I would also like to extend my condolences to his family and close friends. I am another member who, when I needed help, received it very kindly from Gunslinger. He was very kind to me during that incident and I appreciated it very much. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.

A good friend of mine sent this to me...

"For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?

And what is to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.

And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.

And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance."

Kahlil Gibran

http://www.c-n.com/news/backstories.pl?paper=22&id=812440

Larry E. Worth Jr, 62, retired police sergeant

Published in the Courier News on September 19, 2003

SOMERVILLE -- Larry E. Worth Jr., 62, died suddenly Tuesday (Sept. 16, 2003) at his residence in Somerville.

He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was formerly of Bound Brook before moving to Somerville more than 40 years ago. Larry was a retired sergeant for the Bridgewater Police Department for more than 20 years where he was chief of detectives.

Larry graduated from Rutgers University with a BS degree. He was a veteran of the Air Force during the Korean War, where he received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star with a `V' for Valor, Purple Heart and four Army Air Medal awards.

He was a mason of Solomon's Lodge in Somerville, a member of the A.O.H. of Somerset County, Aircraft Owners and Polots Association, American Order of Pilots, retired secretary of the state and Local PBA 174. Larry was an avid reader and especially enjoyed working with computers and riding his motor cycle and will be sadly missed by his family and friends.

Surviving are his daughter Kelly Sepelak, son Michael Lawrence, fiancee Eileen Blanchfield and a granddaughter Sydney Ann.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at the Bruce C. VanArsdale Funeral Home, 101 N. Gaston Ave., Somerville. Cremation will be private.

Memorial contributions in his name may be made to Bridgewater PBA No. 174, P.O. Box 6174, Bridgewater, NJ 08807.


from the Courier News

Published on September 19, 2003

Such very sad news.

Gunslinger was one of the very first people I met at this site--and he was certainly one of the reasons I became involved with getting these Forums up and running. His contributions were invaluable and his guiding hand was always mature and sure and firm. He could always be counted on for sensible thoughtful advice and an encouraging word. As long as these Forums remain, I think that GS will always be here with us in memory.

Kelly, please accept my deepest sympathies. Your father was a warm, witty, intelligent friend. I shall miss him. He really managed to touch lives all over the globe with his contributions at FT. He was a very special guy.

May GS rest in peace. I have not said anything outside of a private forum, but I feel it's necessary to do so. Such a private man who never let on how distinguished he really was! Excellent nature. He will be missed, but we will go on in his memory. RIP.

Gun's memorial service was very nice. I had the opportunity to meet Eileen and Kelly, and both are very sweet people.

I learned at the service that Gun had graduated in 1977 from Rutger's University with a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice; and that he was honorably discharged from the Air Force in 1964. He worked for the Pinkerton Detective agency for quite a few years, and he was the sergeant in charge of the detectives of the Bridgewater Police Department.

Looking at the pictures of Gun, I saw that he was a very, very handsome man.

It's hard to believe that a man of this caliber has passed on...may he always rest in peace.

Thanks for that, DN, I am so glad we were represented at the service. He would have been glad. I am grateful to you for that.

That was very nice Lisa. I am glad that you went and I am sure his family did as well

I am sure Gun's family was pleased to see FT represented at his service. Thanks

Eileen asked that this be posted in the forums. I agree that she's a very sweet lady, and my heart goes out to her, Kelly and the rest of Gun's family.

Quote:

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Hello all,

I am Eileen, Larry's fiance. I would like to thank everyone for their nice
thoughts and postings on Larry's passing. I know he thought of many of you as
friends.

He was a special man who could guide you when he thought it was needed or just
let you run with it when he thought that was needed, as well.

He knew when to leave well enough alone.

I'm sorry I don't have much more to add.

Thank you for your nice thoughts and thank you Dakota North and Junior the Jaws
for taking the time to come to the memorial service today. Thank you for Linda1
for the beautiful flowers as well.

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I've been away for the last few weeks and didn't find out until Heather was kind enough to tell me this morning. I was shocked and very saddened to hear this news. There's really very little I can add to the beautiful sentiments expressed here; no profound poems leap to mind, nor do any particularly telling anecdotes. All I can say is that he was one of the first people at FunTrivia who I met; he was the one who gave me a slot as an editor, who believed in me, who was a mentor to me and to every other editor on the roster today. I knew a wise and fair man and I know that we will all miss him.

