From the drgw yahoo group: Friends, Family and Caregivers, This is Jim's daughter, Kirsten. I am sorry to say that my father passed away this evening. I do not know many of you, and if this reaches you in error I apologize. I simply selected every contact in my dad's email address. My father was admitted to a nursing home Monday evening due to a worsening upper respitory infection. He fell on Tuesday at the home and broke his hip. I arrived in town Tuesday evening, the staff had him comfortably sedated and he passed peacefully tonight. I know many of you were his lifeline to the world in these past years, and for that I thank you. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at kharrawood@... Thank you, Kirsten Harrawood _______________ My most sincere condolences. [ January 18, 2006, 10:39 AM: Message edited by: grande5771 ]
I'm at a complete loss for words.................. My sincerest condoleces. I had spoken with Jim on many occasions over the net. Again I don't know what to say..................
i'm totally shocked by jims passing, Jim is an administrator on this site and will be surely lost. A few of us knew Jim had terminal respitory problems but didnt realise it would occur so soon. I'm totally shocked and wish his famil my condolences.
This is Kirsten, Jim's daughter. Thank you all for being a part of my dad's life. He was really proud of his work here. I will be checking back in on the board until I finish packing my father's things. I will also be checking my dad's email account for any new mail. Thank you, Kirsten
Kirsten, Though I never met your father personally, I considered him a friend and also a huge part of the family here at Trainboard. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
I am very shocked to hear of Jim's passing. He will be greatly missed. He has been here almost from the start of trainboard. Kirsten, my thoughts are with you in this sad time.
Stunned. Didn't know anything about it. He was an original member here and will be sorely missed. I just looked at his excellent website with excellent modeling information for all scales. It is a DRGW site, but has railroad "plate" size dimensions, drill bit size conversions, etc. Excellent website. Slimjim Website
We will be posting a tribute to Jim soon. He did not want to mention publicly that he was ill. Obviously, we are very sad that we have lost one of our top people here at TrainBoard. Jim has worked here to improve TrainBoard for almost six years and he will be missed. Charlie
Wow.................I don't know what to say about this....................I knew he had breathing problems, but not this serious. I remember Jim from not only this site, but the Caboose Hobbies group. His pics and railfan reports on Soldier Summit and the Helper areas were informative & quite interesting. His passing has left quite a gap in his extended Trainboard family. We shall miss him. Our condolences to you & the Harrawood family and his friends during this difficult time.
As another who never met him, I feel like I knew him. He helped me unselfishly and greatly when I was learning about the net and html coding. I feel as though I have lost a good friend. My condolences to Kirsten and all other members of Jim's family.
Dear Kirsten, Your Dad also had another family here and will be very missed by all of us as well. Your Dad's last post here on TrainBoard was just the day before XMas and it was about the D&RGW History. Today in history, 19 Dec.
This comes as a complete shock. I knew Jim primarily on RailroadForum.com. He would pop in for a quick post and a one liner. For the last few months he been posting a "Today in History" post on RRF. He will be truly missed. Our prayers are with him and his family.
This is indeed shocking news. As with other Admins on this board I was aware of Jim's ill health but did not expect his passing so soon. Jim will be missed here on TrainBoard and elsewhere. My deepest condolences to Kirsten and all the other members of Jim's family.
My prayers and coldeolences go out to the Harrawood family. Jim's passing is a setback for Trainboard. I always enjoyed reding his posts. He had a wealth of knowledge of Narrow Guage and Western Railroading.
