Stang Girl
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- Bastrop, TX
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- '04 Cobra R Clone
Hi Everyone,
And thank you. When we left the funeral home last night, there was a balance of $1400 left. However, the money from the paypal donations has not been applied to that amount so we know that the funeral services will be covered and donations were made last night from the Sport Trac Forum and the local hang-out of John's that will go towards the total as well.
We are going to wait a couple of days to let the things get settled and then see where we need to go. We talked to Julia's older brother last night and talked to him about possibly starting a fund for Julia with the extra money to help with her education as she has shown an interest in going to nursing school.
The viewing/services were amazing. EF was well represented by myself and Jeff, Kris, Randall (Elder Evil Elemental) and his wife Amber, Mike (Reaperseviltwin), Martin (Fordlover) and his wife Jackie, Chris (TxPlates) and his wife Maria, and Tiffany (Tripany). There were reps from Sport Trac Forum as well as many friends and co-workers. We shared stories and laughed. They played John's favorite 80's songs...nothing like hearing "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" (his favorite song) and a slide show of John wheeling, pics of him and Julia, and him doing some dancing at the local karoake bar. Though it was very sad, and still shocking, we know that John would want us to focus on the fun times and remember him for his outgoing personality, his ability to take naps whenever and wherever, his pranks, and for his ability to live life to the fullest.
Julia was amazing. Even her uncle told me how amazed he was at how she is handling things. For an 18 year old, she held up pretty well last night and then told us she wanted to start wheeling the Sport Trac like her dad and could we help her.
Looks like we may still have a Johnstone on the trails with us.
I think the EF family has shown many other people how we take care of each other and that there are still good people in this world who care about others. The staff at the funeral home were telling us of all the calls from the different countries that they had received to get donations and how they couldn't put the phone down without it immediately start to ring again. They did keep a list of everyone who made a donation so Julia will know how important her dad was too so many people, whether they had met him or not. Thank you doesn't seem enough to express how much we appreciate all the help and support. John would be very proud.
And thank you. When we left the funeral home last night, there was a balance of $1400 left. However, the money from the paypal donations has not been applied to that amount so we know that the funeral services will be covered and donations were made last night from the Sport Trac Forum and the local hang-out of John's that will go towards the total as well.
We are going to wait a couple of days to let the things get settled and then see where we need to go. We talked to Julia's older brother last night and talked to him about possibly starting a fund for Julia with the extra money to help with her education as she has shown an interest in going to nursing school.
The viewing/services were amazing. EF was well represented by myself and Jeff, Kris, Randall (Elder Evil Elemental) and his wife Amber, Mike (Reaperseviltwin), Martin (Fordlover) and his wife Jackie, Chris (TxPlates) and his wife Maria, and Tiffany (Tripany). There were reps from Sport Trac Forum as well as many friends and co-workers. We shared stories and laughed. They played John's favorite 80's songs...nothing like hearing "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" (his favorite song) and a slide show of John wheeling, pics of him and Julia, and him doing some dancing at the local karoake bar. Though it was very sad, and still shocking, we know that John would want us to focus on the fun times and remember him for his outgoing personality, his ability to take naps whenever and wherever, his pranks, and for his ability to live life to the fullest.
Julia was amazing. Even her uncle told me how amazed he was at how she is handling things. For an 18 year old, she held up pretty well last night and then told us she wanted to start wheeling the Sport Trac like her dad and could we help her.
Looks like we may still have a Johnstone on the trails with us. I think the EF family has shown many other people how we take care of each other and that there are still good people in this world who care about others. The staff at the funeral home were telling us of all the calls from the different countries that they had received to get donations and how they couldn't put the phone down without it immediately start to ring again. They did keep a list of everyone who made a donation so Julia will know how important her dad was too so many people, whether they had met him or not. Thank you doesn't seem enough to express how much we appreciate all the help and support. John would be very proud.
