"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Went to the marina yesterday for the sea trial of my boat and learned of
the passing of the young man I have posted about in the past who was
fighting a rare form of adult leukemia.

Some of you may recall the posts I made a while back about him and his Dad
both who work(ed) at the marina. I have tremendous respect for both of
them, as decent people and as extremely knowledgeable persons of boats,
boating systems and of their seamanship skills. They both were and are
willing to give the shirts off their backs to help people with any
problems or issues regarding boating.

A few of you were very thoughtful and made unsolicited contributions to a
fund raiser Mrs.E and I participated in, held for his benefit while he
was going through treatments for his cancer. He wasn't a wealthy
individual, had a young family that he was raising and the fund raiser
generated money to help get them through a very difficult period of time.

To those who made the thoughtful and caring contributions, I thank you on
behalf of his family. It meant a lot to them. You know who you are.

For a while it looked like the treatments he was receiving were working
and he might beat the disease.
He fought hard, going through endless painful and tiring procedures, but
in the end the leukemia became unresponsive to conventional and
experimental treatments.

It was sad, but I just wanted to thank those who were compassionate and
thoughtful of his story and situation again.

Eisboch

A 38 year old friend was killed this past weekend in a car accident. One
can't be a hedonist, but it makes you look at life and wonder if you're
living each day. As for those who go before us, some of them go with best
wishes, as we know the struggles, pain, and hurdles they faced each day, and
handled them better than most of us would. God bless and sorry to hear
about your loss.

Steve