On Dec 17, 10:08*am, jsbrake wrote:
Posted this morning on the Soaring Association of Canada forum:
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It is with a heavy heart that I have to report that Udo Rumpf passed
away last night. He had been battling cancer for the last few years
and fought hard to beat it. Unfortunately, various treatments were not
successful. I will let you know about funeral arrangements in the next
day or so.

Ulli Werneburg

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A wonderful gentleman has left us.

My favorite Udo memory is going to retrieve him out of Caesar Creek.
My partner and I arrived to find that
Udo had charmed the lady farmer to the point where he was sitting next
to his glider in a comfortable chair with a cool
drink and eating a sandwich she had provided. Just to keep the image
complete, we told him to continue with his lunch.
5 minutes later with no words spoken, his glider was in the trailer
and ready to travel(I used to own that '24 and both partner and I had
assembled it dozens of times).
Udo professed to being amazedand appreciative and bought us a very
pleasant dinner that night.
I'll long remember our rainy day talks about gliders and models.
Udo was a very nice man.
Good Finish ET
Sadly UH