Today we learned that one of our cycling and randonneuring friends, Stan Miller, was killed by a suspected drunk driver. The story regarding this tragic accident may be read here.
It is difficult to accept that we will never go for another ride with Stan. Below is a photo Jan Bull took of Stan. This photo won The Daily Randonneur‘s photo contest in the “Spirit of Randonneuring” category. As our contest judge Gregg Bleakney wrote:
This category was tough to call but Stan just looks like the perfect poster-boy for rando-spirit. Nice warm light, big smile. Creative bull-clip map/notepad on front bar bag.
He will be missed by all of us. Stan always rode his own ride, and always finished brevets with a big smile and the craziest helmet hair I’d ever seen.
I am lucky to have known Stan. He brought something special to our group and we will miss him.
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I only knew Stan from a dog park where he would take his dog Sylvester, but he was a guy you would never forget. He was one of the friendliest guy’s I ever knew, he knew all of the dog’s and the owners. He always put a smile on my face when I saw him. He always had a big gallon of water for all the dogs. He had a personality that stood out and you just knew he was one of the good guys of this world.
I’m sorry to see you gone Stan, I’ll miss you.
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Stan’s family and mine were close friends while we were growing up in the 50’s-70’s. My brother was the ring bearer in his parents’ wedding and his aunt was my Maid of Honor. It was a multi-generational clan. When I knew him, we called him “Joe” or “Joe-Joe”. I don’t know when he became “Stan”. He was the oldest grandchild and was too old to hang out w/the little kids, so he hung around the younger 2nd generation kids. He was a great kid and fun to have around. I hadn’t seen him in years, until my mother’s funeral 3 years ago. He was still the same, funny guy I remembered.
It’s good to hear that he grew to become a good man who was well loved by all who knew him. I am so saddened to hear of his tragic death. He will be missed by many.
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