Remembering Anthony (Aka Parkerduofold)

[BernieC]

It was June around this time last year that FPN received word that one of the members had died as the result of an accident. We knew him as Anthony. Just wanted to remember him.

I think most members have seen his posts and gained something from the knowledge he shared. I still miss seeing his avatar.

BernieC

[mhguda]

Thank you for bringing that up. Yes, he is missed. I sometimes wonder what he would make of these strange days of covid lockdown...

[pajaro]

I remember Anthony as well. I remember he borrowed some Esterbrooks, and I told him to keep them. Funny the things you remember. Those pens, the screen name, his quality of being ever helpful. Truly a loss.

[Beechwood]

Anthony was a special friend, a wise man who was always ready to help and advise.

 

I have to say that his disappearance and what happened later leaves me with more questions than answers, some things do not make sense.

 

 

Be that as it may, we salute the memory of a very good man.

[RitwijMishra]

Despite the fact that I am a recent member of this forum, I have for years browsed through threads that happened quite often to have a concise but cheerful response from Mr Anthony. They were always of a cheerful concision that befits a humble, altruistic veteran that he was.

 

May he have eternal peace.

[max dog]

Yes, I miss Anthony too. It was always such a pleasure to discuss pens and music with him. He was a great guy! Will always remember you Anthony my friend!

[Wolverine1]

Anthony was a friend who I got to know from corresponding with him. He was a good man with a wonderful sense of humor, and I miss him a lot. Thank you, Anthony for your friendship that ended too soon. Rest in peace, Anthony. RIP.

[Charles Rice]

He's nearly always in the back of my mind when I come here.

[Olya]

I've been thinking of him recently.

 

Sad when members disappear, more so when they're gone.

 

I do wonder whether his mum is still alive and how she's doing. I remember she was ill and in hospital but getting better when Anthony passed away.

Edited June 14, 2020 by Olya

[alfredop]

Sometimes he answered my post in italian, and then asked me how was his proficiency in that language (it was good).

 

I miss his posts.

 

Alfredo

Edited June 14, 2020 by alfredop

[MsRedpen]

I have been thinking of Anthony yesterday, in my part of Mediterranean St Anthony was celebrated...

and for the first time I thought "how appropriate, it is June...” and than thought much more..

[inkstainedruth]

He and I used to poke at each other sometimes, all in fun. But he PM'd me one time when I hadn't responded for a couple of days, because he was afraid he had offended me somehow. I had to reassure him that it was just that I hadn't been on FPN for a few days (general attack of life) and that he hadn't said anything that would have upset me -- and that if he had he would have known it IMMEDIATELY.... [People on FPN see the nice, refined, sedate, polite me; Facebook, OTOH? Oh you do NOT want to cross me on FB because I will have zero qualms about coming down on you like a ton of bricks.... Which is why I MUCH prefer being on here -- it keeps me in check and I don't turning into a raving "witch but spelled with a B"....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[txomsy]

Yeah, miss him too. He was a true gentleman.

[TSherbs]

It was June around this time last year that FPN received word that one of the members had died as the result of an accident. We knew him as Anthony....

I appreciate your sentiment, Bernie. The last line of what I quoted really struck me. I'm not sure we really know each other all that well, nor even this person whom "we knew as Anthony." He was very polite, until he wasn't. He was generous and understanding and humble, until he wasn't. And if he is gone (I can't vouch for anything on the internet), then I hope that he is resting comfortably in the arms of his God and his family, whom he had told us he had tragically lost.

[corgicoupe]

Jersey Boy. We were both from the Northeast. I teased him about the ParkerDuofold moniker because he became a fan of Lamy. And he was Anthony, never Tony.

 

MsRedPen wrote:

"I have been thinking of Anthony yesterday, in my part of Mediterranean St Anthony was celebrated...
and for the first time I thought "how appropriate, it is June...” and than thought much more.."

 

My father-in-law was Anton [born in Pula] and my mother-in-law would regularly put dinara in the box for Ante Padovanski.

Edited June 15, 2020 by corgicoupe

[Carrau]

His light shines on undiminished here, for many.

 

“So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed,

And yet anon repairs his drooping head,

And tricks his beams, and with new spangled ore

Flames in the forehead of the morning sky"

- Lycidas, John Milton.

[DrDebG]

Anthony (aka ParkerDuofold) is the reason I am still here posting on FPN.

 

I was hurt deeply by several remarks made by a fellow FPNer. I had decided "enough". I stopped posting.

 

Anthony, who had exchanged PMs with me a few times, took the time to reach out. He wanted to know what happened . . . the truth.

 

When I told him, in his own forthright way, he stepped out and "handled" the situation. While Anthony was kind and exceedingly generous - like most people here on FPN, he was protective and willing to stand up for the rights of others.

 

Anthony and I share a deep faith in our God. We expressed it differently. But we both knew the difference it made in our lives. I know without any doubt that he is with our Lord now, and that I will see him again in eternity.

 

(I apologize for offending anyone with my discussion of "religion". It is not my intent to create division here, merely to express my remembrance of a friend.)

[Chouffleur]

[snip...] Which is why I MUCH prefer being on here -- it keeps me in check and I don't turning into a raving "witch but spelled with a B"....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

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[Freddy]

this person whom "we knew as Anthony." He was very polite, until he wasn't. He was generous and understanding and humble, until he wasn't. And if he is gone (I can't vouch for anything on the internet), then I hope that he is resting comfortably in the arms of his God and his family, whom he had told us he had tragically lost.

Fred

[pajaro]

All well said. His loss still bothers me. I hope he rests in peace.