Goodbye Dave

**james** · 11-07-2002

We were going to add this forum later, but it is appropriate to go ahead with this now. Sorry to kick it off on a somber note, but it's important and if we can use the forum for some good, then we are all for it.

Our friend Dave Gowman is very sick.

Dave has lived in Playa for about 5 years now. It's a nice place to hang out in between treatments for his CF. We want Dave to be able to hang out some more.

I'll post some more about Dave tomorrow when I feel up to it a little more.

I just got a phone call from DJ down at La Ranita. DJ has taken emergency leave from work to stay down here to help out. They have raised 22,000 pesos today already.

If you would like to help, you can do so by the following button. We promise to get 100% of it to Dave. Thanks. Like I mentioned, we will post more on this tomorrow.
Learn about CF here.

Michael · 11-08-2002

Be not inhospitable to strangers................................

Perhaps you have benefited from the advice on this forum? Can you offer a donation for Dave?

I have heard so many good things about Mr. Gowman. I have not yet been lucky enough to meet him. Please help.

Follow the link above.

**james** · 11-08-2002

Our very good friend Dave left us this morning at 7:27 local time.

Thanks to everyone that helped us out in thoughts, prayers and donations.

We all feel a little bit shattered today.

Becky · 11-08-2002

James, I am so sorry for your loss. I thought about Dave a lot last night and this morning, and said many, many prayers for him since the time you posted the first message. I feel certain that he was well taken care of and is now in very good hands.

My thoughts and prayers are with you as you grieve the loss of your friend. You have my deepest sympathies.

Becky

Peggy Sue · 11-08-2002

We lucky ones who were fortunate enough to spend so many good times with Dave are brokenhearted that we've lost our friend. Still, I know that his remarkable spirit remains with everyone who knew and cared about him. I also like to imagine that he's embarked on a new expedition ... the best one yet, I hope, where he'll have no physical limitations and nothing but amazing and fascinating adventures.

I find Henry Van Dyke's "Parable of Immortality" a comforting way to think of that final journey:

"I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength, and I stand and watch until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says, “There she goes!”

Gone where? Gone from my sight ... that is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of destination. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says, “There she goes!” there are other eyes watching her coming and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, “Here she comes!”

I bet there were lots of glad shouts for Dave. And I, for one, like to think about him waiting to greet me someday.

Love to all .... ps

11-08-2002

Sorry to hear about your friend Dave.
I sounds like his spirit will linger in Playa for long time.

Peace,
Cris.

Michael · 11-09-2002

To the family and friends that surrounded Mr. Dave Gowman,

Please accept our deepest most heartfelt condolences. Even though we were not lucky enough to meet Dave, we will never forget his name and all of the great qualities attributed to him by the friends that knew him well.

- Michael and Rosa Holmes.

Vero · 11-10-2002

My deepest symphaty.... I got to know Dave only, this last summer... but I found out he must be a very special person... Truly, I´ll miss him
// Veronica Alinder /Sweden

11-10-2002

Dear Friends, especially DJ if you by any chanse read this... I am heartbroken to hear that Dave has left us. I will truly miss him. I lived in Playa for a couple of years, actually I just moved back home this fall.. DJ if you read this, please send me your mail adress, I´d love to hear from you. You and Dave are always on my mind.
(lisalipinska@hotmail.com)
Yours truly, with Love
Lisa

**james** · 11-11-2002

Just a few shots of Dave. Most of them are him hanging out. He was pretty good at that.

We still have hospital bills if you can help. Thanks.

Debra · 11-11-2002

James,
Our thoughts of deepest sympathty are with you in the loss of your friend. I hope that the memories of your good times together will help you through this time of sadness.
Roger and Debra

**denisea** · 11-11-2002

To all Dave's family and friends,

Please accept our deepest sympathy. May beautiful memories of Dave live in your heart forever.

Denise & Keith Adams

11-12-2002

I will miss you for ever Dave.... :cry: You made my every day.

See you later.. you know where!

Thomas
La rana

Munichchick · 11-13-2002

To Dave's Family and Friends!

We are so sorry about your loss. We are sending our deepest sympathy.

Andi & Dean from California

djcmo · 11-14-2002

Sorry to hear about Dave. From the tributes I've read above and from the pictures, looks as though he was a very interesting and fun guy to know. It friends like that that are the toughest to replace. My condolences to you, Anna, all his friends and family; the fortunate ones who got to know him at all.

