Ashton-Tilford Insurance. He was Past President of the
Saint Thomas Golf and Country Club, a former member of the Saint Thomas
Curling Club, Past President of the Saint Thomas Kiwanis Club (1972),
Past Lieutenant Governor of E.C. and
C. Kiwanis International.
Resting at Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas
until Monday morning and then to Saint Mark's United Church where
funeral service will be held at 11: 00 a.m. Cremation to follow,
with his ashes to be interred in Union Cemetery. Visitation Saturday
from 7-9 and Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Remembrances may be
made to Kiwanis Foundation or to the Saint Thomas-Elgin General
Hospital Foundation.
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RIMON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-03-01 published
RYMAN,
Sydney
Passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at the age
of 85 at North York General Hospital. Beloved husband of Bella,
devoted father of Rhonda Ryman
KANE
(Jack,)
Arthur
(Robyn,) and
Rickey COSTRELL
(Robert.)
Also survived by sister May
APPLEBAUM
(Max,) brother David
ROSENBERG, grandchildren Rachel and Emma
RYMAN and Sarah and Ben
COSTRELL, loving nieces and nephews,
brother-in-law Al
WISE, and, in Israel, sister-in-law Clara
RIMON.
Graveside funeral Thursday, March 2, 2006, Stashover-Slipia section
of Dawes Road Cemetery. Call Steeles Memorial Chapel 905-881-6003
for time. Shiva at 10 Newbury Lane. Evening services only. Memorial
donations may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association.
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RIMSTEAD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-11 published
John BARRY, 74: Wine, women and a hint of danger
Tavern owner was the life of the party
But he also kept a gun under his pillow
By Catherine
DUNPHY,
Obituary
Writer
There are so many stories about John
BARRY that you think they
all can't be true. And maybe they aren't, but they could be --
and that, in the end, is the whole point of knowing somebody
like him.
His life was the stuff of movies -- the slick, finger-snapping
movies of the past, where the drinks flowed and the smoke from
the ever-present cigarettes rose, Bogey style, in smooth concentric
circles from the corner of the mouth. The women were broads,
showpieces in tight skirts and tighter angora sweaters; the men
sat at their regular tables, doing deals, not all of them legal,
as the sax player wailed.
But this was no celluloid romp with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin,
Sammy Davis, Jr. and the rest of the rat-pack reprobates. This
was all happening in Toronto, at John Duck's Tavern, an Etobicoke
watering hole by the lake since 1866, when ex-British soldier
John DUCK opened an inn for stagecoach traffic.
After BARRY bought the place in 1963, it became a clubhouse for
men who, like
BARRY, preferred to sit with their backs to the
wall. Bikers came there; so did off-duty cops. There were days
the parking lot was filled with cars bearing Michigan licence
plates, belonging to the men in thousand-dollar suits up from
Detroit for business meetings in
BARRY's upstairs office.
Aulden GELDART was the John Duck bouncer and club manager for
16 years. At 6-foot-2 and 250 pounds, he had the bulk and chops
to be able to evict a whole posse of Vagabond bikers from the
place. But he said he hated that his boss often packed a gun.
"John always carried a semi-automatic, always in the back of
his belt, and when he went to bed at night it was under his pillow,"
he said.
For safety,
BARRY had underground parking for his Caddy; he also
had a pair of dogs -- variously described as Doberman, American
bull terrier or Bouvier, but big dogs, at least 150 pounds each,
GELDART said -- that cost him $1,200 each. Most remember one
called Boomer.
There were always whispers
BARRY might have been a made man,
a wise guy, even a hit man.
GELDART said there were plenty of
Toronto cops "after"
BARRY, but his ex-boss was too smart for
them. Former police chief William
McCORMACK was a homicide investigator
in those days and he said he'd remember if
BARRY were involved
in anything illegal. He doesn't, so it's likely
BARRY wasn't.
"I always thought that talk was a lot of bulls -- -," said Rory
ROBERTSON, who tended bar between 1969 and 1972. "But John knew
a lot of people and I used to think some of them were rounders."
The only thing that most of his Friends and customers cared about
was that BARRY -- who died November 12 at the age of 74 -- was
a charming guy, a fun guy, the ultimate party guy.
