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In Memory of
Richard Bruce
Orpin
Orpin
1940 - 2016
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Paul
Hi Everyone,
It is with a heavy heart I have to pass the news the passing of Richard Orpin. Dick as some of you know was fighting another bout of cancer and as a result of the medicine he was given he developed a buildup of water around his heart and lungs. Yesterday at 1230 his heart gave out and he is now in a better place. Though I can picture him giving me a roll of the eyes at that statement.
I met Dick when I joined the Auxiliary and we had been friends for the last 23 years. We trained together and trained I don’t know how many Auxiliarists and Regulars and Reservists while we were both active at station Boothbay. In his words, we had the best years at the station for aux members because we had such great support from the crews that were stationed there. At station Boothbay there was no Regulars, Reservists or Auxiliary. We were all Coast Guard and family.
Dick met Sharon and they were married 20 years ago, He told me once that he had never been happier then when they met. In 2003 they moved to Nova Scotia and they made it their home. They had the gardens they put in and Dick built a couple small boats. He and Sharon enjoyed life and made the best of everything they did together.
Sharon has told me that there will be no funeral or memorial service, Captains orders. He is to be cremated and at some point she plans to have a “Viking funeral” for him and bury him at sea. She also asked me to pass this on to his friends here, and that we always remember the good times we all had together. If a person is not forgotten, then in a sense they are always with us.
Paul
Friday July 29, 2016 at 10:04 am
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