***R**I**P***  Kenny Stefani  Bros 4 Life

 

***R**I**P***    ALAN DUANE BOICE 

                     MY FATHER WHO LOVED ME

 

MY FATHER, ALAN DUANE BOICE PASSED AWAY IN A CANMORE HOTEL AFTER A AWESOME DAY IN THE POW AT SUNSHINE VILLAGE. HIS PASSING WAS SO UNEXPECTED AND IT HIT AFFECTED ALOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND THE GUYS THAT WOKED LONG HOURS WITH MY FATHER. MY FATHER WAS THE FIRST ONE UP AND THE LAST ONE TO LEAVE. MY DAD WAS AS I WOULD SAY, A SOLDIER.

LONG HOT HOURS AND SOME OF THE HARDEST WORK IN THE OILFIELD BUSINESS MADE HIM THE MAN THAT HE BECAME. HE'S THE HELLA STRONG AND THE SOFTEST GUY THAT I EVER MET. HE LOVED EVERONE EQUALLY. HE WOULD BE THE GUY YOU'D WANT TO BE AROUND ALL THE TIME. BUT DONT GET ME WRONG, MY FATHER LOVED HIS QUIET TIME. HIS QUIET TIME IS SKIING. ALL HE EVER TALKED ABOUT IS SKIING, AND THE MOUNTAINS. HE WORKED HARD ALL SUMMER LONG, TYPICALLY 12-14 HOUR DAYS, AND DURING THE WINTER HE "FEENED" FOR THE SNOW. HE WOULD DRIVE 6 TO 10 HOURS JUST TO SKI. MY FATHER TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNOW. FROM STREETWISE TO BOOKSMART. HE WOULD ALWAYS HELP ME AND EVERYONE IF WE WERE TO STRUGGLE AT SOMETHING THAT HE HAD KNOWLEDGE OF. YOU COULD TRY TO PROVE HIM WRONG, BUT IT WOULD BE FAT CHANCE TO TAKE. HE KNEW EVERYTHING.

EVERYONE THAT I KNOW KNOWS MY DAD. HE HAD QUITE A NAME IN MEDICINE HAT.

I MISS YOU ALREADY!