Madreferee, TBN Member

[Dozernut]

He was a good man, He will be missed!

 

[deerefan]

He will always remain in our thoughts and prayers....Godspeed Mad.

 

[Bill Barrett]

Very sorry to hear this.

 

[AKfish]

Very sad news, indeed... Just came across this! I had a number of things yet -- that I wanted to ask?

My thoughts and prayers are with his family and close friends. May God grant them strength.

AKfish

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I've followed this thread from day one not knowing what to say. Mad was one of the posters that would cause me to take a peek at a topic just because he was involved.

Maybe me reluctance is because it was about a year ago that we lost two friends of mine here on TBN. Leo Frisk the irreplacable friend, talked to his widow just the other day, she's coping. And then there was was my friend Ozarker who died way too young, there was a remembrance of him just the other day on stltoday.com/dabar forums.

I hope his loved ones find this thread and find some comfort knowing that there was another family that appreciated the same qualities that made him so special for them.

 

[Tractors4u]

I sent a PM to Mad's account on the off chance that a family member might find. Well they did. I am assuming it to be Paul's wife.

Here are the PMs.

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After as many people as Paul helped, the people here would fight each other for the priviledge of helping you. If you would like to see the kind things said about him, go to this link;

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/f...bn-member.html


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Originally Posted by MadReferee
Thanks for the kind words. It's great to see how many people he infuenced and helped along his journey of life. It is good to know that if I have any questions about his tractor, I could come to this forum. Thanks.


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Originally Posted by Tractors4u
Just in case someone was to make it to TractorByNet through Mad's computer, I just wanted to let you know that he will be missed here on TBN. Even though I had never met him in person, the people here considered him a friend. Our best wishes for your family. You are in my prayers.

Brent Pepper

 

[_RaT_]

I sent a PM to Mad's account on the off chance that a family member might find. Well they did. I am assuming it to be Paul's wife.

Here are the PMs.

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After as many people as Paul helped, the people here would fight each other for the priviledge of helping you. If you would like to see the kind things said about him, go to this link;

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/f...bn-member.html


Quote:
Originally Posted by MadReferee
Thanks for the kind words. It's great to see how many people he infuenced and helped along his journey of life. It is good to know that if I have any questions about his tractor, I could come to this forum. Thanks.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Tractors4u
Just in case someone was to make it to TractorByNet through Mad's computer, I just wanted to let you know that he will be missed here on TBN. Even though I had never met him in person, the people here considered him a friend. Our best wishes for your family. You are in my prayers.

Brent Pepper

Nice Bret, thanks, in fact, make that a double thanks. Mark

 

[robertk]

You will be missed. So long buddy

 

[Ductape]

I was totally stunned to hear Mad had passed. He and i had numerous PMs whenever i had questions about my tractors hydraulics. Like Tim, i feel blessed to have actually met him in person. I was fortunate enough to have answered one of his ads on Craigslist, and drove out to Paul's place to pick up my new-to-me Miller mig-welder. He was quick to show me all his current fabrication projects. As is evident by the pages and pages of replies here.... Paul was just one of those guys !!! Quick to help anyone in need.

Paul, you will be missed here ! TBN is just not the same place without MadReferee !

Scott

 

[8561]

Thanks for the post Brent. I had checked Paul's member profile a few times since his passing and noted that his account had remained active and had been logged in on a couple of occassions. I could only assume that the Bezeredi's had checked the site and hopefully had seen the thread expressing our collective condolences to the family. I hope they are doing well. Paul touched many lives through this site and we are a better community because of him.

 

[kenmac]

I would like to echo what everyone else has said about paul . I only knew him here. TBN has lost a great member & a friend to all . I will miss him greatly.My thoughts & prayers go out to his family

 

[dholly]

I am speechless, not only for the suddenness of loss but also at the accomplishments of the man behind the crazy screen name. Clearly, Mad was kind enough to share a tiny piece of his life with us through his fondness and knowledge for tractors. But beyond the pages of TBN, I now come to realize he was more involved, learned and traveled than I ever could have guessed. During his years, I can not begin to understand the number of lives he must have touched in a positive way with such a generous, giving personality and can-do attitude. My deepest condolences to family and close friends for the sudden sorrow and I can only hope that may be eased in some little way with the knowledge that those he touched will undoubtedly set their own bar a little higher after seeing his example. God Bless and Godspeed.

 

[Tom_H]

He always had good things to say. My condolances to his family.

 

[mudcat]

You just don't realize the freinds you make on this site until you read something like this. Mad will truely be missed.

 

[ronjhall]

I'm late in seeing this thread.
A very sad announcement.
Madreferee is going to be missed here on TBN.
My condolences to his family.

 

[MikeB44]

Very, very late in seeing this. So sorry to hear about Paul's passing. Work, basketball, Mom's house building, and other projects keep me from reading more than a few threads here. I didn't see this thread until I read about it in another hydraulic thread.

He had helped me have a better understanding of hydraulics and I was very much looking forward to his help with a grapple and diverter install.

Thanks to the MadDogDriver for posting his obit. From that, Paul's many posts, and the many posts about him on this thread, you can tell that he was a very rare individual & will be sorely missed. He was raised in the area (Monroeville) that my wife and I had our first house and he had many of the same interests that I have. Funny how you don't see things until afterwards....

His willingness to share helped so many others & to those that were not blessed to have met him & to have those memories of him, we are fortunate to be able to revisit his kindness in his many postings.

Godspeed Mad, God's blessings to your family

 

[BlacknTan]

I'm extremely sorry to hear this!

I'm pretty new here and Mad helped me immensely with his knowledge of hydraulics.

My deepest sympathies go out to his family, friends, and all on TBN whom he helped, which must be nigh everyone!

 

[Ryan03]

A true loss, his wisdom on hydraulics was unparalled, my condolences to his family

 

[Dougster]

Oh my God, I can't believe this. I can't believe that the MadReferee has left us. Somebody please tell me it isn't so.

I can't imagine how I missed this news. Mad was my hydraulics hero. In fact, he was my hero on many levels. I never got to meet the man but I came awfully close a couple times. He sure helped me out a lot. An awful lot. I remember thinking just the other day that Mad had not posted recently and what's up with that? I just now 4 minutes ago picked up the news in another thread.

I am in shock. Pure shock. One of the true giants of TBN is gone. Amazing.

Dougster

 

[BillyP]

I'd like to make a suggestion to TBN!

Why can't we have a Hydraulics forum in honor of Paul? I think he would be honored and greatly deserves it.

Come on Muhammad, Hakim and Ibrahim. Do it