By Bill Messecar
Dave Liesse wanted to let you all know, his dad (Ed Liesse) passed away earlier this week. He died of degenerative disease of the nervous system with adverse effects from a fall at the end October. No services of any sort are planned, but if that changes, I’ll let you know. This was expected, and they’ve essentially been without him for several months anyway, so there’s no great change to their routine and they’re all doing fine. It truly is a good thing all around.
We have lost a wonderful friend and fellow modeler in Ed. He and his wife Gay and his sons have been very active in the NMRA and 4th Division for many years. Ed ran all the inside activities at the last Seattle NMRA national convention in July 2004 and I had the pleasure of working closely with him at that convention managing the clinics. Ed received many awards for his service from the 4th Division, PNR and the NMRA. Condolences to Ed’s family in their loss of a wonderful man and role model.
Bill Messecar
4D Superintendent
I have known Ed and Gay for more than 30 years and he was always a stalwart volunteer in multiple regions. He was a treasured friend and I will truly miss him. There seem to be fewer and fewer of us geezers as time passes.
It is sad to hear of Ed’s passing. He was a large part of the 4D and will be missed.
Slight correction — his wife’s (Ken’s and my mom’s) name is Gay, not Gail. Just don’t want anyone to be confused!