I'm in Joy.

Ben
http://www.benplace.com/

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:22:45 -0400, Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I just saw the emails about Bob having passed away - I've been in transit
>and didn't get them yesterday.  Bob was a good friend, a warm and
>caring person, who provided the heart keeping Matilda going, but more
>importantly was always willing to help me and to invite me into his home and
>his friendship.  I spent time with him whenever I was in Boston.  And now
>I have just arrived back in Boston from Mali to find this very sad news.
>
>But that's not why I'm sending this email.  As some of you know. Bob's
>teen-aged daughter Julie is severely retarded.  Bob and his wife were under
>extreme pressure all the time because of the challenges of taking care of
>her, both emotional and financial.  Bob had an insurance policy with which
>he hoped Julie would be supported after his death, but I cannot imagine he
>though it would come so soon.  Nor, from what he told me, do I think it will
>be enough.  His wife - I think her name is Karen - was working nights to
>help support them, so that one of them could always be around to mind Julie
>when she wasn't in school, as she cannot be left alone.  They had little
>cash to spare even with two incomes.
>
>I would love to see the vanagon community make a significant donation
>through the pay it forward fund to help Bob's family at this time.  Larry,
>if you think that is appropriate, I will be happy to put in at least a few
>hundred dollars.  I hope anyone else who has benefited from Bob's engines,
>his advice, or considered themselves a friend of his, will also be able to
>contribute to whatever extent is feasible for you, to help his wife and
>their other two children (both in college, I think) deal with the challenges
>now facing them.
>
>Bob was a really good man, I'm very sorry to get this news.
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>Joy Hecht