At 06:07 PM 08/24/1999 EDT, TATERRY@aol.com wrote:
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>This very, very sad news just in.....Frank was number 2 in the NEMGTR and
>started it with Dick Knudsen all those years ago....A lovely man. We
chatted
>last year at Watkins Glen....
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>Another MG stalwart gone...
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>Terry
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Bad news travels fast. I was called by Hank Rippert about 3pm EST . He had
just heard.
Frank was on the way to the airport in Middlebury Vermont to pick up a
NEMGTR member. Frank was driving his TD when he was killed in a Stop sign
accident. This was the same car that appeared in Safety Fast in 1964 which
prompted Dick Knudson to write to Frank and which resulted in the formation
by the two of the New England MGT Register.
Dick of course is well known by many, but Frank was less visible. However
Frank was the soul of the Register. He was never controversial. He was
involved all his life in civic and charitable endeavors, and a very
important member in the Masons and Shriners.
I had known him for twenty years, and if there is a one line description of
a person, his would be the "kindest person I ever met. "
The call from Hank has both Barbara and me devastated.
I know most on this list didn't know Frank, but many did. A light went out
today in the MG World.
Mike
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