Sad News regarding Al Harford (Al's Decals)

[Bjorn]

Al Harford passed away peacefully today around 4:30 pm Oct 12 Sunday.  
There will be a service in San Jose, California and as per his wishes he will be cremated and his ashes will go to Texas.
I'm so sorry that the Archery community has lost such a great guy and friend to us all.

[Horney Toad]

Sorry to hear that news. When I hear his friends praise him, I realize we lost a good one.

[Danny Rowan]

May "The Great One" comfort his loved ones and take him into His fold. Sad news indeed.

Danny

[d. ward]

Wow that one hit home.....sad day for all.He was a fine man and we will all miss him alot...bowdoc

[Mike Shaw]

The good ones all die young..A very sad day. Al Was always helping someone. He sent me decals no charge and walked me thru installing them. He will be missed very much..God Bless

[Falk]

I am very sad to read this! I feel sorry for all relatives. Not many things that can be said or done now ...

[TRAP]

I find it hard to come up with the right words.  As Jim said, maybe that’s the way it’s supposed to be.

Al Harford was Top Notch and truly one of the good guys in archery.   We spoke on several occasions and my life is much richer because of those conversations.  He always offered encouragement, sound advice and a willingness to help.  His always positive and never negative attitude is a model for all of us to follow.

 His attention to detail was second to none and there are a lot of refinished bows out there as testimony to that fact.  His decals made the process of resurrecting a classic a lot easier and the finished product that much nicer.

Thank You Al, for your many contributions, Give Em Hell My Friend

Trap

[KENDALL TECHAU]

Sad news.I pray Helen and the family will find comfort in the Lord. Al was a fine gentleman. I had invited him up to Iowa to hunt Whitetails.He did'nt draw this year but we were keeping our fingers crossed for next year.Al is out there huntin em now. Pick a spot my friend.

[PAPALAPIN]

Sorry to hear this.  I did not know him but he was always well spoken of here.  Another loss th our ommunity.

[kurtbel5]

My thoughts and prayers for his family.
               Kurt

[ANYWINGCURVE]

I am very saddened to hear this. my heart goes out to MRS HARFORD&family. i regret i never talked to al personally but he helped me very much thru this site identifying a lot of the RWH's i have. he was in the process of making me a set of very early 60's decals for my wings. TAKE CARE AL&THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!

[NumPls]

Al's archery club is in the process of setting up a Memorial Website for Al. I am sure that we can get some of the statements posted here up onto that site once we have it going.

Finally, I am sure that someone from our club (either Bjorn, me, or someone else) will post a link here to that Memorial Website after we have it fully functional.

Ray

[Migra Bill]

Wow. At a loss for words. I didn't know him as others here did, but I took a look at his most recent posts. Always jumping in to help, offer advise, promoting the sport. It appears we lost a great man.

[4runr]

I will miss you Al.

I got decals from him last year when I refinished my 62 K-Mag. He sent me two extras in case I messed one up. Now I want to find a 61 to refinish in his honor. 61 is my birth year.

I corresponded with Al a few times by email and he was always gracious and very helpful.

Go with God my friend.

[MJB]

My Thoughts and Prayers are with his family.

[alaskabowhunter]

I wish Al the best of luck on the next leg of his journey and heart felt prayers for his family. Thanks again for the decals Al, you will be missed. Chuck

[Bjorn]

The service for AL was wonderful. Great talks by his kids, friends and pastor-really touching slide show too.
Al and his family are a class act!

[d. ward]

BJ thank you for the info on Al's service..We will all miss him a great deal.I wish the very best to his family..............thanks again bowdoc