<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462207794374_2972" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462207794374_4168">2/3 yrs. ago I found Rogers live cam I watched him work his magic on the lathe quite a few times before I entered the chat so I could ask him more questions than a 2 yr. old. He was always very gracious and answered all my inane questions. I learned a great deal from him in the short time I knew him I soon found out what a quick wit and a great sense of humor he has. When he was making his ornaments I watched his live cam I found the skill and efficiency of his process fascinating. He posted some pictures of his ornaments on the chat I commented how beautiful I thought they all were and told him which one I thought was the best. A week or so later I get a package on my porch from Roger you quested it, it was the ornament that I thought was the pick of the litter, what a generous guy. We hardly knew each other had never met and, I felt like he was my friend. We did share the fact that we were both union carpenters and had fun with each other about that. I envy those of you that was able to spend time with him in his shop, what a treat that must have been. I watched the video of Franks shop I wish I could have been there to help you guys it looked like a good time(there must be something wrong with me </span><img src="https://s.yimg.com/ok/u/assets/img/emoticons/emo2.gif" alt="*:( sad" title="*:( sad" class="yahoo-ignore-inline-image" data-id="5a8b3837-8cb5-24b8-3e01-cf270b7584d5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462207794374_8118">) any way I'm very sorry to hear about his worsening condition I will miss him.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462207794374_2972" dir="ltr"> higtron(Dave Higgins) </div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, May 2, 2016 8:37 AM, Joe Johns via Woodworkers <woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv8392077675"><div dir="ltr"><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">...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.</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">For those of you who are regulars in our chat room on IRC then you already know Roger.</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">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.</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">There are fewer still who have met Roger; they've seen him, sat down with him and chatted with him.</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">The list dwindles down to those damn few who were lucky enough to work with and alongside of him:</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Emmrys and TimV - visited his house. Roger entertained with instruction on the lathe</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Beamer - went to Chicago and made the drive down to New Lenox, Illinois</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Jerry, Brandon, Ben, Owen, Frank - worked with Roger during Frank's shop build</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Then there is the extremely rare and highly privileged person; the one who got to live with AND work with Roger:</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">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.</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">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.</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">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:</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Fishing</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Bar-b-Queing (he has the Big Green Egg and raved about it all the damn time)</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Woodturning (his finese at the lathe can only be described as being extraordinary - see the picture below)</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">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)</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">His family (wife, Diane, three sons, three daughter-in-laws, three grandchildren and another on the way)</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Food (I never seen a guy who could eat so much)</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Professional Carpenter</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Photography</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Flowers</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Movies and TV shows (he couldn't get enough of Game of Thrones)</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Cartoons (he worshiped Bugs Bunny)</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Games and challenges (think trivia and intellectual stuff)</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Tool making (he made woodworking tools - squares and bow saws to name a couple)</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Turkey hunting (you oughta read his story about that event)</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">I'm sure the list goes on but for some reason my screen is getting blurry.</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">If you want to send me something to put into his Treasure Box my address is:</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Twisted Knot Woodshop</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">51 Carlyle Lane</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Ronan, MT. 59864</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">I would like to have received everything by May 15th so I can get some idea how big to make the Treasure Box.</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">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.</div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">I will miss my friend. </div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><img src="cid:Oc1xyyxINCdCvtgLLdjb" width="480" height="478"></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br></div><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><img src="cid:4GQnbM9pZpZx7ElhPKfq" width="438" height="322"><br><br> </div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="yiv8392077675gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Joe,<br></div><div>The Twisted Knot Woodshop, "There's never been a classier joint"</div><div>Visit the Twisted Knot Woodshop - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com/">http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com</a></div></div></div>
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