John "dawk" Stillwell

York Pa Train Show October 1980

Say hello to Jess Oliver up there. Rock On!

Although we have not been in touch for several years I have memories of the York TCA train show's, fudge pops in the freezer at my house for your visits to my train room, and of course the Christmas parties in the 80's at my house in Dryden your train movies and other assorted films were the best. All that knew you will miss you!

It's difficult to put in words what Dawk had meant to so many.
He was a brilliant man and a good friend. Our loss----Heaven's GAIN.

Dawk was a man who found his passion in life early. Some never do find it so he was one of the lucky ones. Or perhaps luck had nothing to do with it as he made his own way, lived according to his terms and died doing what he loved. Will always remember you, my cousin Jackie.

There was no such thing as a boring conversation or email with John Dawk Stillwell. He always gave me enough info to find my own answers so that my knowledge would be my own. Of course he was so knowledgable and truly born to work his profession that I rarely discovered what he wanted me to find.

I would say that he seemed to have done what he was meant to do and that's the best thing one could want from life.

Dawk was something I visited once, talked on the phone with a lot,...