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(erielack) Some thoughts on Ray Baxter
- Subject: (erielack) Some thoughts on Ray Baxter
- From: "MDelvec952_@_aol.com"
- Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 23:18:48 EDT
This came from one of the fellows who worked with Ray on the Water Gap
station project. It is forwarded with permission.
....Mike
In a message dated 9/10/00 9:16:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
"richreese_@_fast.net" writes:
>
> We (R&LHS) were all aware of the seriousness of Ray's illness. At our
> chapter
> annual picnic in June, his letter of resignation from two postitions, VP
> Operations and newsletter editor was read. In it he revealed the nature of
> his illness, cancer on the left kidney, and made the statement that "it was
> usually fatal". He had been feeling poorly since the first heat wave of
> spring and had spent five days in the hospital under the diagnosis of heat
> exhaustion. I called him after that meeting and in the course of our
> conversation, he revealed that he would be undergoing surgery. But that
> never happened as they couldn't get his blood to clot properly. In
> hindsight that was probably because the cancer was advanced too far. My
> last phone call to him was the Thursday before he died, and like those from
> most of his friends, he didn't want to talk and didn't want them to call
> back saying that he would call them.
> Over Labor Day weekend, his daughter left me a message that "it was
only
> a matter of time" . I found out about his death at the regular work
session
> at the
> station on Saturday morning.
> Among his unfinished work were investigating whether the American
> Architect's library in Washington, DC, had plans for the Delaware Water Gap
> station, a possible donation of an operating train order board for the
> station, historic site status and possible transfer of the Stroudsburg
> Interlocking tower to the Monroe County Historical Society, where it could
> finally receive proper funding for its care and preservation. Now we must
> soldier on, without his experience, contacts and knowledge to guide us.
>
>
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