He was a regular at Bardi's Steak House downtown. After hours,
he and his boys would take over a private room at Gatsby's on
Church St. Every night, it was red wine, and rum and Coke. Every
night, it was steak, rare, with a side order of mushrooms. Every
night, no one else ever got to pick up the cheque. Maybe that's
why someone dubbed him "the old guy," but he liked it and the
moniker stuck, even though he was only seven years older than
ROBERTSON.
With his wife May and three children safely stashed away in Brampton,
BARRY lived upstairs at John Duck's, also the scene of many a
party.
"It was a typical bachelor pad," said his daughter Shandra
BARRY.
"Black leather. Red carpet. Party Central. It was his private
club. The joke was that if the apartment door was locked, you
don't knock, you don't interrupt the party going on inside."
Women loved him -- not just because he was movie-star handsome
and charming and had that glint in his eye, but also because
he was a lover who listened as if they were the only person in
the world.
The man was charismatic, a great host who transformed the Humber
House -- the name of the tavern when
BARRY bought it -- into
a modern-day legend, the watering hole of celebrities, including
CFRB's long-time morning man, Wally
CROUTER, country musician
Gordie Tapp and the star athletes of the day. The Argos were
regulars; so was coach Leo Cahill and three Miami Dolphins players
he lured north to a new football league he tried to start, a
couple of boxing champs and some Leafs.
The place was known for its Saturday jazz. "If you weren't inside
by noon, you couldn't get a seat,"
ROBERTSON said. The late and
hard-living Toronto Sun columnist, Paul
RIMSTEAD, often sat at
the drums; Diamond Lil from the Skyline Hotel would belt out
the songs.
One day
ROBERTSON noticed three guys coming in the door who turned
out to be members of The Drifters, of Under the Boardwalk fame,
and they did a turn at the mike.
"I don't know how much John knew about music, but he liked the
way we talked, acted and the atmosphere we created. He liked
fun. He wanted to be around, laughing and scratching, baby,"
said Bruce
JAMES, who used to play the sax on those Saturday
afternoons.
BARRY was born into one of the leading families of Sudbury; his
father was in real estate and politics, made and lost three fortunes
and died a very wealthy man, according to Jonquil
FURSE,
BARRY's
sister. When
BARRY was about 10 years old, he decided he didn't
like attending Scollard Hall, a private school in North Bay,
so he hired a taxi to take him home to Sudbury. His father paid
the bill.
"John was very electric,"
FURSE said. "He was a chameleon, into
everything, then off."
He was also her favourite brother, who took her fiancé, George
FURSE, aside the day they were to be married in a very haute
Westmount ceremony and told the astonished groom that if he ever
laid a hand on his favourite baby sister, he'd "bust me up bad."
"He was very Runyonesque," George
FURSE said, recalling how
BARRY
then pulled out a massive roll of money -- "I'd never seen that
before except in the movies" -- and counted out four $100 bills
from the top. "This oughta help you on the honeymoon," he barked.
"He was playing the part," his sister insisted.
After short stints in Sudbury as a miner and owner-operator of
a gas station,
BARRY hit the States, where his family believes
he worked as a boxing promoter and a front man booking gigs for
black singers and groups.
Later he owned a Mimico film studio, a limousine company and
the company that booked all of the big acts into the Canadian
National Exhibition's Grandstand shows.
His daughter Shandra said she remembers being driven in one of
her father's limos to meet The Monkees backstage; other acts
he brought to Toronto included Sonny and Cher, Red Skelton, Bob
Hope, The Jackson Five, The Osmonds and Johnny Cash.
BARRY never stopped making deals. For awhile he owned a gold
mine in British Columbia and a company called Iomech Ltd., and
held patents for various water purification systems. Every Sunday,
when he would drive to Brampton to see his family, he'd take
them out for a drive to look at the latest country estate or
property he was going to move them to.
"My mother just laughed. Every week it was a new place, a new
deal," Shandra said. "He was the wildest ride in the amusement
park."
All three children came to work at John Duck's after their mother
died in 1979, and Shandra and her brother Jon were there March
5, 1988, when the party ended and
BARRY closed the doors for
the last time.
"He had it for 25 years; it was a huge part of his life," she
said. "It was like a death in the family."
BARRY subsequently lived in several lofts around town, cutting
out smoking and cutting down his drinking in later years, but
he was diagnosed with esophagal cancer about a year ago. He didn't
want people to know he was sick, and when he was hospitalized
he didn't want people to visit him. Many did anyway.
His family is erecting a gravestone with the words "The Old Guy"
and his favourite saying: "When I was here, I was here."
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