If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Purrs for an online friend now RB
Bob Pastorio, long time poster to rec.food.cooking (and several other groups
I never frequented) passed away this afternoon. He was diagnosed with liver cancer last year and vanished from the ng's around that time. His wife reported he lapsed into unconsciousness yesterday and never woke up again. This afternoon he simply slipped away. She thinks he was at peace and not in pain. He had a hospice care nurse in the house but they chose to keep him at home in his last months. He was surrounded by family (he has a 15 year old daughter) at the time of his passing. Purrs to ease his trip to the RB and purrs to ease the grief of his family would be appreciated. Thanks. Jill |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Purrs for an online friend now RB
On Apr 1, 7:30 pm, "jmcquown" wrote:
Bob Pastorio, long time poster to rec.food.cooking (and several other groups I never frequented) passed away this afternoon. He was diagnosed with liver cancer last year and vanished from the ng's around that time. His wife reported he lapsed into unconsciousness yesterday and never woke up again. This afternoon he simply slipped away. She thinks he was at peace and not in pain. He had a hospice care nurse in the house but they chose to keep him at home in his last months. He was surrounded by family (he has a 15 year old daughter) at the time of his passing. Purrs to ease his trip to the RB and purrs to ease the grief of his family would be appreciated. Thanks. Jill Poor Bob, and his poor family. A hard way to say farewell to the world. I hope his wife and daughter will find comfort, somehow for their grief. Melissa |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Purrs for an online friend now RB
On Apr 2, 12:08 am, "Shiral" wrote:
On Apr 1, 7:30 pm, "jmcquown" wrote: Bob Pastorio, long time poster to rec.food.cooking (and several other groups I never frequented) passed away this afternoon. He was diagnosed with liver cancer last year and vanished from the ng's around that time. His wife reported he lapsed into unconsciousness yesterday and never woke up again. This afternoon he simply slipped away. She thinks he was at peace and not in pain. He had a hospice care nurse in the house but they chose to keep him at home in his last months. He was surrounded by family (he has a 15 year old daughter) at the time of his passing. Purrs to ease his trip to the RB and purrs to ease the grief of his family would be appreciated. Thanks. Jill Poor Bob, and his poor family. A hard way to say farewell to the world. I hope his wife and daughter will find comfort, somehow for their grief. Melissa Always so hard. I have 2 friends now dealing with cancer. Fortunate that he had family with him, that cared for him, and that they had time to make plans and say goodbyes. A prayer in my heart for them. PatM |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Purrs for an online friend now RB
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... Bob Pastorio, long time poster to rec.food.cooking (and several other groups I never frequented) passed away this afternoon. He was diagnosed with liver cancer last year and vanished from the ng's around that time. His wife reported he lapsed into unconsciousness yesterday and never woke up again. This afternoon he simply slipped away. She thinks he was at peace and not in pain. He had a hospice care nurse in the house but they chose to keep him at home in his last months. He was surrounded by family (he has a 15 year old daughter) at the time of his passing. Purrs to ease his trip to the RB and purrs to ease the grief of his family would be appreciated. Thanks. This is what Rob and I want. Him to fall asleep at home and wake up in the next world. Purrs for his family and friends from all of us here. Pam S. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Purrs for an online friend now RB
On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 21:30:45 -0500, "jmcquown"
yodeled: Bob Pastorio, long time poster to rec.food.cooking (and several other groups I never frequented) passed away this afternoon. He was diagnosed with liver cancer last year and vanished from the ng's around that time. His wife reported he lapsed into unconsciousness yesterday and never woke up again. This afternoon he simply slipped away. She thinks he was at peace and not in pain. He had a hospice care nurse in the house but they chose to keep him at home in his last months. He was surrounded by family (he has a 15 year old daughter) at the time of his passing. Purrs to ease his trip to the RB and purrs to ease the grief of his family would be appreciated. Thanks. Jill Purrs for Bob and his family. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Purrs for an online friend now RB
