Passing of a fellow club member | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum

John KorlingOGR Forum Member

With great sadness I learned that a fellow SD3R member, Marvin Wait, passed away last Tuesday May 1st. He was a member of the club for about as long as me (approx. 12 years), and his contributions to the club and especially the layout at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum has been enormous. He donated the lumber for the layout and was intrumental in building the display cases for the layout. He has graciously held club BBQs at his house up in San Marcos, and his home layout, which is a work of art in itself, was (or still will be) featured in an upcoming issue of OGR.

A very sad day for me; he has been in poor health for some time but his enthusiasm for the hobby has always been strong. I have always enjoyed running trains and talking shop with him both at the club as well as his home layout. In fact, he's one of the first members I ever ran trains with when I first joined. My condolences go out to his wife and family.

Rest in peace, Marvin. You will be sorely missed.

5/6/1210:04 PM

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Alex MOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

My condolences to his family

may he rest in peace

ALEX

RJLOGR Forum Member

My condolences to his loved ones and may his sole rest in peace up in Heaven and may God Bless his soul and his loved ones.

Ralph-RJL

leavingtracksOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

John...I am very sorry for the loss of your train buddy. Sounds like he was a really great guy.....

Alan

AGHRMattOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERMEMORIAL SUPPORTER

Hi John. We're very sorry to hear about Marvin. Our heartfelt condolences go out to Marvin's family, you, and your club.

5/7/121:14 AM

bigdodgetrainOGR Forum Member

here is more on Marvin's layout that was in run 242.

http://web.mac.com/mwait/Site_2/Home_Page.html

TrainPopOGR Forum Member MEMORIALIZED MEMBER

My condolences to Marv's family and friends.

Gandalf97OGR Forum Member

I'd also like to offer my condolences to his family and friends.

Thanks, John for posting this. I'm sorry for your loss.

Doug W.OGR Forum Member

As Susan his wife said If you want to Know who Marvin was just play Sinatra's "I Did It My Way". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egY8rUpxqcE

It has been a very rough year for the Wait Family, three generations have passed in the past year. Prayers for the family and Marvin.

5/7/121:11 PM

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