[Woodworkers] Roger, one of our woodworking colleagues...

[Joe Johns via Woodworkers]

...was moved into a hospice.  Prior to that Roger Turnbough had been rushed
to Silver Cross Hospital's ICU where for the next eight days he would lay
in a comatose state due to an interruption of oxygen to his brain.  Moving
him into hospice began his end of life journey.

For those of you who are regulars in our chat room on IRC then you already
know Roger.

And, there are some of regulars on this list who might have dropped into
our chat room for a bit and perhaps you got to visit with him.

There are fewer still who have met Roger; they've seen him, sat down with
him and chatted with him.

The list dwindles down to those damn few who were lucky enough to work with
and alongside of him:

Emmrys and TimV - visited his house.  Roger entertained with instruction on
the lathe

Beamer - went to Chicago and made the drive down to New Lenox, Illinois

Jerry, Brandon, Ben, Owen, Frank - worked with Roger during Frank's shop
build

Then there is the extremely rare and highly privileged person; the one who
got to live with AND work with Roger:

Joe Johns - for ten days I worked with and alongside of him during Frank's
shop build.  And each night we would retire to the camper where we would
continue building on our friendship; bullshitting about this, that and
everything in-between.  I learned from the first few seconds on that job
the character of this man.  Honorable, diligent...I don't believe there are
enough adjectives I could use.  I will miss my workmate, my bunk mate and
most definitely my friend.

I will be making an honor box - think of it not as an urn but as a Treasure
Box (thank you Emms for that suggestion).  A treasure box where those of
you who might have been touched by Roger, in whatever way, can send me to
be put into that box and I will send it his family.

Your treasures can be anything but try to keep them small - to give you
some ideas here are things I learned about Roger over the years.  He
enjoyed:

Fishing
Bar-b-Queing (he has the Big Green Egg and raved about it all the damn time)
Woodturning (his finese at the lathe can only be described as being
extraordinary - see the picture below)
He sang in a choir group (of which him and Diane were members.  Their choir
has been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall this coming November.  Yes,
that Carnegie Hall)
His family (wife, Diane, three sons, three daughter-in-laws, three
grandchildren and another on the way)
Food (I never seen a guy who could eat so much)
Professional Carpenter
Photography
Flowers
Movies and TV shows (he couldn't get enough of Game of Thrones)
Cartoons (he worshiped Bugs Bunny)
Games and challenges (think trivia and intellectual stuff)
Tool making (he made woodworking tools - squares and bow saws to name a
couple)
Turkey hunting (you oughta read his story about that event)

I'm sure the list goes on but for some reason my screen is getting blurry.

If you want to send me something to put into his Treasure Box my address is:

Twisted Knot Woodshop
51 Carlyle Lane
Ronan, MT. 59864

I would like to have received everything by May 15th so I can get some idea
how big to make the Treasure Box.

Below are pictures.  The first one is Roger on the left, grandson Adam and
his son Brian.  The second is one of his turned ornaments (I know Beamer
and I both have one of his masterpiece creations - there may be others here
blessed with one) but the picture isn't golden enough - you have to hold it
in your hand and inspect it with the same eye Roger used...the eye of love.

I will miss my friend.



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Joe,
The Twisted Knot Woodshop, "There's never been a classier joint"
Visit the Twisted Knot Woodshop - http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com
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