Sad Sad situation Joel.

Good luck with the 50/50 .. the family will be so grateful.

larry
roadhaus.com

On Sep 8, 2010, at 2:50 PM, Joel Cort wrote:

> Joy and Larry
>  
> This is an awesome thing that you have started.
>  
> I will be having a 50/50 rafle at the upcomng Westies at Watkins event donating the proceeds to the Grebneff family.
>  
> I will certainly miss Andrew and his witty responses and contributions on this list and on the Subaru Conversion list. 
>  
> Plus he was  GEOLOGIST as I am/was so there is additional kinship.
>  
> 
>  
> Happy Camping,
> Joel Cort
> Rochester NY
> 
> 
> jcort@rochester.rr.com
> joel_cort@yahoo.com
> 
> 
> 89 Syncro Westy (VanGo)
> 87 Syncro Transporter (Stella)
> 73 Westy Campmobile (Agent Orange)
> 
> 
> Western New York LiMBO Respresentative www.limbobus.org
> Founding member of the Empire State VW Camping Clubwww.empirevwcamping.org
> Westies@Watkins IX is set for October 7-8-9-10, 2010www.westies-at-watkins.org
> 
> 
> From: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Sun, September 5, 2010 1:10:13 PM
> Subject: Re: We've lost another one....
> 
> Thanks, Larry.
> 
> For anyone who'd like to contribute, you can go here:
> http://roadhaus.com/PIF.html.  Larry collects contributions in the fund,
> then he'll send them off to the account in New Zealand.  The website
> reporting Andrew's death (
> http://www.otago.ac.nz/geology/news/files/andrew_grebneff.html) provides all
> the info about how to put money into that account.  It also includes the
> family's address, if anyone wants to contact them directly.
> 
> Paypal only needs to work for putting our contributions into Larry's fund -
> though I think it does work worldwild.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Joy
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Larry Chase <roadguy@roadhaus.com> wrote:
> 
> > Joy & All,
> >
> > Such sad news ....
> >
> > Maggie and I would be very willing to collect donations from the VW
> > community for a lump sum transfer to the fund established in New Zealand.
> >
> > We will contact the family and try to determine what help might be needed.
> >
> >
> > larry
> > roadhaus.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sep 5, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Joy Hecht wrote:
> >
> > The website link (
> >http://www.otago.ac.nz/geology/news/files/andrew_grebneff.html) says that
> > the family didn't have much money, and they were taking up collections to
> > pay for repatriating his body.  But any contributions from overseas to help
> > his family will cost them $10 each to receive.  Maybe we can all contribute
> > to Larry's pay-it-forward fund, and then a single contribution can go to
> > help them from all of us?
> >
> > It's six-weeks past, by now, but they must be devastated, having him
> > disappear and then be found dead in Mexico a few days later.  Knowing that
> > there's a community on the other side of the world that is thinking of them
> > might help.
> >
> > Larry, can you receive donations this way and then send off our
> > contribution?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Joy
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Peter T. Owsianowski <
> > pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> This is very sad, really enjoyed Andrew's enthusiasm and knowledge.
> >>
> >> Just thinking - is there anything we can do as a group?  I know when our
> >> Boston Bob passed, many list members were able to actually make the
> >> journey.  Perhaps we could send flowers or a group card?
> >>
> >> ...feeling kind of empty.
> >>
> >>
> >> Pete
> >> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
> >> '87 Westy "JoesVan"
> >> WWW.Busesbythebeach.com
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Researching a bit of New Zealand this evening I came across this:
> >> >
> >> > http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1007b&L=conch-l&P=267
> >> >
> >> > From: Marcus Coltro <marcuscoltro@HOTMAIL.COM> Subject: [CONCH-L]
> >> > Passing of Andrew Grebneff To: CONCH-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Received:
> >> > Thursday, July 8, 2010, 10:54 AM
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> 
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