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[ACTion]

My good friend Pete Keirle (PMK) died today. Pete had an horrendous final year in which his health problems multiplied one after another to an unbelievable degree, and finally he had to give way to cancer. He was 50.
I have just spoken to his sister Margie who has spent the last three months looking after him 24/7; she is in pieces, as are Liz and I.
I know he could be an awkward bloke for some to deal with - he ruffled a few feathers on this forum in his time - but he was a genuine one-off; far brighter than he gave himself credit for, very articulate and hugely funny, selfless to the extent of spending his time and money for no other reason than to be of help to others. 'Blah Blah' as he might have said.
We will miss him very much.
Please send any messages of condolence for the family via myself or John Elsy (Bluebird) - we will pass them onto Margie.
Dave Milbourn

[john s 2]

I never knew the gentleman and to die so young is tragic. At least he was loved and devotedly cared for. may he rest in peace. John.

[Shipmate60]

Dave,
So sad to hear your news about Pete.
Yes he could be a bit ..........................
But he was a character and the Forum is a lesser place without him.
Please give my heartfelt condolences to his family.

Bob

[Colin Bishop]

Dave,

I only knew Pete through the Forum and from some lively but generally civil exchanges of PMs. He was obviously passionate about what he believed in and told it as he saw it and was prepared to take any flak as a consequence. As you say, he was a genuine one off with a very original offbeat sense of humour and they don't make many like that.

50 is no age, I thought from his health problems and general 'hippy' persona that he was older. A cruel end indeed and nobody deserves that.

Colin

[chingdevil]

Dave

Sorry to hear about the death of Pete
He could be a bit tetchy on the forum, but cant we all

Please send my sincere condolences to his family

R.I.P  PMK



Brian

[red181]

pete did some electronic work for me last year, I never actually met him, but was a true gent and would not take any payment for his services, such was his generosity, our hobby has lost a very nice and talented person

[catengineman]

Please convey my condolence to the family.
I had not met him though he helped me several times with electrical systems for my models.
I found him so very helpful and he made me some "gizmo's" which did what I wanted even though he would not give me any details for payment for the little things that made such a big difference to me

A very sad loss at such a young age


Richard.

[RaaArtyGunner]

The Black art will be definitely Blacker with his loss. 

[bosun]

I met Pete a few times over the  year,s, really was my kind of guy, very clever, brilliant with electronic,s, and a guitar player to boot.
God Bless mate . RIP
Bosun

[DickyD]

Will miss you Dude.

Will miss your e'mails and PM's.

Will always remember the encouragement you gave me when I was going through my long periods of serious illness.

Will also miss the wind ups and your sense of humour.

My condolences to your family.

Rest in peace Pete.

[Welsh Wizard]

Dave

So sorry to hear this sad news,I like a lot on here never met Pete and we all know just from his posting on here was defiantly a character,such a sad day again.

PMK .......RIP


Dave

[Peter Fitness]

Very sorry to hear this sad news. I had a few friendly exchanges with PMK here on the forum as well as through PMs, but had no idea of his state of health. Please pass on my sincere condolences to his family, Dave.

Peter.

[HS93 (RIP)]

Very sad news, will miss the chats on the Phone, and the cat Jokes.

Peter

[Patrick Henry]

So very sorry to hear this news, I got on very well with Pete, and like a lot of others, we shared some very lively banter on Mayhem.

Yet another good man taken from us far too early.


Rest in peace Pete....sleep well.


My sincere condolences to his family,



Rich

[barryfoote]

Like many of you, I never met him, but had some good banter and help from him. I considered him to be an great on line ally. I have missed him recently and will continue to do so.

[Youngat65]

Sorry to hear about Pete , Iris and I went and saw him at home last year and we had a great time with him , the world is a sadder place without him , as he kept saying to me while we were with him ,respect; happy sailing and flying Pete and now it,s my turn to say to you Respect
                                                                  Bob

[malcolmfrary]

The world just became a slightly sadder place.
Rest in Piece, Pete.
I hope they let you trade in your guitar for a harp.  Maybe an electric one.

[sweeper]

Totally shocked at the news of Pete.
Like many members of the forum I enjoyed some lively chats with him, always without exception well worth the reading. I knew that his health was very poor but, in his own way, he played down the effects it was having on him.  In his own typical style he was always more concerned about the well being of others than his own state. To use his own saying "it's only a touch of blah blah".
My sympathies go to his family, a real good guy who 'll be sadly missed by those who had dealings with him.

Rest in peace Pete.

Bill

[ACTion]

And finally a word (from mid-December) from the self proclaimed "two-bit yokel renowned for p*ss*ng-off cardiologists and doctors in general"  himself:

Put it this way, if you don’t Rx a reply from me when you think you  should then I think it’ll be safe to assume that the big day has indeed arrived. But no need for tears, sadness or any of that nonsense. Consider it a good day – a day finally rid of gloom, pain, whinging, etc. If you have to make that confirmation phone call to Margy or Jo, just do it with a spring in your stride – none of that usual sadness BS, dig?
Good man!
Family has agreed to scatter my ashes between the borders of Wiltshire and Dorset. (i.e: anywhere other than sh*tty Somerset). If ever you find yourself burstin’ for a pee on the Wilts/D’set border try to avoid the actual county line.

I think it would have greatly amused the man to have his last Forum posting in blue...............

Dave M

[Patrick Henry]

If this was Facebook, I'd be clicking the 'like' button right about now...


Rich

[DickyD]

Excellent Dave. Pete to a T. The moderators nightmare 

Not sure if he would have approved with the blue, historically speaking, but would have undoubtedly seen the joke.

Will think of him whenever I cross the border. We used to joke about my water pills.

[dougal99]

A true free spirit but sensitive to others, in my experience. RIP

[barryfoote]

And finally a word (from mid-December) from the self proclaimed "two-bit yokel renowned for p*ss*ng-off cardiologists and doctors in general"  himself:

Put it this way, if you don’t Rx a reply from me when you think you  should then I think it’ll be safe to assume that the big day has indeed arrived. But no need for tears, sadness or any of that nonsense. Consider it a good day – a day finally rid of gloom, pain, whinging, etc. If you have to make that confirmation phone call to Margy or Jo, just do it with a spring in your stride – none of that usual sadness BS, dig?
Good man!
Family has agreed to scatter my ashes between the borders of Wiltshire and Dorset. (i.e: anywhere other than sh*tty Somerset). If ever you find yourself burstin’ for a pee on the Wilts/D’set border try to avoid the actual county line.

I think it would have greatly amused the man to have his last Forum posting in blue...............

Dave M

That brought another tear to my eye....Beautiful, I am sure Pete would approve.

[tigertiger]

A sad day indeed.
My deepest condolences to the family.

RIP Pete, we never did have that cider.

[tobyker]

I never met him but wondered why the posts had slowed down - he'll be missed. My condolences to his family -  their loss is the most keenly felt, but the loss is widely shared.