The picture on the left is my son-in-law, Stan and my daughter. In the background a some of his many trophies.
The following is an e-mail that went out to the ROMEOs.
Guys - Many of you have visited the Kansas Motorcycle Museum in Marquette, Kansas. It was a living tribute to Stan Engdahl who for over 50 years raced his Harley Davidson motorcycle. Stan passed away yesterday while watching his city fire team fight a grass fire. He just collapsed and died on the scene it was reported. Stan was 79 years old and is survived by his wife of the home.
I was one of the fortunate ones who got to see Stan race as a young man when races were held in Dodge City over Labor Day weekend. It was a memorable time that I still recall with distinct pleasure. Everything about it just reeked of excitement to this youngster still in high school. When I moved up to Lindsborg in the mid 80's, races were still being held every Memorial Day at Kanopolis and I spent many an enjoyable hour out there when the wife would let me off. Stan, much older then, as was I, still racing and was still leading the field, riding with a vengeance as he always did.
I will miss Stan. I will miss his stories. I will miss his shuffle. I will miss his quick wit and soft speech. I never heard a bad word come from Stan's lips in all the time I have known him. Motorcycling has lost a friend in Stan Engdahl.
The little City of Marquette has lost more than it realizes! The best tribute we could pay to Stan is to visit often and see that 'his' Museum continues and flourishes. Richard Kurtz
You know Stan sounds like a gentleman I have watched as I was growing up and when riding. He too was a Harley racer on dirt tracks and he was still racing into his sixties. He is passed now but Stan would have liked him. I feel we are losing many Stans everyday in America. The true biker that did not have to be a jack a#* to people because they were self made and their confidence was not hurt by someone else's success.
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