Hi Tom,

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss and Michele's long struggle.  I'm not
in the DC area, but my thoughts will be with you on Sunday.  Thank you for
letting us know.  The vanagon community really is a community of people
first, and vans second; it's good to share these things with us.

Be good to yourself.

Joy

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Tom Forhan <fourwdvw@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Friends,
>
> Some of you already know that my wife Michele died recently after a nine
> year struggle with cancer.
>
> She loved VW buses of all types, but especially our Syncro Westfalia in
> which we enjoyed many, many adventures together.  Until she became ill she
> enjoyed hosting our annual holiday parties when dozens of buses would
> descend on our neighborhood, and she invented the splittie cookie just for
> the event.
>
> We will hold a memorial service for Michele this Sunday, February 15 at 3PM
> at the Universalist National Memorial Church, 1810 16th St. NW, Washington
> DC. Parking is tight in this very urban spot, but I still intend to take my
> syncro.
>
> Take care,
>
> Tom Forhan
>