Sad News - show-me

[grandma]

My suggestion is use the monies collected for flowers (with wording of Sky's assist) but no individual names; credit to the whole of tsptalk.com.
Burrocrat can request the e-card be placed w/the flowers, or simply handed to the family. Then as those of us who are led to make the charitiable donations per Show's request can do so freely, and, please, with our own personal tsp ID's added into the signature....

There's just one collection going on. I copied the link in the first post to make it easier to find.
To me giving $75 each to the baseball / jazz thing seems tacky, but I don't have a clue. I like your plan of sending the posts and making the donations next week when we get all the paypal donations.

 

[weatherweenie]

I created a PayPal Donate button. If we get enough folks contributing $5 or $10 we should be fine. I'm not sure how much (total) is enough. If someone can let me know what we'll need, I'll pull the page to stop donations once we reach that. Thanks! (I haven't tested it yet since it won't allow me to pay myself.)

Show-me Donations

TSP Talk - Remembering Show-me

Worked for me. Thanks for setting this up Tom.

 

[alevin]

Thaks Tom, and bc too. Show-Me was one of my favorite people here. I've already said what else I could say in the other thread. no more words to add, only sadness and lasting admiration for Mike for all the many reasons and ways he'll be remembered.

 

[grandma]

Where's SkyPilot?

SkyPilot is in a remote part of South Dakota,at funeral, no easy access to internet, so advises us to carry on without his input at this time.
Tom, I think your suggestion: "From your Friends at TSP Talk" would be fine., maybe 5,000 friends??
The flower shop might need some extra time to get an arrangement together to fit our contributions

 

[tsptalk]

SkyPilot is in a remote part of South Dakota,at funeral, no easy access to internet, so advises us to carry on without his input at this time.
Tom, I think your suggestion: "From your Friends at TSP Talk" would be fine., maybe 5,000 friends??
The flower shop might need some extra time to get an arrangement together to fit our contributions

It is probably too late now to have anything sent for tomorrow's funeral. I called 2 of the local shops. One kept going to voicemail, the other was busy for about an hour.

Thanks for everyone's help on this - and for the contributions, which have kept coming. We're near $200 now.

 

[grandma]

It is probably too late now to have anything sent for tomorrow's funeral. I called 2 of the local shops. One kept going to voicemail, the other was busy for about an hour.

Thanks for everyone's help on this - and for the contributions, which have kept coming. We're near $200 now.

in that case, maybe Mrs Stark
would like a tree, or a water fountain; or something for the yard.? That won't require work/attendance on the family's part.Or wear out....

 

[burrocrat]

ok, i emailed our 'e-card' as a printable .pdf document to the contact grandma supplied. it should be there to present to the family or be placed with the other well-wishes and condolences.

i cut and pasted just the comments and left out the banner ads and a few of the administrative brainstorming messages that seemed out of place. it was still 12 pages plus a cover sheet with a brief message. i cc'd tom and grandma the document too. it is too big to post.

great work on short notice folks! who says we can't all get along?

keep the comments and donations coming and we can figure out what to do with it later. suggestions welcome.

oh, and say a little prayer tonight, to whoever however you are accustomed, it couldn't hurt.

 

[grandma]

The file is very nice, bc - thank you for thinking of it, for creating it...

 

[burrocrat]

here is a screenshot of the cover page. you guys did the rest.

View attachment 24753

 

[PessOptimist]

In cases such as this in the past, when it was too late for a floral arrangement at the funeral, we have sent a living plant to the family. Sort of an on going memorial. Many florists offer such.

show-me you are and will be missed,

PO

 

[imike023]

Rest in Peace my carrier brother, I know you are in a better place now.

 

[ATCJeff]

RIP my friend.

 

[SkyPilot]

SkyPilot is in a remote part of South Dakota,at funeral, no easy access to internet, so advises us to carry on without his input at this time.
Tom, I think your suggestion: "From your Friends at TSP Talk" would be fine., maybe 5,000 friends??
The flower shop might need some extra time to get an arrangement together to fit our contributions

Sorry to be out of pocket, but coincidentaly, we were attending another funeral (so many this year). I find it interesting how we can have such a significant bond of community, and have not for the most part met face to face. I find it comforting to have so many pals, even though we have not actually been in the same place at the same time. Blessings!

 

[SkyPilot]

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[nnuut]

Seems like it come like grapes, in a bunch. My younger brother passed away last month of a heart attack, makes you think why him and not me, my niece died the month before of pancreatic cancer. I refuse to go!

 

[tsptalk]

Sorry to hear about your losses, nnuut. You keep drinking that red wine and you'll be fine.

 

[sstasel]

Sunday morning bump -- for those who have not seen this.

 

[nnuut]

Thanks, but I'm just fine, have a hard shell like a turtle.

 

[jpcavin]

I lost my younger brother when he was just 22 (I was 28). Hard shell or not, the inside is always more fragile. Sorry for your loss Norm.

 

[SkyPilot]

Sometimes it does seem that trouble or sadness comes in multiples or clusters, and the truth is, they do. While working with a grief group, it occurred to me that the incidences of these circumstances do not arrive at an even pace in a periodic fashion. The longer between difficulties, the more likely that difficulty will concentrate in a compressed frame of time.
The more connections we have, i.e., friendships, acquaintances, etc., the more this dynamic is amplified as there will be more occurrences because there are more people with whom we have a relationship.
If we can keep this reality in mind, it helps to mitigate the profound sadness and feelings of loss that can be overwhelming during these times. I know that this is “cold comfort”, but it may be worth reflecting on at a later date.