DAnderson 0 #1 March 9, 2005 I was able to talk to a member of Michele's family last night. They are having a very small, private service for her at a family members home in Garden Grove on Saturday the 12th. They were nice enough to give me the address if we wanted to send something. I personally will be sending a mess of flowers. Saturday, March 12 11181 Laurianne Ln. Garden Grove. CA 92841 Blue Skies -D- "SKYDIVERS HAVE MORE FUN THAN PEOPLE" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #2 March 9, 2005 Thank you very much for the information. I will deffinately be sending something for her. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanillaSkyGirl 6 #3 March 9, 2005 QuoteI was able to talk to a member of Michele's family last night. They are having a very small, private service for her at a family members home in Garden Grove on Saturday the 12th. Thank you form the information. Is there any larger or more general rememberance or memorial dive being set up for her by anyone at the DZ? (Either this weekend or next?) Just curious if there is anything else being done in her memory that is less private/non-intrusive for her family, but where others can still honor her memory. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #4 March 9, 2005 Yes, I would also like to know if there will be a memorial dive for her. Saturday would be a good day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanillaSkyGirl 6 #5 March 9, 2005 QuoteYes, I would also like to know if there will be a memorial dive for her. Saturday would be a good day. I'll be at Elsinore for Safety Day on Saturday, but if there is a memorial dive at sunset or something...? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DAnderson 0 #6 March 9, 2005 I do very much want to do something like that also. I really don't know her family, but I did mention in my letter to them that we did memorial skydives. Sometimes spreading ashes. And if there was any interest in this, we would be honered to make it happen for her. We'll just have to wait and see. Otherwise, lets do one Saturday anyway. That would be nice. -D "SKYDIVERS HAVE MORE FUN THAN PEOPLE" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
laurie 0 #7 March 9, 2005 Please count me in for a memorial dive!!! Laurie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanillaSkyGirl 6 #8 March 10, 2005 QuotePlease count me in for a memorial dive!!! Laurie What about Sunday, instead? (No Safety Day seminars for Elsinore people to worry about missing.) It's up to Dennis and all of her friends, of course. R.I.P. Michele. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evelyn 0 #9 March 10, 2005 Dennis, Sorry I didn't get a chance to talk to you Saturday. Please include me if you do a memorial dive for Michelle. So sorry for your loss. Evelyn Life is either a daring adventure or nothing ~ Helen Keller Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #10 March 10, 2005 QuoteQuotePlease count me in for a memorial dive!!! Laurie What about Sunday, instead? (No Safety Day seminars for Elsinore people to worry about missing.) It's up to Dennis and all of her friends, of course. R.I.P. Michele. I can't make it out on Sunday, but I;ll be there Saturday, If you are going to do it on Sunday instead that's fine, jump for me too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DAnderson 0 #11 March 10, 2005 Lets do this. Saturday at whatever time works best for everyone there. (I know Chelle likes to leave before sunset) And one Sunday for VSG and whoever else is there. "SKYDIVERS HAVE MORE FUN THAN PEOPLE" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
laurie 0 #12 March 10, 2005 Saturday is best for me...Sunday I'll be working at the school ...I think around sunset on Saturday would be ideal...What's everyone else think??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #13 March 10, 2005 I will stay for the sunset load if that's when everyone wants to do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pyke 0 #14 March 10, 2005 OMG....WTF!!! I knew themitchyone only through one phone call - I was hoping to get a job in CM a while back, and she was so nice in helping me get information on the area, outline expenses, etc. She was very sweet to me - and we PM'd for about a month solid. I'm just shocked, speechless, very saddened! This is just horrible - and my condonlences go out to her whole family! [edited: I just read where she was identified...this really sucks...I'm very saddened by this] Kahurangi e Mahearangi, Kiwi, RB #926, AFF-I, FAA Snr. Rigger, RN/BSN/Paramedic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Antidote 0 #15 March 10, 2005 I've read some of her posts, but was unaware of her passing away. A sad thing :(. Was it a skydiving accident? