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Thread: Farewell, Uncle Pete
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
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Our dear friend, Uncle Pete, passed away peacefully in hospital this afternoon in the arms of members of his family.
I will miss this determinedly independent man who first visited several years ago and has been a firm friend both online and in real life.
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Miss you, Erin.
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Bishops Finger
Shipmate
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![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
RIPARIG.
Thanks, Smudgie, for keeping us posted.
{{Smudgie + Pete's family}}
{{Wodders}}
IJ
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Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. (Wilkie Collins)
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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RIP, Uncle Pete.
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~Tortuf
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Melangell
Shipmate
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I met Uncle Pete a couple of times (thanks to Smudgie), and followed his Indian adventures in particular, with great interest. He will be much missed aboard Ship and IRL. Prayers ascending.
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Gwnewch y pethau bychein (Dewi Sant)
Do the little things (Saint David)
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Japes
Shipmate
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May Uncle Pete rest in peace and rise in glory.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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god dammit. dammit dammit. ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
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"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Auntie Doris
Screen Goddess
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Oh my. I hadn't expected to see this today. I hadn't seen him for many years but he was always so delightful.
May be rest in peace, and rise in glory
Auntie Doris x
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sabine
Shipmate
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I never met Uncle Pete IRL, but the sense of community is so strong here that I feel as though I had met him.
He will be missed by so many.
sabine
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"Hunger looks like the man that hunger is killing." Eduardo Galeano
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Jack the Lass
Ship's airhead
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Vale, Uncle Pete - enjoy your heavenly reunion with deuce2.
I'm glad to have met Pete at the Edinburgh meet on his way home from India a few years ago, and will miss him on fb and here on the Ship.
Prayers for his family and friends, especially WW May he rest in peace, and rise in glory.
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"My body is a temple - it's big and doesn't move." (Jo Brand)
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St. Gwladys
Shipmate
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"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
From "New York Girls", Steeleye Span, Commoners Crown (Voiced by Peter Sellers)
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Ultracrepidarian
Shipmate
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May Pete rest in peace and rise in glory.
My prayers and condolences also for Pete's family and friends and the many, many people who will be feeling this loss so deeply. Pete was an amazing human being who will be sorely missed.
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Yangtze
Shipmate
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I too met him a couple of times when he passed through London. And valued highly his contributions here. He was a stalwart. I’m still processing it all.
Farewell Uncle Pete. You left my world a better place for having known you.
May you rest in peace and rise in glory.
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ThunderBunk
Stone cold idiot
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So very sad.
for the Ship, all who sail in her and those particularly affected by the loss of a clearly beloved shipmate.
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Currently mostly furious, and occasionally foolish. Normal service may resume eventually. Or it may not. And remember children, "feiern ist wichtig".
Foolish, potentially deranged witterings
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Rowen
Shipmate
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He sees God face to face and is welcomed home, to our loss
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"May I live this day… compassionate of heart" (John O’Donoghue)...
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jacobsen
seeker
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Amen.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Graven Image
Shipmate
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I did not know Uncle Pete except on the ship, but many a time his posts brightened my day. I will miss him and send my prayers to all who knew him in real life.
May he rest in a heaven which does not put up it's Christmas decorations to early.
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Rossweisse
High Church Valkyrie
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I have been fearing the arrival of this subject line. Thank you, Smudgie.
I knew Uncle Pete only on the Ship, but I felt as though I knew him IRL. He was a dear, dear man.
May he rest in peace and rise in glory; and may all who love him find comfort.
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I'm not dead yet.
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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"We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and decent are worth it."--Pope Francis, Laudato Si'
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Leorning Cniht
Shipmate
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I never met Uncle Pete, but he was one of the posters here whose posts I most looked forward to. They were always imbued with kindness and humour. I will miss reading his words.
Uncle Pete
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Sarasa
Shipmate
# 12271
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Oh no, what sad news. Uncle Pete was someone whose posts I always enjoyed reading, and someone I was lucky to meet a couple of times when he was on his travels.
Rest in peace, you will be missed.
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Ferijen
Shipmate
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Oh Uncle Pete.
And thinking particularly of a certain Indian household tonight
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Sandemaniac
Shipmate
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Shit.
Coherent words fail me.
AG
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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I’m so sorry to learn this.Pete was a character I’ll never forget.
May he rest in peace.
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"Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple."
— Woody Guthrie
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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Thank you Smudgie for passing this on. I count Pete as a friend online and in real life. I will miss him greatly.
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Celtic Knotweed
Shipmate
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Oh no. Never met him in person, but I'll miss reading his posts on the Ship.
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
# 2716
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Just to reassure people, I had a long chat with Welease Woderwick today to share the news. He is OK.
