Times in life we cherish We carry them each day A moment that we treasure Shall take our breath away   The beauty of a loved one Who walked with us in life Filled our hearts with happiness His footprints gather light   The joy of love and sorrow Within our life that keeps A thought of love we gather Will constantly repeat   The words in life sustain us They fill us with our goals With every passage greeted Our friend of life extols   For every word that's written In every word that's said We gather all life's knowledge In page of  gold we've read   Our hearts are sad you left us We think of you each day Remembering the treasures You passed along the way   A smile a look that's certain That gives us pause to say Within life's tender mercies Our hero saves the day   For love in life is gathered Through those in life we meet By joy and peace that's given This love does not retreat   A day in life we gathered That captured who you are The joy that we have gathered Now written in the stars   As times in life are counted With every rising sun The dawn of every new day Brings so much more to come   For you were all the bounty Within this life we knew No single hesitation In "love" that came from you   So rest in peace with Angels With glory you have earned As though the years we'll treasure The love that's been returned.   ~ Francine Pucillo ~ ©Copyright June 16, 2008

~ Notes by Francine ~

I received an e mail from Mark, a friend of Will Dallenbach, who told me

that a very dear friend died unexpectedly in a farming accident in 2007.

He had made a few graphics for his friend and wanted me to incorporate

them so that we could create something very special in

a Memorial Dedicated to Will  for all who loved him.

 I was indeed moved by the request and so I wanted to do something

but there were so many obstacles in my way due to

 personal problems, that it has taken me a long time to accomplish this.

I have come to realize through the friendship between these two men

 and the very many attributes of the character of Will

that I was given a huge task to create something memorable

for a most wonderful and very special individual.

 While it is sometimes difficult to try to portray the personality of

someone you never met, it was not so in this case for me. I felt

an immediate bond with the heart of Will through the graphic

that his friend Mark created for him and through reading  all the

e mails that were received by me from  Mark, I could see that

“Will was truly a man for all seasons.” One who when you walked

beside him he was shoulder to shoulder with you. I believe he

was never the type of person who would leave you in your time of

need or move ahead of you without helping you along the way.

There are not too many in life who extol this type of love and

 caring for all individuals who come across their path. It is so

very difficult to wake up one morning and realize that through

 an accident that the person who had great meaning in many lives,

 is now gone from this earth, and you must carry on without him.

However, Will left a legacy of beauty and love through

his passage in this life and a bounty of knowledge that he

so thoughtfully expressed during his life. He left a great

 many family and friends who can look back with pride

and deep gratification for all that he accomplished  on this

earth to help them through the times when he would

not be there for them, without even realizing it.

 He left words of encouragement that a person can feed on

throughout their adversities in life and a great amount of purpose

for those left on this earth to continue their path in life, perhaps not

with the man they so revered, but with the knowledge that through

his “tender mercies” in life, and through his unconditional love,

 he made a huge difference in the life of all those he touched.

This indeed is more than anyone can accomplish in life and

through his death, he continues, with the memories of those

he left behind, a plethora of “words to live by” what a wonderful

tribute to all those he loved and all those who loved him.

I would like to offer my sincere condolences to Will's family and

those in life who feel the void of his loss. I would like to thank

his friend Mark, who asked me to help him with this tribute and to

let him know that I too, feel like I have lost a friend.

There are many people who walk through life that are good

and wonderful people and we never hear about these people

except in this instance, Mark wanted the world to know that

there was a special human being that walked together with us

who deserves to be remembered for his accomplishments.

Thank you Mark for introducing me to a man who I

will remember and admire, although I never met him

he has made an impact on my heart and touched my soul.

~ Francine Pucillo ~

 “Ode to a Friend”

by Mark G. Gangestad

“To be considered this mans friend allowed your inner soul to be warmed with

his true respectability and honor. His piercing eyes spoke without

uttering words. His honest and caring mannerism

had a wonderful contagious nature and I am glad to have been exposed”.

~ Mark G. ~ 6-16-2008

Below you will find all information relating to

Will’s life and his accomplishments during his short time on earth.

The following is a compilation of the accomplishments of

Will Daellenbach, by Ken Pekoc:

Will Daellenbach, who always found ways to fondly cite his Montana farm boy upbringing when chatting with folks about his 36-year federal engineering and construction career, died Mar. 4 in a farming accident

at his home in Hamilton, Montana.

Daellenbach, 59, managed building and renovation projects at

Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) since 1996. During that time,

he was the impetus behind projects that improved each of the 30 numbered

buildings on the RML. He oversaw construction of a $66 million

Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Hamilton on behalf of the

Office of Research Facilities Development and Operations.

For the past 2½ years, Daellenbach was ORF’s western regional

 director, with responsibility for operations at RML. Previously

he worked as a project officer, assistant chief of construction and chief of the Program Management Branch at NIH. He also spent 32 years in the

Public Health Service, retiring as a captain. He served about half

of his career in the Indian Health Service, working in Bishop, Calif.,

Reno, Nev., Wind River, Wyo., Albuquerque, N.M., and Rockville.

Daellenbach received a PHS Meritorious Service Medal for his

“remarkable dedication in pursuing corrective action and

 funding, and overseeing the improvement of facilities

at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories.”

The IRF at RML will contain research laboratories rated at

biosafety level 4, the world’s most stringent research safety

rating and only the sixth U.S. location with such research capacity.

Since fall 2004, Daellenbach walked the IRF site almost daily,

monitoring concrete pours and conduit installation, corner mending

and carpet-laying. The IRF is 99 percent complete.

“Will was the ‘rock’ of Rocky Mountain Laboratories, strong, solid

and the foundation for much of the work accomplished on

 the campus,” said Pat Stewart, RML business and program

manager. “Through his use of diagrams and pictures of buildings,

 steam lines and duct banks, he was able to explain complex

construction projects in a way that anyone could understand.

“He had a no-nonsense approach to his work,” Stewart recalled.

“He was always honest and true to his word, and people

 trusted and respected him for that. He put his heart and soul

 into everything that he attempted, and remained an advocate

for NIH and NIAID throughout his tenure at RML.”

Dr. Marshall Bloom, NIAID associate director for RML, grew to

 appreciate Daellenbach’s “encyclopedic knowledge about

facilities, construction and infrastructure. Will could recite

 miniscule details about project plans from many years ago,

 and then he would tell you where everyone in the room

was sitting when those decisions were made,

” Bloom said. “His attention to detail and commitment

 to excellence was remarkable.”

That was true whether building a research laboratory or pursuing  his

hobbies of remodeling homes and rebuilding tractors and pickup trucks.

Daellenbach was reared in the rural north central

Montana town of Malta. He later received a bachelor’s degree

from Montana State University and a master’s degree

from the University of Maryland.

In 1968, he married Birdie Blatter.

The couple reared two daughters, Brenda and Sheila, in Poolesville.

Survivors include his wife; daughter Brenda; mother Louise;

 two brothers, two sisters and several nieces and nephews.

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