It is with a sad heart, and a head low in sorrow, I report to you that our friend, David Lebrun (navionpa) passed away on Tuesday. He was a friend to Appleseed, and a good friend to many of us. We will miss him very much. He was brilliant beyond his years, and his grasp of history, and how we are slowly repeating it, was uncanny. He was an engineer, and designed pumps, turbines, and associated items for use in hydroelectric dams. Even after his retirement, power companies from around the world consulted with him on designs.
He was truly a renaissance man.
David was the reason I got into Appleseed- I wanted to be as knowledgable as him, and not just knowledgable about shooting rifles. His grasp of history was uncanny.
I will miss him greatly.
Mr. Painless
Sadly I only met him a few times.
Dave was a frequent teller of the tales during the Appleseed clinics at Quarryville. Dave was a strong nudger encouraging me to embrace the strikes while I was an Orange Hat.
It was my own insecurities on several levels (public speaking and history which was always a difficult subject... regardless of the topic).
Today... proudly tell the strikes at any given opportunity - thanks to him.
Dave was part of the crew that got me into Appleseed along with MrPainless WickedWorx and BBQ_Bandit. When students would ask a history related question about April 19th, 1775, the quip would often quickly follow up, "Dave, you were there - what happened?" It always got a chuckle from the shooters and Dave himself. I heard an echo of that just two days ago and it reminded me of that. Good times.