Stu Kettle aka Steve Summers has passed away

Delmonico · January 12, 2015, 08:26:48 AM

His funeral will be Wednesday, January 14th at 1:30 PM MT (Mountain Time) in Grant, Ne at the Methodist Church the address is 500 Warren Avenue.

Texas Lawdog · January 12, 2015, 09:38:06 AM

Thanks for the info. I wish that I could be there.

Silent Joe · January 12, 2015, 12:57:45 PM

Prayers Up for Stu and his Family.

Gripmaker · January 12, 2015, 01:12:32 PM

Thank you all for the kind words and offers for the memorial. We should plan to do this up "right", not only for Steve but also for all fallen warriors of the past whether it was in combat, due to combat or just plain old age. They deserve it!

LTC Montgomery Little, Senior Chaplain, GAF

Drydock · January 13, 2015, 06:33:50 PM

I'll be bringing Trapdoors this year as well.

Charles Isaac · January 13, 2015, 08:54:45 PM

Prayers sent for Stu and family.

I was really looking forward to meeting him some time at a future muster.

Delmonico · January 13, 2015, 09:08:27 PM

Quote from: Charles Isaac on January 13, 2015, 08:54:45 PM
Prayers sent for Stu and family.

I was really looking forward to meeting him some time at a future muster.

You will, but hopefully just a more than planned, we will have the muster of all time in the future.

(Wonder what kind of firewood they have up there, remind me to see if Larry knows.)

pony express · January 13, 2015, 10:04:23 PM

Charles, I believe Stu was at the Muster you came to, it was also the first Muster for me. But he was shooting on the other squad, and since I didn't stay in the barracks, I never really got to know him until we started having the Musters on Jerry's farm.

Delmonico · January 13, 2015, 10:12:09 PM

No he didn't come till 2011, the second muster at Jerry's.

pony express · January 14, 2015, 06:22:08 AM

OK, I must be thinking of someone else. 2011 was the first time I made it up to Jerry's also.

Delmonico · January 15, 2015, 01:25:41 PM

Niederlander · January 15, 2015, 06:18:44 PM

I like the hat and scarf. That's exactly what I remember him wearing, especially the hat.

pony express · January 15, 2015, 07:04:17 PM

Quote from: Niederlander on January 15, 2015, 06:18:44 PM
I like the hat and scarf. That's exactly what I remember him wearing, especially the hat.

And usually a faded red shirt, and striped pants.

Niederlander · January 15, 2015, 08:24:27 PM

Yep!

Delmonico · January 15, 2015, 08:53:08 PM

This was the last picture in the slide show.

Pitspitr · January 19, 2015, 08:34:11 AM

Quote from: Delmonico on January 15, 2015, 08:53:08 PM
This was the last picture in the slide show.

I had to swallow really hard several times when that picture played.

I wish my last official duty as Department of the Missouri commander could have been a happier occasion. On the other hand, I was glad to be there, especially when the GAF was mentioned several times and about half of the slide show was of GAF Musters.

For those of you who didn't know Stu, he was one of those genuinely nice unassuming guys who made everyone around him feel special. Those of us who shot with him knew he was really good. What I didn't realize until the funeral was that he had shot with Tex, Judge Roy Bean, and Evil Roy.

pony express · January 19, 2015, 09:48:12 AM

Quote from: Pitspitr on January 19, 2015, 08:34:11 AM
Those of us who shot with him knew he was really good.

Stu was just the opposite of "Missing fast enough to win" He just walked through the course at his own pace, and usually won because he never missed!

Pitspitr · January 21, 2015, 06:26:07 AM

Just after the funeral.

Books OToole · January 21, 2015, 03:36:10 PM

Wow! Del cleans up pretty good.

Books

Niederlander · January 22, 2015, 05:39:00 PM

Well, he does work in a haberdashery of sorts!

Stu Kettle aka Steve Summers has passed away

Silent Joe