BIG BF fund active

[Oss]

on paypal  use the friends and family
 (cause pay pal does not get a cut when you use friends and family! )
send to Ossvalk@gmail.com
in the comments mention BIGBF and say who you are

First thing is Rams has been trying to reach Bills's family to see if they need him to get the truck and trailer back to Phoenix from Dallas area
He does not want  reimbursement  the fund is for bills family
If anyone (Mike or Connie?) can reach out to Bills wife or son so Ron knows if his services are needed...... I dont remember if she signs or what...and who has their contact info

After that I would get the $ where it has to go but 1st lets get his truck and workshop back home IMHO

Ron you are a stand up guy for offering to drive from MS to Dallas to Phoenix and home again

glad to help in this small way

[f6gal]

on paypal  use the friends and family
 (cause pay pal does not get a cut when use use friends and family! )
send to Ossvalk@gmail.com
in the comments mention BIGBF

First thing is Rams has been trying to reach Bills's family to see if they need him to get the truck and trailer back to Phoenix from Dallas area

If anyone (Mike or Connie?) can reach out to her so Ron knows if his services are needed...... I dont remember if she signs or what...and who has their contact info

After that I would get the $ where it has to go but 1st lets get his truck and workshop back home IMHO

Ron you are a stand up guy for offering to drive from MS to Dallas to Phoenix and home again

glad to help in this small way

I've been PM'ing with Ron.  We're getting it worked out.  Ron now has Bill's brother, mom, and dad contact info.  Communication with Bill's wife can be tough, I think she prefers to pass the buck to Thad on coordination anyway.  Bill's parents have no idea whether or not Bill had life insurance.  

Costs that we would like to help cover include:  
    Fuel costs for truck/trailer, we don't know what kind of mileage he'll get.
    Cost for Bill to be flown from TX to Phx
    Cremation and Services
    Hotel rooms at InZane.  

FYI.  We've invited the family to attend InZane, where we will present the poster, signed by all attendees.  We won't charge for registration, but some help with hotel costs would be helpful.  

[f6gal]

RainMaker (Mark) said they can pick up Rams at the airport and host him overnight, if needed. 

[Valkorado]

Connie is correct, she has provided me with contact numbers and I have now spoken with Bill's dad.
We're working out the details.   Connie has been a real blessing to Bill's family and I sincerely appreciate what's she's done to assist them.

Bill was a great guy and a good friend to all of us but, he was special to me.   We'll figure it out.

Rams

So very good of you to make this offer Ron.   

[Chrisj CMA]

I don’t use PayPal. Can I send a cashiers check somewhere?

[Serk]

I don’t use PayPal. Can I send a cashiers check somewhere?

How about Venmo?

And if Rainmaker has any conflicts or issues, depending on the exact date/time, put me down as an alternate to getting Rams from the airport to Duncanville...

[bassman]

Done ! 

[Jersey mike]

Does friends and family mean to use the XOOM service.

The friends and family is redirecting to XOOM, is that correct?

[f6gal]

Does friends and family mean to use the XOOM service.

The friends and family is redirecting to XOOM, is that correct?

It didn't send me anywhere.  I've never been redirected to XOOM.

[f6gal]

Does friends and family mean to use the XOOM service.

The friends and family is redirecting to XOOM, is that correct?

Click send money. 
Enter Ossvalk@gmail.com
Enter amount
Add note (Big BF and your name/handle)
Next page, click sending to a friend.
Choose your payment method (bank, CC, DC - small service fee for cards)

That should be it... didn't redirect to XOOM.

[Jersey mike]

Does friends and family mean to use the XOOM service.

The friends and family is redirecting to XOOM, is that correct?

Click send money. 
Enter Ossvalk@gmail.com
Enter amount
Add note (Big BF and your name/handle)
Next page, click sending to a friend.
Choose your payment method (bank, CC, DC - small service fee for cards)

That should be it... didn't redirect to XOOM.

Barbara has a PayPal acct but we have never used it to just send money before.

That helped. Thanks.

