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Monon Employees Past - Present and MRHTS Members Past - Present => Fallen Monon Employees => Topic started by: Ron Marquardt on June 12, 2013, 08:57:48 pm
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Being a former Monon employee, this section of the Chatroom has a special significance for me, and I've always believed that only death notices, obituarys, and condolances should be posted here.
However, this week I found something special that I wanted to share, and although this employee has been gone for a number of years, this seemed like the perfect place to remember him.
Lloyd Kimble was an agent/operator on the Monon, a fine photographer, and a collector of Monon pictures. Following his death in 1995, his entire collection was donated to our Society, and we have so far offered his work on two CD's, with more to follow in the near future.
I learned a few months ago that Lloyd was buried in a small cemetary several miles west of Spencer, just south of his hometown in Arney, In., and so this week, accompanied by fellow MRHTS member Geof Burns who was visiting from California, I went to pay my respects to Lloyd.
Attached are pictures of Lloyd in life, and pictures of his gravestone at the cemetary. Those of us who were fortunate enough to know him will remember him as a class act, and those who learn of him only from his gravestone will no doubt agree with us. Lloyd did himself proud.
Rest In Peace, old friend. / Ron
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I don't think you could ever hope for a finer or more helpful friend than Lloyd.
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The engraving on Lloyd's headstone looks to be an accurate representation of a MONON Class K6 pacific. See attached photo.
A unique and beautiful tribute to a railroader and MONON railfan!
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Tim, the tender is lettered Monon, and the locomotive is the#451. It shows up clearly on the stone, but it's hard to see in the photograph. It is a very good reproduction. I couldn't get a good closeup because of the reflection, so here's an enhanced enlargement of the part with the train on it. Like I said, Lloyd did himself proud. / Ron