Tanada wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... Bob Pastorio, long time poster to rec.food.cooking (and several other groups I never frequented) passed away this afternoon. He was diagnosed with liver cancer last year and vanished from the ng's around that time. His wife reported he lapsed into unconsciousness yesterday and never woke up again. This afternoon he simply slipped away. This is what Rob and I want. Him to fall asleep at home and wake up in the next world. Purrs for his family and friends from all of us here. It's so sad to think of losing Rob. I feel like I know him. But yes, this is the best possible way to go if you must. Please know you have all the purrs Persia, the rumble-bug! and I (I'm a Leo) are able to rev up for all of you. Jill |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Purrs for an online friend now RB
Plenty of purrs and prayers are on the way for him and his family and
friends! I can empathize with feeling real loss when misfortune strikes people we meet online; April 1 was the first anniversary of the passing of someone who founded an active website for Philadelphia sports fans. Some of us were fortunate enough to meet him face to face over the years. When he succumbed to lympoma at age 32 last year, there were a LOT of tears shed. by a lot of people. I tip my cap to the good people who've left us too soon, be they online friends or known to us face-to-face. Our lives were made better for our having known them. Donna, Captain, and Stanley |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Purrs for an online friend now RB
jmcquown wrote:
Bob Pastorio, long time poster to rec.food.cooking (and several other groups I never frequented) passed away this afternoon. Jill Obit: Born in New Brunswick, N.J., Bob graduated with a degree in English from Rutgers University. During the first half of his life, he briefly supported himself as a musician (playing guitar with the Chad Mitchell Trio, among other gigs,) he worked as a professional photographer, he earned an MBA and visited or lived in about 60 countries while an international marketing manager for Westinghouse. He left the corporate world in the 1970s, and after professional training, ran his own and others' restaurants, ranging from fast food to white-tablecloth operations offering international cuisine as well as resorts and country clubs. He also wrote more than 1,500 articles, some of which were picked up by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, the New York Times Syndicate and slick, full-color national and regional magazines like USAir and The Virginian. He wrote seven entries in the new Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America. Both of Bob's WSVA Harrisonburg radio programs, one call-in and one scripted, centered around food, cooking and culinary wisdom and foolishness. He made periodic appearances on commercial and PBS television stations, taught cooking classes at various schools and universities and catered private occasions for the last 20 years. He had a long-time love of bonsai and treated his trees like artwork. His lifelong desire was to be one of the first tourists on the moon. Bob is survived by wife, Carol Thomas; daughters, Robin Pastorio-Newman and Carin Rencher, both of New Jersey; and Carla Pastorio of Swoope; a son James Pastorio of Los Angeles; six grandchildren; a sister, Gloria Bernard, also of New Jersey; and friends around the world who filled the last weeks of his life with joy and laughter. |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Purrs for an online friend now RB
jmcquown wrote:
Bob Pastorio, long time poster to rec.food.cooking (and several other groups I never frequented) passed away this afternoon. He was diagnosed with liver cancer last year and vanished from the ng's around that time. His wife reported he lapsed into unconsciousness yesterday and never woke up again. This afternoon he simply slipped away. She thinks he was at peace and not in pain. He had a hospice care nurse in the house but they chose to keep him at home in his last months. He was surrounded by family (he has a 15 year old daughter) at the time of his passing. Purrs to ease his trip to the RB and purrs to ease the grief of his family would be appreciated. Thanks. Jill Lots and lots of purrs, Polonca and Soncek |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Purrs for a friend | Marina | Cat anecdotes | 0 | January 14th 06 04:29 AM |
Purrs for a friend | Irulan | Cat anecdotes | 0 | January 14th 06 02:26 AM |
Purrs for a friend and her cat (RB) :o( | Gabey8 | Cat anecdotes | 19 | March 10th 05 10:23 AM |
RB purrs for a friend | Victor Martinez | Cat anecdotes | 44 | November 23rd 04 01:18 AM |