[Oss]

jersey we got it

Just back from the beach  and asked Bonnie to log on and wow we see 34 people
from even norway and france and I thought germany but wow
we are at 2776.33  so far

you all know who you are and I thank you with all respect and gratitude
what a first day this is

After dinner I will post a list of names only..no amounts and if there was a message that too

The messages were pretty awesome, Bill really touched lives

[Valkorado]

 

[Stanley Steamer]

I haven't used paypal in many years......last time was for an Ebay purchase many moons ago.....I re-signed up so I could help Bill's Family out......and one of my own too....I sent Oss a payment.....I picked the the Family/Friend option.....I believe it added $3.20 to the total....oh well.....it's for a great cause......

[Farside]

Oss, I just sent paypal $$ to your email for funds to help out with Big BF's expenses and / or family needs. I'll miss seeing him along this life. Thanks for puttting this together along with others. 

[Chrisj CMA]

I don’t use PayPal. Can I send a cashiers check somewhere?

How about Venmo?

And if Rainmaker has any conflicts or issues, depending on the exact date/time, put me down as an alternate to getting Rams from the airport to Duncanville...

I use checks and postage stamps

[flatsixlover]

Thanks for putting this together Oss
Bill was an integral part of the Valk community and will be missed tremendously

[Oss]

Honor roll in no particular order: THANK YOU !

Bassman, Prescott John and Donna, Serk, Mad6gun, psychotic bovine, Hotglue & Flamingobabe,
Navyvalk(Dan & trish), Daniel Mayer, Jim's Auto, William Richardson, Glen Duncan, woodbutcher, Theredark, oldfishguy, Jersey Mike, Stan Steamer, Mark Patterson, Ed Kania, Rick Acckerman, Hootch, Rainmaker, Phil Braun, Bruni Jean from France, Figgy, Tom from vrcc Norway, Dennis & Tammy from Blythe, Ander Lankansky, Jimmy Tee, Spenser Hames, RNFWP, Bill Schwartz, William Luch, Lars LLC and
Daymaker Brackets, Oss

Also
Keps, Steve & Sheryl Block, Skinhead, Ron Nagle, Steve Cain, Robert Tice, Darren Dykes, Kurt Delker, Farside, Foozle, Seth Adams, Bjorn Ovnerud, Tailgate Tommy, Michael Friesen and Lori Harmeyer
Steve diley, bigmac2, Jake Van Vliet, wizzard, John Smith, Valkyrie Parts, Nautibrit, G-man, Garry Armstrong, Ed Munn,

(Please if a mistake above sorry if I spelled your name wrong)

Fund is at 5304  plus moneys sent to a Go Fund Me
Prescott John & Donna Gera, Michael K
Rod Evans, David Wilder
Edgar and Tiffany Jones
and  Punisher  I think around 350 or so at this point

I am releasing the first $4,000.00 as soon as william jr confirms he has pay pal hooked up to his email addy

It is not enough to have an email  it must be hooked up to a paypal

[old2soon]

I don’t use PayPal. Can I send a cashiers check somewhere?

How about Venmo?

And if Rainmaker has any conflicts or issues, depending on the exact date/time, put me down as an alternate to getting Rams from the airport to Duncanville...

              Checks and stamps and U S P S fer me also.  P M me an address Evan. T I A. RIDE SAFE.

I use checks and postage stamps

[f6gal]

I haven't used paypal in many years......last time was for an Ebay purchase many moons ago.....I re-signed up so I could help Bill's Family out......and one of my own too....I sent Oss a payment.....I picked the the Family/Friend option.....I believe it added $3.20 to the total....oh well.....it's for a great cause......

They charge a fee if you use credit or debit card.  No fee for bank transfer.

[f6gal]

I use checks and postage stamps

              Checks and stamps and U S P S fer me also.  P M me an address Evan. T I A. RIDE SAFE.

I use checks and postage stamps

Oss prefers not to use his personal account.  If you want to mail a check or MO, send it to me, I will get it added to the fund and keep Oss updated to add the person and amount to the total. 

Connie Hammond
15206 W Desert Mirage Dr.
Surprise, AZ  85379

[Stanley Steamer]

I haven't used paypal in many years......last time was for an Ebay purchase many moons ago.....I re-signed up so I could help Bill's Family out......and one of my own too....I sent Oss a payment.....I picked the the Family/Friend option.....I believe it added $3.20 to the total....oh well.....it's for a great cause......

