Sad News Folks sorry Long Time Collector Fred Roniger

[danmckee]

I have dealt with Fred for years, he is an oldtimer collector out of St. Louis. He resides in Oregon now. He recently purchased my 1953 Hunter's Meats Near set off ebay and when I saw a return request pop up 10 days later, I knew something was off.

I called and his wife said he was close to the end and my box hadn't even been opened. So sad indeed. Fred is a TRUE COLLECTOR.

Prayers and Best Thoughts for the Roniger family please.

Dan Mckee

[Casey2296]

Thoughts and prayers Dan.

[bobbyw8469]

That's sad....he was in the game up to the end.

[Leon]

Sorry to hear that. Always sad to hear about old time collectors going, or getting ready to go, to the great collection in the sky. Prayers to the family and friends...

[oaks1912]

Very sorry to hear Dan. I only met Fred about a decade or so back when he moved to Oregon. He attended and set up at the annual Washington State shows. We enjoyed some great conversations. Definitely a good guy

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Leon

Sorry to hear that. Always sad to hear about old time collectors going, or getting ready to go, to the great collection in the sky. Prayers to the family and friends...

So sorry to hear that, Danny, it's a shame he didn't get to open the box and see them before he passed. All of our collections will come to an end some day, though, not a bad thing to keep in mind for those of us lucky enough to still be opening our boxes.

[oldeboo]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

So sorry to hear that, Danny, it's a shame he didn't get to open the box and see them before he passed. All of our collections will come to an end some day, though, not a bad thing to keep in mind for those of us lucky enough to still be opening our boxes.

As I've read on here before, these cards don't belong to us, we are just caretakers holding onto them for a little while. Thoughts for Fred and those that knew him.

[danmckee]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

So sorry to hear that, Danny, it's a shame he didn't get to open the box and see them before he passed. All of our collections will come to an end some day, though, not a bad thing to keep in mind for those of us lucky enough to still be opening our boxes.

Yes I thought the same thing Hank! Would have brought him some last minute joy to see them!