DJ

11-07-2002	#1 (permalink)
james beach geek admin Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: 10 year Playa resident lost in Kullavik, Sweden Posts: 9,557	Goodbye Dave We were going to add this forum later, but it is appropriate to go ahead with this now. Sorry to kick it off on a somber note, but it's important and if we can use the forum for some good, then we are all for it. Our friend Dave Gowman is very sick. Dave has lived in Playa for about 5 years now. It's a nice place to hang out in between treatments for his CF. We want Dave to be able to hang out some more. I'll post some more about Dave tomorrow when I feel up to it a little more. I just got a phone call from DJ down at La Ranita. DJ has taken emergency leave from work to stay down here to help out. They have raised 22,000 pesos today already. If you would like to help, you can do so by the following button. We promise to get 100% of it to Dave. Thanks. Like I mentioned, we will post more on this tomorrow. Learn about CF here. __________________ My lovely house is for sale Get your own signature countdown image! Thanks for taking the time to read the announcement!

11-08-2002	#2 (permalink)
Michael añejo Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Silicon Valley, California Posts: 4,162	Can you help Dave? Be not inhospitable to strangers................................ Perhaps you have benefited from the advice on this forum? Can you offer a donation for Dave? I have heard so many good things about Mr. Gowman. I have not yet been lucky enough to meet him. Please help. Follow the link above.

11-08-2002	#3 (permalink)
james beach geek admin Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: 10 year Playa resident lost in Kullavik, Sweden Posts: 9,557	Our very good friend Dave left us this morning at 7:27 local time. Thanks to everyone that helped us out in thoughts, prayers and donations. We all feel a little bit shattered today. __________________ My lovely house is for sale Get your own signature countdown image! Thanks for taking the time to read the announcement!

11-08-2002	#5 (permalink)
Peggy Sue way into it Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 194	Thoughts about our friend Dave We lucky ones who were fortunate enough to spend so many good times with Dave are brokenhearted that we've lost our friend. Still, I know that his remarkable spirit remains with everyone who knew and cared about him. I also like to imagine that he's embarked on a new expedition ... the best one yet, I hope, where he'll have no physical limitations and nothing but amazing and fascinating adventures. I find Henry Van Dyke's "Parable of Immortality" a comforting way to think of that final journey: "I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength, and I stand and watch until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says, “There she goes!” Gone where? Gone from my sight ... that is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of destination. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says, “There she goes!” there are other eyes watching her coming and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, “Here she comes!” I bet there were lots of glad shouts for Dave. And I, for one, like to think about him waiting to greet me someday. Love to all .... ps

11-08-2002	#6 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	Thinking of your loss... Sorry to hear about your friend Dave. I sounds like his spirit will linger in Playa for long time. Peace, Cris.

11-08-2002	#4 (permalink)
Becky reposado Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 1,085	James, I am so sorry for your loss. I thought about Dave a lot last night and this morning, and said many, many prayers for him since the time you posted the first message. I feel certain that he was well taken care of and is now in very good hands. My thoughts and prayers are with you as you grieve the loss of your friend. You have my deepest sympathies. Becky

11-09-2002	#7 (permalink)
Michael añejo Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Silicon Valley, California Posts: 4,162	Mr. Dave Gowman To the family and friends that surrounded Mr. Dave Gowman, Please accept our deepest most heartfelt condolences. Even though we were not lucky enough to meet Dave, we will never forget his name and all of the great qualities attributed to him by the friends that knew him well. - Michael and Rosa Holmes.

11-10-2002	#8 (permalink)
Vero lost on fifth Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sweden/ Suecia Posts: 20	Dave My deepest symphaty.... I got to know Dave only, this last summer... but I found out he must be a very special person... Truly, I´ll miss him // Veronica Alinder /Sweden

11-10-2002	#9 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	Playa spirit Dear Friends, especially DJ if you by any chanse read this... I am heartbroken to hear that Dave has left us. I will truly miss him. I lived in Playa for a couple of years, actually I just moved back home this fall.. DJ if you read this, please send me your mail adress, I´d love to hear from you. You and Dave are always on my mind. (lisalipinska@hotmail.com) Yours truly, with Love Lisa

11-11-2002	#11 (permalink)
Debra lost on fifth Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 17	James, Our thoughts of deepest sympathty are with you in the loss of your friend. I hope that the memories of your good times together will help you through this time of sadness. Roger and Debra

11-11-2002	#12 (permalink)
denisea Forum Goddess Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: On the road to ruins... Posts: 7,025	To all Dave's family and friends, Please accept our deepest sympathy. May beautiful memories of Dave live in your heart forever. Denise & Keith Adams

11-12-2002	#13 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	I will miss you for ever Dave.... :cry: You made my every day. See you later.. you know where! Thomas La rana

11-13-2002	#14 (permalink)
Munichchick life=playa Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Corona, California Posts: 855	To Dave's Family and Friends! We are so sorry about your loss. We are sending our deepest sympathy. Andi & Dean from California

11-14-2002	#15 (permalink)
djcmo way into it Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 226	Sorry to hear about Dave. From the tributes I've read above and from the pictures, looks as though he was a very interesting and fun guy to know. It friends like that that are the toughest to replace. My condolences to you, Anna, all his friends and family; the fortunate ones who got to know him at all. DJ

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