Bob:
 
Thanks for your thoughtfulness in sending this out. I knew Charlie Kirk and I join with you in praying for him...............AND THE OTHERS !! I also knew about 50% of those on the list you created and you are right they were all like "Giants in the land"........super good people !!!
 
I will post this on the Florida KRC website.
 
Art Steele
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Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 2:00 PM
Subject: Charlie Kirk, Obituary

Dear LILCO buddies,

       Last night, I received a note from Bob Benson that our old friend, Charles Kirk, passed away on Sunday.  I knew he had been suffering from Cancer, and Herman Hess had asked us to pray for Charlie.  I believe he lived in the Northport area, or thereabouts, and worked for years in the New Business Dept., as a Planner, most of the time in Brentwood Office.  Charlie was a terrific and long time Softball player.  He was active in the Employees Association, and later, with the Retiree Club of L.I.  He was especially helpful to those of us in the Sales Department, who depended upon him and his associates to sketch and schedule new installations.  This morning, I checked www.NEWSDAY.COM to see if his obituary is listed, and it is not.  But if you wish, you might want to check again tomorrow for details, if you knew Charlie.

       A few weeks ago, with help from Herman Hess and Bob Gray, I received a list of LILCO/KEYSPAN retirees who passed away during 2005.  There are five pages of names, about 230 in all.  I noted just a few names which I recognized as friends, from our own department and others.  Perhaps you knew some of the ones I circled, i.e.:

       Harold Anderson            George Benson        Milton Bond Jr.
       Warren Brinker               James D. Brown            Frank (Bud) Buschor
       Vincent Carey                Thomas Connelly           Rhoda Crepea
       Charles J. Davis            Gerard J. Davies       Frank DiGaetano
       Constance Fairweather        Carl H. Grunning            Richard W. Lane
       Francis J. McGuire        Heinz M. Mehner            William P. Murray
       Dorothy Panowich         Arthur H. Renz         Norman Soule
       Charles Streater            Lillian Twomey          Raymond Weldon
       Raymond Wolf

       This was some grand bunch of people; folks who made it great to work for LILCO during a particularly difficult time.  May their souls rest in God's peace, and let us keep their memories alive in our own hearts.  Best regards to all of you,

                                                Bob Becher