Our thread for a friend named Denny
 

Denny`s wife Pat passed away this last Saturday.

The teacher. The father. The engineer.
That is Denny.

Restless Lady.
I, II, and III.

Denny is at his best when travelling.

Pat and Suzie fell in love with the emerald waters as we all have.
May fair winds blow and our adventures continue.
With love Pat,
From all of us on CSC.

Denny, you and Susie are in our thoughts and prayers !!

We know that Pat fought a long hard battle...

Keep your spirits up as we are all with you and behind you.

May God Bless

Ken & Patti

Wow !! So very sad to hear !!... never got to meet her... but Denny is awesome.... I could not imagine loosing my better half.... may God bring peace and comfort to him and their family...

Denny
Lillian and I are saddened by learning of Pat's death. We wish to express our deepest sympathy to you and your family.
You will be blessed with 50 plus years of cherished memories.
Sincerely
Chuck and Lillian

Denny, I will be praying for you and your family.

Denny,

Your friends here are wishing all of their good thoughts and blessings on to you and ALL of your family. The Good Lord, your maker, will pick up the the slack line and fill in the holes.

We all wish God Speed to Pat and peace to you and your family.

Denny, so sorry for you loss. I cant imagine. May God send you peace and rest for your soul. I will be praying for you and express my condolences.

Sorry for your loss

Thoughts a prayers sent.

Denny, I am so sorry for your loss! Praying for you and your family.

Denny, I am truly sorry to hear of the loss of your wife; we will include she and you in our prayers. Take care.

Denny, so sorry to hear of your loss.

You are in our thoughts and prayers.

Lloyd

Well said GFS-

Pat will be missed big time! I know you guys have been through a lot. :(Praying for you and Susan!
Danny

Denny sorry for the horrible news. Keep your head up and we will keep you in our prayers

Denny,

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. My thoughts are with you, my friend!

Brandon

Sorry for your loss Denny

I am very sorry for your loss. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. I hope that His peace finds you soon. I'll be praying for you.

Denny,
Cherish the memories, think of the good times and the fun you two had on Restless Lady and cruising the Bahamas.
We are all here for you....
Reach out to Skip and I if there is anything we can do ... we are only a phone call away.
Carla

Denny,
I struggle to come up with fitting words.
Condolences and prayers.
Savor the great memories.
Peace.
- Mitch

I did not have an opportunity to meet Pat, but always enjoyed the manner in which you spoke of her. Prayers sent to you and your family. Godspeed my friend.

Michael.

Denny - Very sorry to hear about the passing of your wife.

Ed

Terrible news.

Denny,

So sorry to hear about your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

JOHN

Denny - I am so sorry to read this and hear about Pat. I know nothing we can do or say will fill the void, but please know you are in our thoughts and prayers. Stay strong.

Denny, so very sorry to hear of the loss of your wife. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

For those who did not see it, here is her Obituary. When I go and minister to people of our church who have lost someone, it makes easier when I know their loved one was saved and I can remind them that they are no longer suffering and now our with the Lord. Obviously Pat was saved and she too is now with the Lord. I will continue to lift the Bushnell family up in prayer, and for those who pray please pray for my best friend as he lost his wife a year ago today. (Dan Tucker)

http://hosting-1972.tributes.com/obi...nell-103258721

Most Merciful God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who is the Resurrection and the Life: Raise us, we humbly pray, from the death of sin to the life of righteousness; that when we depart this life we may rest in him, and at the resurrection receive that blessing which your well-beloved Son shall then pronounce: “Come, you blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world.” Grant, O Lord, to Denny and to all who are bereaved the spirit of faith and courage, that we may have strength to meet the days to come with steadfastness and patience; not sorrowing as those without hope, but in thankful remembrance of your great goodness, and in the joyful expectation of eternal life with those we love. And this we ask in the Name of Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

Denny I never met you but your genoerosity and help over the years has been beyond great
My sincere condolences and sympathy for the loss of your wife. You and you family are in my prayers
God bless

Hello to my dad's (Denny aka Bushwacker) friends on the forum,

I just wanted to take a quick moment to thank all of you for your kind condolences and support especially for my dad. It has been a tough couple of years for us both in caring for my mom's failing health. We suspect it was likely an atypical form of Parkinson's Disease that she was afflicted with, possibly something called Multiple System Atrophy which is something akin to Lou Gehrig's Disease. Patients with MSA don't live nearly as long as patients with regular Parkinson's; life expectancy is only about 5 - 10 years after diagnosis.

Between the Seacraft gatherings and the lobster mini-season in Key Largo, those gatherings gave my dad a much needed getaway to enjoy seeing all of you, to relax and take a break from caregiving. I think between his project engineering background and my computer network engineering skills that we were probably the first caregivers to "project manage" Parkinson's Disease so to speak!!

I hope that I'll have some "free time" to be able to attend one of the next gatherings or the lobster mini season this summer. I would really enjoy being able to meet all of you to thank you in person. The Restless Lady III Safari has brought my dad many years of enjoyment, and I'm grateful for all the friends he's made through this forum.

The performance forum, in particular, gives him a very much needed outlet for the MASSIVE amounts of technological knowledge in his brain! ;-) I've learned a great deal about car, boat, and jet engines over the years in listening to him, although I'm sure what I've absorbed is just a fraction of the things he knows!!

