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    I think it is wonderful that a memorial fund was set up to help the loved ones of one of our own TSPers. I have been on here for about 8 yrs and Burrocrat is certainly one of the members whose comments made an indelible mark on this site, to the entertainment and enrichment of the Tsp community. I've made my donation in hopes his family will know that he had a far-reaching positive impact. May God bless him and his family.

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    Thanks! He gave me advise once about buying silver coins and I always enjoyed his entertaining posts. A very special guy!

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    We're nearing our $1500 goal and I think it should be hit today, so I will hopefully get it sent to Jacob by tomorrow.

    Thanks again, everybody!
    Tom
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    JP, I'm so sorry for your loss. Forgive me as I stammer thru this...

    My wife and I adopted a child a few years ago, and that takes up a ton of my time, but one of my guilty pleasures was reading Matt's posts. He was so funny, and truly had a great writing skill that I was always envious of. He just seemed like a great guy and I wish I had met him. You know, I would have never been able to say this had it not been for this board, and the community. I'm no where near most of the folks who post here, so this "place or ours" afforded me the opportunity to banter, laugh and enjoy Matt. Some of my favorites was when he did little rhymes when he told us when he was going in or out of the market.

    My deepest condolences to you and the rest of Matt's family.


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    I know that many of you want to know what happened. I will not go into all the details of his ordeal out of respect for his son but I will tell you enough.

    On August 2nd, Matt went into the hospital to have two arterial stents implanted. This was a scheduled procedure, not emergency procedure. Also, this is considered a minimally invasive procedure. The doctors implanted five stents. The following day, on August 3rd, they implanted four more for a total of nine stents. He coded in the recovery room. They performed CPR and revived him but they had to hook him up to an ECMO machine because his heart was no longer beating on it's own. Also, blood was not flowing to either one or two of his legs - I cannot recall which. Doctors there could not figure out why his heart was not beating on it's own nor why blood was not flowing as it should. They flew him out to Mayo Emergency Center the following day. It was touch and go for a while and many times vitals would improve and we were hopeful that he was going to make it. But after several different procedures, some even extreme, all his major organs started shutting down. When all was said and done, he would not have been able to have the quality of life that he wanted and we made the decision to take him off life support. He was too independent and too full of life for anything different. He passed away shortly thereafter. He was heavily sedated the entire time so he was not able to see or speak to us. But he did turn his head towards the sound of my voice (towards me) more than once so I am hopeful that he knew we were there with him.

    He was cremated and his ashes will be scattered at the Bering Sea in Alaska per his wishes. The date is still to be determined but it will be in the distant future.

    His story is not over.

    Side note:
    There is no service and there is no obituary. I was not there when his father spoke to the funeral home so I am not sure why no obituary. It has me a bit peeved and I will look into it. I believe there was an announcement of his passing in the church bulletin where his father goes and I will post a picture of that when I get my hands on it.

    Matt devoted his entire life to his son and more recently, he took over the care of his elderly father. With the exception of his co-workers, TSPTalk members were his extended friends and family.

    Lastly, he asked me to marry him and I said yes. We were finally going to have the family we always wanted. Things were not supposed to happen this way. But many times I am reminded of something that he used to say to me, "life does not always give you what you want so you have to do the best with what it gives you." His life was cut short but we are still here and our work is not over. Life is meant to be lived and that is just what we're going to do. But it sure would have been more fun with him in it.

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    Thank You jpcavin. I am sure that wasn't easy to write. Thanks for giving burrocrat's extended family some information.

    PO

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    Quote Originally Posted by PessOptimist View Post
    Thank You jpcavin. I am sure that wasn't easy to write. Thanks for giving burrocrat's extended family some information.

    PO
    Absolutely!
    A wise man speaks when he has something to say...A FOOL speaks when he just has to say something


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    That was the final amount collected. I plan on mailing the funds to Jacob on Tuesday, but I have not heard back from him after emailing him earlier to confirm the address, and that he'll be there to receive it.

    Thanks!
    Tom
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    I am not a Registered Investment Advisor and this is not investment advice. Please do your own due diligence.

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    Tom
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    I am not a Registered Investment Advisor and this is not investment advice. Please do your own due diligence.

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    OK, I'm ending the campaign and sending the funds to Jacob today. Thanks again, everybody!!


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    Tom
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    I'm totally shocked.

    Burro was definitely one of a kind & we will miss him.
    May the Lord strengthen & comfort you and his family during this difficult time

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    Thank you for sharing this news JP!

    Well, It's hard to find the words to express my condolences. Burrocrat was one of a kind for sure. He was a man's man! Never met him, although I enjoyed his wit, and personality immensely! So Burrocrat, I'm not going to say good bye. I'll just say, see ya later. Rest in Peace my friend!


    All the best to his family

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    Thanks JP for posting this thread. Burro was truly one of a kind. So sorry for your loss ... and my condolences to his family, friends and other loved ones. While burro and I didn't often see eye-to-eye on the Politics forum, it was always obvious to me that he was a really good person, and also one of the sharpest I've ever encountered in a forum, not to mention funny as hell. It was hard not to have great respect for him despite our political differences. I will definitely miss his presence here at TSPTalk.

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