{"id":2822,"date":"2014-07-23T11:54:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T15:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=2822"},"modified":"2014-07-23T11:54:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T15:54:21","slug":"a-good-man-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/a-good-man-passes\/","title":{"rendered":"A GOOD MAN PASSES"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the morning of July 20, the ranks of the shooter folk was depleted by one fine man. http:\/\/www.pharostribune.com\/obituaries\/x1927879820\/George-L-Voltz<\/a> .<\/p>\n

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George Voltz (left) with Denny Reichard (right) at Sand Burr Gun Ranch in 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I knew George Voltz for about three decades, teaching with him annually most years. He had served his country in Korea and Vietnam.\u00a0 He had raised a fine family, though I only got to know two of his sons, Wade and George, Jr. For many years, George owned a gun shop in Logansport, Indiana.\u00a0 I bought my younger daughter\u2019s first firearm, a Smith & Wesson .22 Airweight Kit Gun, from him there.<\/p>\n

George devoted his last several decades to sharing his encyclopedic knowledge of firearms and his passion for their safe and competent use.\u00a0 His wisdom can be found on many spots on the Internet gun forums such as stoppingpower.net, where he normally posted under his initials, GLV.<\/p>\n

In person, George was patient, kind, friendly, and unflappable.\u00a0 He had a dry sense of humor, an uncommonly large supply of common sense, and was one hell of a shot.<\/p>\n

I had the good fortune to spend some time with him while teaching in Indiana this past June. Though wracked by cancer and the side effects of radiation therapy, this octogenarian still stood tall, his signature .45 at his hip.\u00a0 He had, at 83, recently competed in a three-gun match\u2026not as fast as in days of old, but showing the determination that characterized his entire life.<\/p>\n

George passed at his son\u2019s residence, with hospice care, and only after his death did I learn that George himself had been a volunteer hospice worker.\u00a0 It was characteristic of the caring and compassion that the man exuded.\u00a0 A born instructor to the end, he taught us all how to die with dignity.<\/p>\n

In this case, it\u2019s not a clich\u00e9 to say\u2026We Are Diminished.<\/p>\n

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