For those of you in the south Florida area and have time to join us, we are having a memorial service for my mom on Saturday, March 5 at 11 am in West Palm Beach at my church, First Christian Church, 215 S. Congress, West Palm Beach. It's just a bit north of the PBI Airport, between Palm Beach Lakes and Okeechobee Blvds.

Thanks again and hope to meet many of you at a future gathering!

God bless,

Susan Bushnell aka BushwackerToo

look forward to meeting you Susan, and we continue to lift up you and your father in prayer!

Sorry for your loss. Thoughts are with you.

Bushwacker's Friendship
 

I resisted responding because I had spoken with Denny personally shortly after Pat's death. However, Susie's message inspired me to share this. I may have known Denny longer than anyone on CSC. We probably met in 1970 during my first year of my engineering career at Pratt & Whitney. He was in the performance group- no surprise, right? He was very sharing of information with a newbie, most of it over my head. We worked together on and off for the next 30 years until I moved to SC.
I was on one or two of the Bahamas trips which included Restless Lady & Unohu, but on a different friend's boat (the 23' Formula which replaced the cracked Wellcraft from an earlier Bahamas crossing which Denny has shared in some posts). On one of those trips Denny, Pat & Susie stayed in the neighboring cottage at Green Turtle. In 1976 ,Anita & I ordered our 20' Seafari after a fast, wild demo ride with Denny out through the Palm Beach inlet. That ride convinced us! Not long after Denny & I built swim platforms cutting the teak on my Shopsmith. When Denny added the Hermco bracket, he gave his platform to 65Bowrider. In 2013 when I was re-engining, long story short, is Denny recommended the 150 ETEC. And as always he had lots of techy info to share. He has continued to happily provide comments & advice. When I sent him a SeaCraft hat in appreciation, we became acquainted with Carla & Skip. So Denny thanks for your friendship and may God be with you and Susie during this difficult period. As this site has shown you are surrounded by people who care for and respect you.

I don't know Denny or his late wife but know that I will include you in my prayer intentions at this time.

Thanks guys. Can't tell you how much those replies meant to me during a tough time! Sent link to this thread to my sister; she replied "So nice to see you have so many kind and caring friends"! This is what CSC is all about! Had been meaning to post a reply, but I've been sort of preoccupied and daughter beat me to it! Also just now getting back to home computer which contains some pics I wanted to post. It's power supply has been acting up, so hopefully I can finish this before it crashes!

Pat was a great mom and a good old gal that put up with a lot, especially me during the last few years at P&W, when I started doing engine failure investigations, working 60-80 hrs/wk (for 40 hrs pay!) for about 5 years straight! When you have to dig 'em out of a smokin' hole in the ground, it's a little tough to tell what broke first, and I could get pretty cranky and hard to live with during those times! We would have been married 50 years this June, but had sort of grown apart these last few years. When she had the adrenal tumor about 20 years ago, her BP was over 200 for a couple weeks, evidently causing a slight stroke in the area of the brain near the inner ear, which affected her sense of balance and also triggered her bipolar disorder. She quit going out in the boat at that point because she'd get seasick at the dock! She had a lot of health problems the last few years, so it's kind of a relief to know all that's now behind her and that she's finally at peace in a better place.

We had many good times on those Bahama trips, and it was quite an adventure for Pat and our young daughter to fly over to the Out Islands on 5-6 passenger airplanes while buddy Harry and I ran the boat over! The pics below are the view from the front of the small cottage we stayed in on Green Turtle Cay that was back in the trees, only about 50 yds from the beach. From the beach, you can see a small island a few hundred yards offshore called Pelican Cay that's covered with lilies and palm trees and looks like it's right out of the South Pacific. In the bright sun, that shallow water would light up in brilliant shades of green, blue and turquoise that was spectacular when you were standing back in the shade! The first time Pat looked out over that gorgeous water, she said "Wow, this is Paradise!! You guys can just leave me here for the rest of my life!!" She couldn't even swim when we first went over there, but it wasn't long before we had her out there snorkeling for shells and sand dollars!

So my daughter and I were thinking that it would be very appropriate to sprinkle her ashes out there between Pelican and Green Turtle! Asked old buddy Harry if he'd be up for joining me for the June CSC Gathering in West End, and then continuing on to the Abaco's! His reply was "Sign me up"! My daughter went to high school with one of the Malone gals from Hope Town, so she's gonna try to contact her to see if we can find a cottage to rent for a week or so on one of the islands over there. Also have a friend I used to usher with at the 5 PM Sunday Mass that built a house overlooking the beach on Great Guana Cay and spends most of the summer over there, so that's another possibility! (Last 2 pics are the beach on north end of Guana Cay; last one is of the Moesly 21 Unohu, owned by friend Bob that I made all the trips with.) Denny

Welcome Back, Denny! Good to hear your back! Still working on the project for West End. Pullin for ya.

Michael.

Denny, I'm not one here a lot. Just wanted to say that I'm praying for you. I'm just down the street, if you need a hand with anything don't hesitate to call me. You probably still have my number, if not I'm going to pm it to you just in case. Matt

Service is this Saturday at 11 if anyone local wants to join us.

Sandy

Thanks Sandy for the reminder to folks. Hope there are some CSC friends to join Denny's Pratt & Whitney friends at Pat's Memorial and to demonstrate love, respect and friendship to Denny & Susie. Anita & I gave our hugs to Denny at a recent lunch outing before our return to Greenville.

Nice to meet Harry today.
Yes, that Harry.