Thanks for the warm thoughts guys. It is just hard to believe that scouting in our area has lost two great men in the last year. They both were so dedicated to advancing scouting and never asked a thing in return.
It is strange to think that my dad(far left) is the only man from this photo still alive. Jeff in the center passed last August after a long struggle with Myeloma. He was in remission when this picture was taken in 2010 and they were helping to rebuild a bridge at the local scout camp. Charlie on the right passed last night. I still don't have the full details of what happened, but I know that he had been having heart trouble last year and had been through some surgeries, but this was some sort of brain infection.
Both of them left behind middle school aged children.
I understand life ain't fair, but these were two of the most giving men I've known, couldn't they have stayed a little longer?