My thoughts and prayers go out to you, Kelly and Eileen, and to the rest of your family. Thank you so much for coming by and allowing us to extend our sympathies.

I’d like to echo the sentiments already expressed and send my condolences to the Worth family.

This Was Really Sad News To Me. Heartfelt Sympathies To Gunslinger's Family and world of friends. My past experience within Funtrivia and the honor to know him and learn from him if only in "CyberSpace" has never been forgotten. A Good man indeed.

TexasJoe An Ol' Adversary in "Challenges" A while back,

TJ, it is good to see you here. Gun would have been glad to see you. XX

Joe, good to see you. Thanks for stopping in to see us, and say goodbye to my dad.

Kelly, I hope you will continue to stop by and visit with us.

I am shocked and saddened to have just learned of Gunslinger's passing. He was always very helpful and made a point of letting me know his cyber door was always open for any reason big or small.

My heartfelt condolences go out to Kelly, Eileen, Michael, friends and other family members. He will be sorely missed.

Gunslinger's passing is a sad occasion. My condolences go out to his family. He was able to help me when I first started FunTrivia in Quizzyland about 3 1/2 years ago. He will live on at FunTrivia because of all the contributions he made to the site.

His words at the top of the page in the controversial issues threads often moderated[and still do] my posts and perhaps my debating in the "real world".I didn`t communicate with the gentleman but shall remember and try to adhere to his wise words whenever I discuss something with anyone.

Today's the one month anniversary. I still miss him terribly.

Hello all,

I am Gunslingers fiancee. I would like to thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers for Larry. He thought of all of you as family. He used to say, "I've got to check and see what's going on on FT." I realize that some of you may not think that sounded like he thought of you as family but for him to check on FT as often as he did - he was checking on his "children".

This past month has been an interesting one. I got laid off from one job, the next Monday started another one which two weeks later got laid off from; then a week later started the job I work at presently. Through all of this, I know Larry was watching me because I couldn't have survived this without having an angel with me.

An angel was what Larry was and now is. I, like you, know he could be hard and unbending when something was not going the way it "should". Through it all, the one thing you could always count on was his support!

I would like to thank EVERYONE for their support and help and good thoughts and beautiful memories of the man I love.

I miss him terribly, too Linda!

Eileen

Hello Eileen. Larry's death has hit us all but obviously none as hard as you and his family. You can see what we thought of him, a really wonderful man. He will, as you say, be watching over you, have strength Eileen and take care.

Sue

I would like to thank Dakota North and Junior the Jaws (I don't know their "real" names) for making such an effort to come to his service. I know he, like Kelly and I were, would have been sincerely touched by the effort.

I feel like you are all part of my family and I have a rather large family to begin with.

Linda and George thank you for your help in getting in to read all of the posts. I would like to come back and just be with his "family" every once in a while.

Eileen

Thank you Sue. He was a special man indeed. It really did and still does affect me.

Eileen

Eileen,
Please feel free to visit here anytime you like. You are "Family" too.
PF

Eileen, I'm very happy to "see" you in the forums. I feel very bad that I didn't meet Gun when I had the chance. Around this time last year, Gun asked me to meet him and I had to respectfully decline as I was having car problems (car went and I haven't gotten a new one). I only wish I would have met him then, as I'll never have the chance to now.

Just wanted to take a second and point out the link at the top of the main page for the forums. Terry put up a memorial for my dad, and I sent him some pictures.

In Memory of Gunslinger

Eileen, you finally were able to get in. I'm so glad! And, I'm glad that this thread was one of your first stops. I was hoping you'd have a chance to check in here and am pleased that the work George and I did worked on your account.

I do hope you join us frequently. I know everyone would love the chance to get to know Gun's fiancee. And, please share any stories with us that you might have about him.

Eileen,

Thank you so much for joining FT. We welcome you to share with us what was so much a part of Gun's life.

Exit10

Eileen, thank you for dropping in and sharing some stories about GS .. and thank you to Silver Moonsong for supplying the pics. The PD photo is especially apt, as that is how I visualised him - he kept all of us in line including, once or twice, the webmaster himself. He had an undeniable presence. We often joked about who'd win Powerball and pay the other a visit, but it wasn't meant to be.

I've taken the liberty of copying Terry's link, at the top of the Main Page, and placing it with the list of mods at the foot of the page, and the list of editors in the Quizzyland Forum.