Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Hi,
First off let me tell you how sorry I am to hear of your Fathers passing. I met him at the USS Adroit Reunion a couple years ago and was so taken in by his kindness. He will be missed by all of us and he will not be forgotten.
I would be honored to link your site from my sites.
I also am a HAM Radio operator W8MSO and knew your Father from that hobby.
If there is anything that I can do please let me know.
Please pass my condolences to your Mother and the rest of the Family.
God Bless your Father and your Family, these are hard times, but never forget and let your children and grandchildren know about your Father.
You may not be aware but we are in the process of bringing back one of the last MSO's to Miami as a museum ship. When that day happens we would be honored to have you and your family to be there.
Regards,
Rick Szpyrka NMSOA President
Rick Szpyrka
http://www.mso426.com/
http://www.NMSOA.org/
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Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
ronie-mooney-encs.us
To: Rick Szpyrka
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: My Father, Ronie Mooney
Dear Mr. Szpyrka,
Thank you sincerely, for the kind words about my father. The entire family is feeling the loss of Dad, he was a very special man. We will all miss him.
...and my gratitude if you will link to Dad's site. In the coming days and weeks, perhaps my Mama will feel more up to finding photos, and contributing thoughts about Dad's life... and we'll add more pages to the web site. Dad lived a very interesting life, so there is a lot that can be said about him.
Again, thank you,
Sharon Mooney
From: Rick Szpyrka
To: ronie-mooney-encs.us
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: My Father, Ronie Mooney
Hi Sharon,
Please call me Rick, we are all Brothers and Sisters that served on MSO's and one special thing about MSO Sailors and the Officers, we always used our first names, we are different because of the small crews and being on wooden ships, that made us very close as a family.
I have another link for you and that is our TAPs site and I have your Dad listed and there is a poem that follows the names of those listed and it still brings a tear to my eyes everytime I read it. The site is at:
http://www.minesweep.org/tsd.htm
Plus I can give you our main web site URL which is all MSO related, this is at:
http://www.minesweep.org/chainlocker.htm
Regards,
Rick
http://www.mso426.com/
USS Conflict MSO-426 1968-1970
http://www.NMSOA.org/
NMSOA
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Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
