Really sad news from TwinOaks

[Pappy]

I lost a very good friend Yesterday, Art Behlke [Tokin Yank] I called him, him and I have spent a lot of time around the fire and in the kitchen together, he was 83 and been shooting a bow since the early 40's when he took a bus to Chicago to an Archery shop and put and old bear on layaway he would then ride the bus back each week to make a payment and shoot it. He retired here in the late 90's and found TwinOaks after being a member of a few other local clubs, he fit right in and I for 1 am really going to miss him. He was at the farm every Saturday barring trouble and would spend the day. His wife said he didn't have many friends
except for his Church and TwinOaks and she thought his best friends was  at TwinOaks. Any of you that have made the Classic will for sure know him. RIP Art. 
   Pappy

[Wolf Watcher]

Very sad news as he was a very nice man.  I had some long talks with him if you call setting around the fire while he listened to me talk about bow hunting in the old days!  Always had a little grin on his face making you think he knew something you didn't!      Twin Oaks and the rest of us "want a bes" will miss him!  Joe

[missilemaster]

Really sorry to hear that. I never got the opportunity to talk at any length with him but he seemed like a great person.

[wildman]

Very sorry to hear , loss of good friends is never easy.

[osage outlaw]

Really sorry to hear that. I never got the opportunity to talk at any length with him but he seemed like a great person.

My thoughts exactly Cody.  Sorry for your loss Pappy and the rest of the Twin Oaks members.

[RidgeRunner]

Well, Going to miss Art.
Spent quite a bit of time talking with him on one of my weekend trips to TwinOaks.
I find it hard to believe that he had few friends??

David

[Parnell]

I'm sorry to read this news.  I spoke with him briefly a couple of times but always expect to see him when I visit Twin Oaks.

Sad news.

[Buffalogobbler]

I had the opportunity to meet him and speak with him a few times, he always struck me as a very kind man.
My condolences to you Pappy and all at Twin Oaks who were close friends with him, I hope you can take comfort from the memories you have with Art.
Rest in peace Art.

Kevin

[blackhawk]

Sorry to hear that Mark     thanks for letting us know.

RIP Art

[Benedikt]

Sad to hear that.....
Its always hard to lose a good friend, my deepest condolences.

[lebhuntfish]

Never had the pleasure of meeting him. But from the sound of things I would have loved to. Sorry for your loss Pappy. I'm sure he will be truly missed. Patrick

[Knoll]

Good friends gone are truly missed.  But the memories/impacts left behind are priceless.

[hedgeapple]

Thoughts and prayers sent to the family and the Twin Oaks crew.  I know he'll be missed.

[PEARL DRUMS]

Tough news pappy. Im sure the ol' boy is in a much better place now. I never got to meet him. But if you say he was a good man, then he was.

[YosemiteBen]

Sad news indeed! Good friends are hard to come by and hard to lose! prayers all around.