RIP Kev

I found this news out last night and I am floored. Kev was a pillar of good spirit and never seemed to get knocked down. Anytime life would throw something his way, he'd clap back and soldier on like nothing happened. His humor was crass, brilliant, and always drew a laugh. I did not know Kev outside of the world of message boards and a few occasional conversations on FB, but he will be sorely, sorely missed.
RIP Kev. You will be thought about often, spoken in tales of humor and good spirits, and your name and antics will be brought up in times when we need to think about brighter memories to hopefully bring our own spirits up. A legend for those who knew him.
 
Thanks Jimmy, I had not seen this. Kev, I really did not know first hand, but was blessed to have a few jolly exchanges with him. THe last was when I posted about building my son an amp for Christmas and Kev asked if he could be adopted. Razor sharp wit, and extremely kind. Very sad
 
Ghostman said:
I found this news out last night and I am floored. Kev was a pillar of good spirit and never seemed to get knocked down. Anytime life would throw something his way, he'd clap back and soldier on like nothing happened. His humor was crass, brilliant, and always drew a laugh. I did not know Kev outside of the world of message boards and a few occasional conversations on FB, but he will be sorely, sorely missed.
RIP Kev. You will be thought about often, spoken in tales of humor and good spirits, and your name and antics will be brought up in times when we need to think about brighter memories to hopefully bring our own spirits up. A legend for those who knew him.
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Well said
 
Kev said:
Hi, this is Kevin's wife. I received a message of condolence from Steve from the guys on here that Kevin was friends with and would just like to say thank you. I have been reading the messages about him above and the kind words have been comforting, it's clear he was held in high regard, thank you. I hope through your interactions with Kevin that you got a true sense of the person he was, warm, generous, a natural born comedian with a razor sharp wit. He was also utterly fearless, almost to the point of recklessness at times which made being his wife a position not for the faint-hearted. He was the biggest pain in my butt but most of all he was my husband and i loved him dearly. It was a cruel twist of fate for him to pull through a horrific accident, that even the doctors said he shouldn't have, only for his heart to fail him but if courage and sheer pig-headed determination dictated your life span he would have outlived us all. Thank you, Elaine.
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Elaine we are all truly sorry for your loss as it is ours as well. We hope you and your family find some solace in how we all loved Kev. A true gentleman, absolutely hilarious and with warrior spirit. I will never forget his interesting tales from what must have been a fearsome job etc.
A super good mate, wish more of us could have met him.
Take care of each other.
Geoff
 
Anyone remember when Kev stayed up all night for every game of the world series (cleveland v chicago)? he didn't know a damn thing about baseball at the start but as tje games went on and we explained the rules to him in real time, he really enjoyed it. He would have had to enjoy it...the games had to start at 1 or 2 am his time and he watched all of then in their entirity with us. He was rooting for the "wee red guys" lol.

remember?
 
4STICKS said:
Anyone remember when Kev stayed up all night for every game of the world series (cleveland v chicago)? he didn't know a damn thing about baseball at the start but as tje games went on and we explained the rules to him in real time, he really enjoyed it. He would have had to enjoy it...the games had to start at 1 or 2 am his time and he watched all of then in their entirity with us. He was rooting for the "wee red guys" lol.

remember?
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Oh gosh, yeah! That was fun.

Random memories keep popping into my head.

Don't mention the war!!!
 
Thank you all again, for both the personal messages and for the posts about Kevin. Reading them has been bittersweet but very much appreciated. As much as I'd like to reply individually I don't think I'd manage to get through it so I'll just say it here, thank you all so very much. It appears you really knew him because I recognise the guy in your posts and descriptions. The stories sound exactly like him. Allow me to share mine, when I first met Kevin he was walking definition of the "loveable rogue" . He wasn't bad just cheeky and mischievous. He saw the world in his own particular way which was usually positive. One of you commented that when life threw something at him he soldiered on, that is very true. He dealt with things in his own way, took it on the chin and never got beat down. He was always upbeat, sometimes annoyingly so and had the envious knack of being able to breeze through life and enjoy it. He had a serious side though, he didn't suffer fools and had a deep hatred for injustice. That combined with the fearless aspect to his nature led to a few confrontations over the years and when Kevin thought he was in the right he would not back down regardless of consequences. One example happened when we were standing in a Burger King when around 6 ot 7 guys came in and cut in front of him, he got in their faces to explain in his own special way that they were making a mistake. When I confronted him about it afterwards his reply was "if I was going to hospital, at least one of them would be in the next bed". His job was also a constant sources of anxiety for me but i knew he loved it and would never ask him to change. For 20 years I waved him off with a pit in my stomach which stayed there until he got back. Then came the day I got the call and the rest as you know is history. I'm convinced his make up and stubbornness to submit is what saved him, I only wish it could have lasted
 
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