Samuel-Rodney Gonzales Raganit

Birth date: Mar 16, 1967 Death date: Sep 24, 2015

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Ken Toida

548w ago

in honor of Samuel-Rodney.

My deepest condolences to Rodney’s family. He was a good friend. I’ve known Rodney for over 20 years, starting from when we worked at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. He had such a love for life, and lived by the slogan “work hard, play hard”. He was into a wide variety of activities, and I tried to hang with him for a lot of it. One thing we used to do was go mountain biking together. One time, he had just recovered from a broken leg (fell down an elevator shaft on a ship at NNSY!) and really wanted to go for a bike ride. About halfway through the ride, his leg started hurting. I told him we needed to quit, but he wanted to finish the ride. Turns out he had re-broken his leg! This wasn’t a gentle trail either, but he finished it on a broken leg. He was so proud of his family, and after he moved to Hawaii, continued to send pictures and videos of his kids playing the piano, racing go-karts, etc. I will miss him very much.

Ken Toida, Chesapeake, VA

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Sherry Brubaker-Pollock

548w ago

Heartfelt sympathies go out to the Raganits from me and my family (mom Ling and brother Richard) and from Rodney's Granby High Comet "family." He will be sorely missed but hopefully we can find comfort knowing he is watching over us from above and will always be as close as our memories.

R.I.P., Rodney.

Sherry Brubaker-Pollock
GHS '84

Trelle Cabie

548w ago

in honor of Samuel-Rodney.

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V Paet

548w ago

in honor of Samuel-Rodney.

Condolences to the Raganit family.Rodney will surely be missed. Hope Chie and the kids are doing fine.Love and Prayers Aunty Violy

Will & Jayne Pennington

548w ago

Rodney and Chie were the first people we met when we moved into our new neighborhood at Royal Kunia. They lived across the driveway from Jayne and me. Chie would give birth to Kengo a few days after we moved in. They were the greatest neighbors. Rodney was always busy with the yard, doing things inside the house, explaining the latest exciting thing to me, talking about work, family, where Kengo would go to college. We enjoyed many a pleasant evening sitting in the driveway chatting about everything. Rodney always had a smile, always a wonderful laugh, both ready to share whenever they were needed. He reminded me of the Tasmanian Devil: always a whirlwind of activity and excitement. There was nothing Rodney could not do. The three of them, and Koji when he came along, made our lives a little better, a little happier, better neighbors. Rodney exemplified the spirit of Aloha.
Aloha my friend.
Will and Jayne Pennington

Warren Taylor

549w ago

Condolences to the Raganit Family. Rodney was a very good man and great Shipyard co-worker. He was always passionate about life and its possibilities. Rodney, you surely will be missed.

Joe Rysavy

549w ago

Rodney always had a smile and a postive attitude. I loved working with him.

Larry Selby

549w ago

My deepest sympathies and condolences to the Raganit family ... John hit the nail on the head when he that, "everything Rodney did was done with wide eyed enthusiasm." So, it's fitting that his last moments were spent being on the water and doing something that he loved. I remember meeting Rodney at Virginia Tech in the summer. He was always smiling and excited about something. At the time it was a new Cannondale mountain bike that he had bought. He was explaining the gear ratios and how the oval chain ring helped generate more power. Mountain bikes were so much better (he said) because he would bunny hop the embankment and cut across the gravel parking lot on his way to class! Later when I moved to Virginia Beach, we would practice martial arts, go wind surfing and car pool to work together. I hope that I was as good a friend to him as he was to me. Everyone liked Rodney; he was just that type of guy. Aloha, Rodney, you will be missed.

Dan J

549w ago

Rodney was a good man who was always kind and considerate to his Trouble Desk engineers. I worked with him on Trouble Desk for two submarine availabilities (C63 & C24). I always admired his love and dedication to his family. I was honored to have spent so much time working with him and will miss his genuine enthusiasm, kind spirit, and passion for economics. My condolences to his family for their loss.

John Finefield

549w ago

To the Raganit Family, so sorry for your loss. Rodney and I worked together for several years when I first started at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. We car pooled together for years, everything Rodney did was done with wide eyed excitement. Wind surfing, martial arts, etc. He was always happy always smiling and always helping. He was so excited to work at the shipyard and his excitement was infectious. I remember in Code 263 we had a co-worker that would draw cartoons about funny things that happened at the shipyard. When Rodney first started, one of our seasoned technicians had taken Rodney down to show him around one of the air craft carriers. They came upon a watertight door that was dogged shut. The technician told him, if the dogs were too tight there was always a “cheater bar” mounted beside the door to open the dogs. Rodney proceeded to take the cheater bar off the bulkhead and used it like a hammer to bang open the dog (it is designed to be slipped over the end of the dog and provide additional leverage). The cartoon attached was the result… We all had a good laugh, Rodney included.

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