RE: [ZossPens] Passing of Dennis Bowden - Parkville Pen
- From: "Taubman, Aaron M Civ USAF AFSPC 30 SCS/SCOROP" <Aaron.Taubman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:02:20 -0800
My goodness I am in complete shock!!! He was a wealth of bexley
information besides Howard himself. I had many online conversations
with him and he was very courteous and kind individual that would spend
time out of his day to answer my questions. He will be missed not only
by me but by the pen community as a whole. We have lost a great friend
and a trusting partner. If you believe in a heaven, and I do, we will
all meet again and we will all have our stories to tell and it will be
one big pen show that will never end. My condolences to his wife,
family and close relatives, may they find peace. Ill miss you Dennis
and my pen cap is off to you, Take care on your journey.
Aaron Taubman
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On Behalf Of Jim Sanders
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 4:44 PM
To: Bexlevy@xxxxxxx; pens@xxxxxxxx; 4penslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
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Subject: Re: [ZossPens] Passing of Dennis Bowden - Parkville Pen
Talk about shock. Dennis and I have been emailing all week regarding
some Bexley Giants I'm selling for a pen friend.
Dennis and I go back to "the day" before he had his business. He was the
consummate teacher and researcher and he guided me through my early
years of getting my feet wet in both pen buying and selling.
I think we started out in the "business" end of pens about the same
time. (2003'ish or so) He was so proud of Parkville Pens and rightly so.
We met only once face-to-face but had many phone and email conversations
over the years. He always talked so lovingly of his beloved wife
Madelyn, especially when he was recovering from surgery and such a few
years ago. His character was such that he never complained a lick about
any of the things he had to endure as he recovered.
In particular I remember an instance where Dennis was just home from
surgery and getting back into his email correspondence. He had sold a
sailor (Navy) friend of mine a Bexley pen and I had shipped it to him
along with some other items via armed forces mail. For whatever reason,
the box never made it. My friend was a cop (shore patrol) in Iraq and
it's likely that his box was sitting in some warehouse somewhere.
Anyway to make a short story even longer, Dennis replaced the pen, and
he wouldn't take a penny from me, and he even shipped it express.
And I can't even count the free legal advice I got from him so many
times.
I could go on, but I'll be glad to add to a memorial gift for Dennis'
family.
I'll miss you Dennis. Keep my seat dry, my ink bottle full and my pen
filled until we meet up.
Blessings
Jim Sanders
Tucson
-----Original Message-----
From: Bexlevy <Bexlevy@xxxxxxx>
To: pens <pens@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, Dec 11, 2010 7:04 am
Subject: [ZossPens] Passing of Dennis Bowden - Parkville Pen
Dear Fellow Pen Folks,
It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of the unexpected passing of
Dennis Bowden yesterday afternoon. This is a shock to everyone. He was a
dear
personal friend as well as a business account as the long time
proprietor
of Parkville Pens.
Dennis had a super personality. Those of you who knew him know what I
mean.
Kind and funny, just a wonderful guy who we will all sorely miss.
No other details are available at the moment. I spoke with his wife
Madeline early this morning. She asked if I would notify folks so that
they
would
not worry if emails go unanswered for some time. If anyone had open
business issues, please let me know and I will do my best to communicate
them to
Madeline for soonest possible resolution.
Sincerely,
Howard Levy
Bexley Pen Co., Inc.
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