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Miss you, Erin.
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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Back to my blog
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Sandemaniac
Shipmate
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Slightly more coherently, we have just raised a glass to absent friends.
AG
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"It becomes soon pleasantly apparent that change-ringing is by no means merely an excuse for beer" Charles Dickens gets it wrong, 1869
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Leaf
Shipmate
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Thank you, Smudgie, for all your care for Pete.
I spent a day with Pete IRL. Picked him up after church, and thereafter spent the day driving him around and playing impromptu tour guide, at his request. This was somewhat challenging because, in addition to using a wheelchair, he was deaf as a post and required MUCH SHOUTING for communication. He was also an intelligent, charming, sharp, sympathetic, and funny companion, and an intrepid traveller. I liked him and I'm glad I got to meet him.
Sending my condolences and love to Wodders & HWMBO, and to Pete's family.
May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
# 36
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I remember great times with him in the Wightmeets. A lovely guy with a wicked sense of humour.
May he rest in peace and rise in glory
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"May you get to heaven before the devil knows you're dead" - Irish blessing
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iGeek
Number of the Feast
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The last time I saw him was the first time we'd met - at Woderick's place in Kerala in 2011. I was down from Bengaluru for the weekend - Palm Sunday if memory serves. We bundled ourselves into the jeep and went to a Catholic church nearby for the service - the chair was no barrier to getting around. Bless his memory and comfort to those who grieve.
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Huia
Shipmate
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Pete came to Christchurch and managed to fit his visit between two major earthquakes. I was glad to see him, but sorry it was at a time when the city wasn't very accessible.
Huia ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
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Barnabas62
Shipmate
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Farewell, Uncle Pete. Rest in peace and rise in glory. With much affection and memories of some special PMs
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Who is it that you seek? How then shall we live? How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
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Nicolemr
Shipmate
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So sorry to hear this. I never met him in real life, but I'm another who felt I got to know him through the ship Prayers for his family, for WW, and all other shippies who knew him.
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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quote:
Originally posted by Huia:
Pete came to Christchurch and managed to fit his visit between two major earthquakes. I was glad to see him, but sorry it was at a time when the city wasn't very accessible.
Huia
Yes Huia, seven years ago this week. Just before I moved in here. Typical Sydney February heat and humidity.
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daisydaisy
Shipmate
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Farewell Pete, wise, witty kind Pete. I'll miss you.
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marsupial.
Shipmate
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RIP.
I remember meeting Pete at least once IRL at an Ottawa shipmeet back when we were living there.
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Piglet
Islander
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Another here who didn't know him in Real Life, but always appreciated his posts here and on Facebook. I always admired his bravery and determination, in travelling half-way round the world each year to spend his winters in India.
When he retired as an All Saints hosts, I felt more honoured than I can tell you when I was asked to be his replacement - great metaphorical shoes to be filled by this little piglet.
Holding his soul and his family and friends, especially WW, Himself, Herself and the twins, in my prayers.
Rest eternal grant unto him, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon him.
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
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Ann
Curious
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I am another one who never met Uncle Pete but looked forward to his posts. He sounded a good man who lived life to the full despite his disadvantages.
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mousethief
Ship's Thieving Rodent
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May his memory be eternal.
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Ultracrepidarian
Shipmate
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I've been sitting thinking about Uncle Pete a lot over the last hour or so. I really barely knew him - I met him a couple of times in real life, and interacted a little on the ship (not much in recent years where I've been much less active).
And yet.
He's always been one of those people who glues this community together. I've always been aware of him as a presence in the ship community; a real friend to all of us here, especially those in need of a friend. Even at some remove, I could see what a difference Pete made to the lives of people I know and love, and I can only begin to imagine the positive effect that he's had on the lives of so many others.
God grant us all the spirit, the courage, and the warm-heartedness to be anything like Pete.
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Brenda Clough
Shipmate
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Sad to hear this.
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rexory
Shipmate
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Very thankful to have met Pete here in Perth some years ago.
RIP & RIG.
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Our first words on getting to heaven will be "Ohhh!", with an air of "Now I understand!" - CS Lewis, via Philip Yancey, "What Good is God", 2010
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Be it as it may: Wesley J will stay. --- Euthanasia, that sounds good. An alpine neutral neighbourhood. Then back to Britain, all dressed in wood. Things were gonna get worse. (John Cooper Clarke)
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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Sorry to hear this news. Pete was one of the shipmates I always thought I'd love to meet.
RIP, friend.
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lily pad
Shipmate
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Not really ready to believe this is true. I will miss you, Pete. You were a steady presence in this place and I loved hearing from you.
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Sloppiness is not caring. Fussiness is caring about the wrong things. With thanks to Adeodatus!
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