jim c.
06-30-2000, 02:25 PM
I have a friend named Mike , his father is named Dudley. They grew up fishing together on the wisconsin river. On april 1st , 2000 they were taken from us. Mike was in his 40s his father in his 70s. I am writting this for reasons not totally clear to me. I am crying as I write.The only way for me to describe the two of them to you is to show you what I wrote to say about them at the funeral.
Saturday april 1st , 2000 was a beautiful day for fishing. The skies were bright and sunny. The sunset on the water was spectacular. Mike and Dudley would not have changed this day for anything. This is what they loved to do and allways did it together. Mike and Dudley were virtually inseperable when it came to hunting and fishing. Whenever I would call Mike to go fishing I knew I had to have room for his father,thats the way it was.Being a father of two boys myself the relationship that Mike and Dudley shared will forever impact my life.Mike and Dudley were taken from us at the right time,in the right place and in the most perfect of ways possible. For one to pass before the other just wasn't meant to be. So when we ask "why" , just reflect back to that bright sunny day when two of the closest of friends shared a great day of fishing. That is the memory that we will allways treasure. We will deeply miss them both. The end.
I wrote this for them.I am still having a very rough time dealing with this.They drowned in 8 feet of water when they were thrown from the boat after hitting a stump. It took 24 days for Dudley to surface , 27 days for Mike. For family and friends sake , please wear your life vests. I would have meant so much for us to be able to recover the bodies sooner. I run a 1775 pro v , never again without a vest ON.. These guys knew every stump in that river. They were in a 14 ft. jon boat , going about 15 mph. Please think about your family next time you go on the water. I have only been back on the water one time since the bodies were found. I am lost.....thanks for reading this. jim "walleye bucket"campbell.
Saturday april 1st , 2000 was a beautiful day for fishing. The skies were bright and sunny. The sunset on the water was spectacular. Mike and Dudley would not have changed this day for anything. This is what they loved to do and allways did it together. Mike and Dudley were virtually inseperable when it came to hunting and fishing. Whenever I would call Mike to go fishing I knew I had to have room for his father,thats the way it was.Being a father of two boys myself the relationship that Mike and Dudley shared will forever impact my life.Mike and Dudley were taken from us at the right time,in the right place and in the most perfect of ways possible. For one to pass before the other just wasn't meant to be. So when we ask "why" , just reflect back to that bright sunny day when two of the closest of friends shared a great day of fishing. That is the memory that we will allways treasure. We will deeply miss them both. The end.
I wrote this for them.I am still having a very rough time dealing with this.They drowned in 8 feet of water when they were thrown from the boat after hitting a stump. It took 24 days for Dudley to surface , 27 days for Mike. For family and friends sake , please wear your life vests. I would have meant so much for us to be able to recover the bodies sooner. I run a 1775 pro v , never again without a vest ON.. These guys knew every stump in that river. They were in a 14 ft. jon boat , going about 15 mph. Please think about your family next time you go on the water. I have only been back on the water one time since the bodies were found. I am lost.....thanks for reading this. jim "walleye bucket"campbell.