HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> E9A Wrote:
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> > Just Me Wrote:
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> > > Sadly,Ken passed away about a year or so ago.
> >
> >
> > OK, I admit I screwed up about the FA never
> being
> > at Portola
> >
> > Ken was a Vietnam war veteran and was a POW for
> > several years.
> > Like most, he was severely treated, beaten,
> > starved, put in
> > tiger cages, etc. He one said the only thing
> that
> > kept him
> > going was his thoughts of the WP, which he
> later
> > was able to
> > put into his paintings and artwork.
> >
> > As noted, he was not the same physically or
> > mentally when he
> > came back, and little wonder. He continued to
> > paint, though
> > and was a valued museum member.
> >
> > RIP, Ken.
>

>
> Sad to here. I have Ken to thank for my continued
> interest in Trains had it not been for him. My
> obsession with Railroading most likely would have
> stopped with my 4x8 HO layout my father helped me
> build.
>
> RIP Ken
i posted this in the tread above—
We met Ken several times at the museum years ago— he lived on the property as a sort of caretaker and took great pride in his paintings and the model railroad layout. For reasons unclear they moved him off the property quite a few years ago.
C