This weekend I am going to honor Loren with a martini and flags at half mast.
I enjoyed camping with him many times in the early/mid 2000s with the Wet Westies and at Westfalia acres.
He was many things, Marine, Astronomer, Vanagon support and in the end a person I won't ever forget.
The way I see it, he's just lead scout and doing reconnaissance & when we get there the fire will be going and the cocktail flag will be flying.
Loren, Bev, Jon, and others will be waiting as we one by one pull in to spread out for more great times together.
Godspeed Loren, I can't wait the hear about the journey!
Brian

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  1. RIP: Loren Busch (9)

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Date:    Sun, 24 Oct 2021 23:14:55 -0700
From:    Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: RIP: Loren Busch

Sad news for this small community... My condolences to Loren
Busch's family...

On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 7:38 PM Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com>
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> On Sun, Oct 24, 2021, 5:50 PM Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com> wrote=
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> > just saw a post on facebook from Ben that Loren Busch passed away. RIP.
> >
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Date:    Mon, 25 Oct 2021 09:26:00 -0400
From:    David Beierl <dbeierl@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: RIP: Loren Busch

On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 8:50 PM Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com> wrote:

> just saw a post on facebook from Ben that Loren Busch passed away. RIP.
>

I will miss him.

Yrs,
d

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Date:    Mon, 25 Oct 2021 09:43:49 -0400
From:    Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: RIP: Loren Busch

Indeed. May he rest in peace.

Cheers,
Sudhir

On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 9:26 AM David Beierl <dbeierl@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 8:50 PM Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > just saw a post on facebook from Ben that Loren Busch passed away. RIP.
> >
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> I will miss him.
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> Yrs,
> d

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Date:    Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:57:10 -0700
From:    Neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: RIP: Loren Busch

Sorry to hear. I have fond memories of him from Wet Westy camp outs. RIP Lo=
ren.

Neil.

On 10/24/21, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com> wrote:
> just saw a post on facebook from Ben that Loren Busch passed away. RIP.
>

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Neil n

VE7TBN

1988 Westy 50=C2=BA ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt

1981 Westy 15=C2=BA ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8

VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>

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Date:    Mon, 25 Oct 2021 11:15:41 -0500
From:    "Jim. Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: RIP: Loren Busch

I have a question about Loren. Does anyone know if he worked at Intergraph
Corporation in Huntsville Alabama during the 1980s?

I knew a Loren Busch there and wonder if it was "our" Loren.

Jim

On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 11:08 AM Neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry to hear. I have fond memories of him from Wet Westy camp outs. RIP
> Loren.
>
> Neil.
>
> On 10/24/21, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com> wrote:
> > just saw a post on facebook from Ben that Loren Busch passed away. RIP.
> >
>
>
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> Neil n
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> VE7TBN
>
> 1988 Westy 50=C2=BA ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt
>
> 1981 Westy 15=C2=BA ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8
>
> VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
>

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Date:    Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:55:36 -0400
From:    Pete O <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: RIP: Loren Busch

Wow! That is a name from my earliest days on this list back in 2003. Lots
of interesting threads with Loren on them.

Pete Owsianowski
'87 Westy
"JoesVan"

On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 8:50 PM Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com> wrote:

> just saw a post on facebook from Ben that Loren Busch passed away. RIP.
>

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Date:    Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:04:55 -0700
From:    vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: RIP: Loren Busch

Sad news indeed. Rest easy Loren, you are missed.

Mark and Anne

Richard Koerner wrote:
>  Oh shoot....I met him twice....such a good guy.
>
>    On Sunday, October 24, 2021, 05:49:47 PM PDT, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  just saw a post on facebook from Ben that Loren Busch passed away. RIP.
>

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Date:    Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:16:52 -0700
From:    Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: RIP: Loren Busch

>>=20

A name, a presence on the list. An influence on me just because of the List.=
 No personal contact. And he=E2=80=99s gone now.=20

It=E2=80=99s hard to put into words, but it=E2=80=99s affecting. My condolen=
ces to his family.

Alistair=20=

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Date:    Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:53:59 -0700
From:    Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: RIP: Loren Busch

I went back into my own archives and found a response Loren made to a
thread I had started about camping locations along the Washington and
Oregon coast - that was in 2015 and seems super long ago now.  I recall the
trip was pretty awesome and without issue until 2 kms from home when my
coil bit the dust.  Of all the possible places for the coil to expire -
could have been on the Astoria-Megler Bridge or in the far left lane of the
I-5 driving through Portland at rush hour on a super hot day - or possibly
on the climb up to Mount St. Helens...or any other inconvenient hazardous
situation or place.

My point - we don't know when our time will come or how it will come.
Hopefully it is peaceful and we pass without too many regrets and with our
loved ones and friends nearby.

All the best to Loren's memory - a thoughtful, kind Vanagon enthusiast
willing to pass along his experiences and knowledge to the rest of us.

Bruce

On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 5:17 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> >>
>
> A name, a presence on the list. An influence on me just because of the
> List. No personal contact. And he=E2=80=99s gone now.
>
> It=E2=80=99s hard to put into words, but it=E2=80=99s affecting. My condo=
lences to his
> family.
>
> Alistair

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