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[Lisa Perry <lkvp AT floydva.net>]

Lee Flier wrote:

> Just wanted to let you know that I had been trying to reach Tvo and/or 
> his daughter for the past month or so, since he hasn't posted here in 
> awhile.  His daughter finally answered the phone today, and she told 
> me that Tvo passed away on March 15.

I had wondered as much.  I am very sorry he has passed, I sure we'd all 
like to pass on our condolences.  I'd love to send his family a card if 
that's possible.  When my family drove through Giles County on 460 
(coming from Floyd Co.) on our annual Memorial weekend trip to IN or 
another trip, I'd wave and send a mental hello.  I always thought it 
would have been great to have met him and came close to asking a few 
times, but I was embarrassed by my own lack of homesteading knowledge 
and let my pride hold me back.  I figured it was one thing to ask 
questions you ought to already know the answers to online, it was 
another to ask them in person.  I knew he was busy and had health 
challenges and I was busy myself, so I never got up the guts to ask if I 
could visit.  I wanted to shake his hand, thank him in person and see 
his farm. 

> It's hard to know what to say - I know Tvo lived more than most people 
> would in 20 lifetimes, but I still feel so cheated by his loss.  He 
> still seemed like he had so much left to do and how many guys like him 
> does one ever run into, who have such an incredible wealth of 
> knowledge to share?  Still though, it's an amazing thing that he was 
> able to share so much with us through the Internet, and if it wasn't 
> for that so many of us wouldn't have known him at all.  Thanks, "Our 
> Leader," for being part of our lives.

That is so true.  I'm thankful for how graciously he shared his 
knowledge and information and to have heard his stories.  And he did 
have some amazing stories--what a full life he had. 

Lisa Perry
Floyd County, VA