They charge a fee if you use credit or debit card.  No fee for bank transfer.

Ahhh.......yeah, I only added my CC.....I'm a little leary about using my checking acct to be linked....no worries....they have to make $ somehow for providing a service...

[Chrisj CMA]

I use checks and postage stamps

              Checks and stamps and U S P S fer me also.  P M me an address Evan. T I A. RIDE SAFE.

I use checks and postage stamps

Oss prefers not to use his personal account.  If you want to mail a check or MO, send it to me, I will get it added to the fund and keep Oss updated to add the person and amount to the total. 

Connie Hammond
15206 W Desert Mirage Dr.
Surprise, AZ  85379

Got it 

[old2soon]

     Thanks Connie!          RIDE SAFE.

[Jersey mike]

I've tried to be low profile on this (I'm just the driver) but, thought I should let folks know that any funds donated to this account will not in any way, shape or form pass through my hands nor be held or accepted by me.
This fund is to get Bill's rig home and help his family bury him.  

In an effort to help, Bill's Dad is picking up the vast majority of what it costs to get Bill's rig home to his family.   I have no idea if there is any life insurance involved, I haven't asked but, I know it's going to take a pretty penny to get Bill home and buried.   I know it's not going to be cheap getting his rig home but, I think we have that taken care of.  

Wanted to thank all those that have contributed to this fund, you folks are truly saints in my opinion.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping Bill's family lay him to rest.   I'm no fortune teller so, I don't know what the future holds for Bill's family but, every dime will help.

Rams

No worries on my end on the use of any funds by you or anyone else involved, it never even entered my mind so don’t feel as though you’re going to be held to an accounting of anything.

Just have a safe trip all the way and back home.

[f6gal]

Costs that we would like to help cover include:  
    Fuel costs for truck/trailer, we don't know what kind of mileage he'll get.
    Cost for Bill to be flown from TX to Phx
    Cremation and Services
    Hotel rooms at InZane.  

FYI.  We've invited the family to attend InZane, where we will present the poster, signed by all attendees.  We won't charge for registration, but some help with hotel costs would be helpful.  

You all are so awesome!!  It looks like about $5700 has been donated so far.  The family is blown away and so grateful.  Bill did not have life insurance, but his wife has a small policy through her work.

Just an update on approximate costs for the items mentioned previously.
    $500 (estimate) - Expenses to take truck/trailer to Phx.
    $5000 - Funeral home in TX, arrangements and Bill's flight to Phx
    $2700 - Funeral home in Phx and cremation services
    $900 - 2 Hotel rooms at InZane.  

[Chrisj CMA]

Costs that we would like to help cover include:  
    Fuel costs for truck/trailer, we don't know what kind of mileage he'll get.
    Cost for Bill to be flown from TX to Phx
    Cremation and Services
    Hotel rooms at InZane.  

FYI.  We've invited the family to attend InZane, where we will present the poster, signed by all attendees.  We won't charge for registration, but some help with hotel costs would be helpful.  

You all are so awesome!!  It looks like about $5700 has been donated so far.  The family is blown away and so grateful.  Bill did not have life insurance, but his wife has a small policy through her work.

Just an update on approximate costs for the items mentioned previously.
    $500 (estimate) - Expenses to take truck/trailer to Phx.
    $5000 - Funeral home in TX, arrangements and Bill's flight to Phx
    $2700 - Funeral home in Phx and cremation services
    $900 - 2 Hotel rooms at InZane.  

Well, Bill was a unique part of the family and I think everyone can see that whether they used his services or not. I would expect every penny plus excess to eventually be donated. The loss of Big BF is a big loss indeed. It has become very real to me in the last few years that tomorrow is not guaranteed for any of us. Your life can be changed in an instant forever so easily especially the older we get. I hope we eased some of the hardship for his family. Thank you all who are actually doing the things that need done.

[Oss]

Honor roll in no particular order: THANK YOU !

