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RIP Don. I never knew you, but my heart still goes out to you and your family.

You will be missed, Pacersfan. Our thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family...

My thoughts and prayers go out to Pacerfan's family, friends and the Pacers boards. From what I've seen in this thread. You were a good man and definately was well-respected here.

R.I.P. Pacerfan, You will be missed.

RIP. First time I have ever been to the Pacer board. Sounds like Don was a terrific human being.

RIP pacerfan. You "paid it forward" and I'm sure your influence and kindness will carry on even after your death.
You made a real impact. God Bless.

cafguy (and the Raptor Board)

rest in peace pacers fan

I found the obituary, in case anyone wants to read it.

http://www2.indystar.com/cgi-bin/obitua ... w&id=87142

Condolences to the Bardon family, and RealGM posters who were close with Don. This is very sad news, I think I missed knowing quite a character guy.

OMG!!! i'm real sorry and sad to know about this.

RIP to Don.

Prayers and best wishes to his family.

WOW. This is a total shocker. I had no idea how old he was or if he was sick. I must have missed those threads. But "pacerfan" was always a great poster and i too figured he was just too busy to come to these boards. It's hard to get to know people personally over the internet so i didn't know. Hearing this is very sad. He was a very intelligent Pacers fan, had lots of passion and even though i'm still new to this forum, it was a great pleasure for me to get to know him, even though it was only from the basketball side of things.

He will be missed for sure. He was a great mod. His posts were always full of detail and he was always positive. Even when the one guy drafted an all Pacers team in fantasy basketball, and admitted it was a mistake, pacerfan offered to help and gave advice how to turn his team around. I thought that was really cool of him and that was one of the things that stood out for me.

Sad day for Pacers land. Rest in Peace, Pacerfan! You will be missed. I miss you already.

My prayers and best wishes to his family.

I have read far more than I've wrote over the last couple years, but I know class when I see it and Pacerfan was the personification of it. My Prayers are with his family.

My condolences to both Don's family and his virtual family on the Pacers board. He will be sorely missed.

/Marc

R.I.P.

my goodness this is horrible news!
prayers are with his family...

My thoughts and prayers are with his family, his friends and anyone who's life has been impacted by him. May his loved ones find the strength they need to overcome their loss. R.I.P. Don. You will be missed.

May your soul rest in peace Pacerfan.

Goodbye pacerfan, you will be missed.

wow R.I.P really a great and intelligent poster. He will be dearly missed. Knew him only through online but he sounded like a very nice and loving guy and father. Truthfully, I am sending prayers for their family as we speak.

I was doing some work today and thought about going back through some of the PMs I exchanged with Don over the years here as Pacer Mods...this one stuck out.

A little set-up, I had just sent messages to Count, PF and Scoot that I was thinking about making a trip out to Indiana this spring to see a game with the gang. Due to a series of events, that never took place...Lord, do I regret it:

pacerfan wrote:I'm hoping to see you and get to a game with you folks. That would be more than great. Might even buy a ticket and a couple of beers for you for one of the games, if you really make it.

I guess the schedule is not out yet, so you don't know what games you are selecting?

Keep me posted.

Don

I will get out to Conseco soon...and he'll certainly be at the forefront of my mind.

Thoughts and prayers are with his family. Rest in peace