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 37 #16 March 10, 2005 Quote Was it a skydiving accident? Yes She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Frenchy68 0 #17 March 10, 2005 QuoteWas it a skydiving accident? Fatality at Perris BSBD Edited to add: Skymama has fast fingers... "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites VanillaSkyGirl 6 #18 March 10, 2005 QuoteLets do this. Saturday at whatever time works best for everyone there. (I know Chelle likes to leave before sunset) And one Sunday for VSG and whoever else is there. Please don't worry about me at all, Dennis. I will be thinking about you all and Michele at that time (sunset). It's also a friend's birthday at Elsinore and Safety Day (with some late seminars), so I am not sure, yet what the schedule will be like for me. Perhaps, we can have a moment of silence over at our DZ for her and all of you (her close friends) and keep her/you in our thoughts. Have a beautiful Memorial jump, everyone. Be safe and God bless. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dgskydive 0 #19 March 10, 2005 Dennis, we are training all weekend, but I would like to be on the dive. If we are done by sunset time count me in on either day. I should be able to do it. I'll talk to ya on Saturday. Since She was just starting to figure out what she liked to do best in the air. I am thinking maybe a nice big tracking dive. Hopefully we can get the kind of sunset we had on Adria's dive. Sad that the prettiest dives always seem to be the memorial ones. I guess it isn't really sad, since I like to think that the people we are remembering are making that beauty happen.Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Paige 0 #20 March 12, 2005 QuoteSad that the prettiest dives always seem to be the memorial ones. I guess it isn't really sad, since I like to think that the people we are remembering are making that beauty happen. Very comforting statement Dom, very well said. It is sad that is has to be like that but maybe it's all about perspective. We should take the time to notice the sunset or clouds on a "not so special day", every day is special if we make it so. If we look for confirming evidence like a beautiful sunset in memorium, it usually is beautiful anyway but the remberence is what makes it happen. So remember every sunset with your friends at the dz for what it is, natures beauty and all of our sky friends who passed looking down on us with . Tunnel Pink Mafia Delegate www.TunnelPinkMafia.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybill 22 #21 March 12, 2005 Hi Paige, Back a few cases of beer ago when one of our friends left us, Dick Giarusso said (this was back when "Stars" were the major RW formation up there)," that star just keeps getting bigger and bigger!" I have a lot of friends friends from over the years who have "gone on" (be it from jumping, cancer or what ever) and they got the ax but I'm still here?? I don't know how long it will be before I get my turn to enter, I just hope I don't take it out!! If the powers that be allowed a really great "sunset" for the memorial dive, a configuration that you may like is to just go out and build a round star, then open it to a line so every one can watch the "sunset " and have their private moments.SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mjosparky 4 #22 March 12, 2005 Dennis, I would like to be on the jump if there is room. You don't know me I don't think but check with Dom, JP, or Dan BC. I have to go to LAX but should be there by 3:00 PM. Thanks, SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lewmonst 0 #23 March 13, 2005 Thanks everyone for putting together the skydive. It didn't go exactly as planned, but it was nice for everyone to get together and it was a beautiful sunset. The rosepetals dropped over the landing area were touching. My heart goes out to her family and close friends. I did not really know her, but I know loss and anytime we lose a skydiver we all lose a family member. Let's all make an extra effort to look out for eachother. And tell your friends how much they mean to you. Fly free Michelle. Fly free. Here are a couple images from the memorial jump. peace lewhttp://www.exitshot.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites diablopilot 2 #24 March 13, 2005 Thanks Lew. -jp- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Snowwhite 0 #25 March 13, 2005 Lew, thanks for sharing the pics. As always, you did a phenomenal job of memorializing the day.skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. 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pyke 0 #14 March 10, 2005 OMG....WTF!!! I knew themitchyone only through one phone call - I was hoping to get a job in CM a while back, and she was so nice in helping me get information on the area, outline expenses, etc. She was very sweet to me - and we PM'd for about a month solid. I'm just shocked, speechless, very saddened! This is just horrible - and my condonlences go out to her whole family! [edited: I just read where she was identified...this really sucks...I'm very saddened by this] Kahurangi e Mahearangi, Kiwi, RB #926, AFF-I, FAA Snr. Rigger, RN/BSN/Paramedic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Antidote 0 #15 March 10, 2005 I've read some of her posts, but was unaware of her passing away. A sad thing :(. Was it a skydiving accident? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #16 March 10, 2005 Quote Was it a skydiving accident? Yes She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #17 March 10, 2005 QuoteWas it a skydiving accident? Fatality at Perris BSBD Edited to add: Skymama has fast fingers... "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanillaSkyGirl 6 #18 March 10, 2005 QuoteLets do this. Saturday at whatever time works best for everyone there. (I know Chelle likes to leave before sunset) And one Sunday for VSG and whoever else is there. Please don't worry about me at all, Dennis. I will be thinking about you all and Michele at that time (sunset). It's also a friend's birthday at Elsinore and Safety Day (with some late seminars), so I am not sure, yet what the schedule will be like for me. Perhaps, we can have a moment of silence over at our DZ for her and all of you (her close friends) and keep her/you in our thoughts. Have a beautiful Memorial jump, everyone. Be safe and God bless. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgskydive 0 #19 March 10, 2005 Dennis, we are training all weekend, but I would like to be on the dive. If we are done by sunset time count me in on either day. I should be able to do it. I'll talk to ya on Saturday. Since She was just starting to figure out what she liked to do best in the air. I am thinking maybe a nice big tracking dive. Hopefully we can get the kind of sunset we had on Adria's dive. Sad that the prettiest dives always seem to be the memorial ones. I guess it isn't really sad, since I like to think that the people we are remembering are making that beauty happen.Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paige 0 #20 March 12, 2005 QuoteSad that the prettiest dives always seem to be the memorial ones. I guess it isn't really sad, since I like to think that the people we are remembering are making that beauty happen. Very comforting statement Dom, very well said. It is sad that is has to be like that but maybe it's all about perspective. We should take the time to notice the sunset or clouds on a "not so special day", every day is special if we make it so. If we look for confirming evidence like a beautiful sunset in memorium, it usually is beautiful anyway but the remberence is what makes it happen. So remember every sunset with your friends at the dz for what it is, natures beauty and all of our sky friends who passed looking down on us with . Tunnel Pink Mafia Delegate www.TunnelPinkMafia.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 22 #21 March 12, 2005 Hi Paige, Back a few cases of beer ago when one of our friends left us, Dick Giarusso said (this was back when "Stars" were the major RW formation up there)," that star just keeps getting bigger and bigger!" I have a lot of friends friends from over the years who have "gone on" (be it from jumping, cancer or what ever) and they got the ax but I'm still here?? I don't know how long it will be before I get my turn to enter, I just hope I don't take it out!! If the powers that be allowed a really great "sunset" for the memorial dive, a configuration that you may like is to just go out and build a round star, then open it to a line so every one can watch the "sunset " and have their private moments.SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #22 March 12, 2005 Dennis, I would like to be on the jump if there is room. You don't know me I don't think but check with Dom, JP, or Dan BC. I have to go to LAX but should be there by 3:00 PM. Thanks, SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #23 March 13, 2005 Thanks everyone for putting together the skydive. It didn't go exactly as planned, but it was nice for everyone to get together and it was a beautiful sunset. The rosepetals dropped over the landing area were touching. My heart goes out to her family and close friends. I did not really know her, but I know loss and anytime we lose a skydiver we all lose a family member. Let's all make an extra effort to look out for eachother. And tell your friends how much they mean to you. Fly free Michelle. Fly free. Here are a couple images from the memorial jump. peace lewhttp://www.exitshot.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #24 March 13, 2005 Thanks Lew. -jp- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #25 March 13, 2005 Lew, thanks for sharing the pics. As always, you did a phenomenal job of memorializing the day.skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