Bassman, Prescott John and Donna, Serk, Mad6gun, psychotic bovine, Hotglue & Flamingobabe,
Navyvalk(Dan & trish), Daniel Mayer, Jim's Auto, William Richardson, Glen Duncan, woodbutcher, Theredark, oldfishguy, Jersey Mike, Stan Steamer, Mark Patterson, Ed Kania, Rick Acckerman, Hootch, Rainmaker, Phil Braun, Bruni Jean from France, Figgy, Tom from vrcc Norway, Dennis & Tammy from Blythe, Ander Lankansky, Jimmy Tee, Spenser Hames, RNFWP, Bill Schwartz, William Luch, Lars LLC and
Daymaker Brackets, Oss

Also
Keps, Steve & Sheryl Block, Skinhead, Ron Nagle, Steve Cain, Robert Tice, Darren Dykes, Kurt Delker, Farside, Foozle, Seth Adams, Bjorn Ovnerud, Tailgate Tommy, Michael Friesen and Lori Harmeyer
Steve diley, bigmac2, John Van Vliet, wizzard, John Smith, Valkyrie Parts, Nautibrit, G-man, Garry Armstrong, Ed Munn, Keith Schoenfield, Connie and Mike, Jess from VA, old2soon.


Fund is at 5304  plus moneys sent to a go fund me page $350
Prescott John & Donna Gera, Michael K
Rod Evans, David Wilder
Edgar and Tiffany Jones
and  Punisher

I released the first $4,000.00 to william.jr
On road home so will update  sat. Night. Made it to rocky  mount  just now

[Oss]

Made it home yesterday afternoon (actually at work now in the Bronx trying to catch up)

Here are some more names for the Honor Roll BigBF Fund

GordonV and Tess, Jess from VA, Old2soon, Mark & Debbie Nelson, Lori Richer, Gig, Henry008

Thank you all  We will have $2,079.65 left in the account once the new deposits clear.

[f6gal]

Made it home yesterday afternoon (actually at work now in the Bronx trying to catch up)

Here are some more names for the Honor Roll BigBF Fund

GordonV and Tess, Jess from VA, Old2soon, Mark & Debbie Nelson, Lori Richer, Gig, Henry008

Thank you all  We will have $2,079.65 left in the account once the new deposits clear.

Woohoo!  VRCC members and the Valkyrie community rock.  A total $6429 has been raised so far.  $6079 Oss PayPal acct, plus $350 that our members donated to a Go Fund Me (it may be more, but I only counted names I recognized).

$4000 has been sent to the family to help with funeral home in TX and Bill's flight home.

[old2soon]

        Probably mentioned this before and I stand by it again-The Absolute BEST Riding Club I've ever been fortunate enough to be a Member of!  RIDE SAFE.

[henry 008]

        Probably mentioned this before and I stand by it again-The Absolute BEST Riding Club I've ever been fortunate enough to be a Member of!  RIDE SAFE.

 

[Oss]

Stanard Group Inc. DBA F6Rider Store sent money from sale of BIGBF shirts

Thank you. Is that Oz' daughters?

Wonder what the shirts looked like?

[Serk]

Wonder what the shirts looked like?

Dangit, not sure why I hadn't realized no one posted about it here, only on Facebook!





https://f6rider.com/collections/t-shirts/products/in-memory-of-big-bf

[3fan4life]

Wonder what the shirts looked like?

Dangit, not sure why I hadn't realized no one posted about it here, only on Facebook!





https://f6rider.com/collections/t-shirts/products/in-memory-of-big-bf

Do you know if these are still available to order?


I just heard about them myself last night.

The spousal unit told me about them, but she was under the impression that they were sold out.


The link seems to active, I wouldn't mind ordering a couple.

[Serk]

Do you know if these are still available to order?

I just queried Oz on his thread, I'll relay his response...

[3fan4life]

Do you know if these are still available to order?

I just queried Oz on his thread, I'll relay his response...

 

[old2soon]

Do you know if these are still available to order?

I just queried Oz on his thread, I'll relay his response...

         
              They took my order like 4 or 8 minutes ago. Got the E mail back stating order received. RIDE SAFE.

[Valkorado]

Didn't realize the t-shirts were ready.  Just ordered mine!  

Very nice shirt design BTW, that's the smile we'll always remember.

[f6gal]

oZ isn't pre-ordering, so as long as the link is active, you can order.

If you want some other color choices or if you need size 4X or 5X, use this link
https://f6rider.com/collections/t-shirts/products/bill-big-bf-ferguson

Otherwise use the link Serk posted.