IN MEMORY OF BRUCE LILLEKERWe are all saddened by the news of Bruce Lilleker's untimely death. Many of us knew him from his visits to Texas to see his son, Ross, and his daughter-in-law, Jennifer, and were delighted to get to travel with him on the road as we drove throughout the beautiful Texas countryside in our Model T caravans. Our thoughts and prayers are with Bruce's family --- Barbara, Ross, Jennifer, Myles and Drew. Many of you have been asking how you can send condolances to Bruce's family, and Jennifer sent the following message with their requests. |
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| Many of you have already heard that Ross' Dad, Bruce Lilleker has passed away from a brief illness with cancer. The funeral has been set for Tuesday, May 12th. Thank you so much for keeping us in your thoughts in this very difficult time and for all your support and friendship. Many of you have sent your well wishes and have asked about flowers or cards. In lieu of flowers, the family is setting up a Memorial fund in Bruce's name with the Model T Club in Great Britain. The family will decide how the money is spent and we think it will be an award or a scholarship to do with youth or promoting the hobby Bruce loved so much. Barbara and the family are trying to write a memorial piece on Bruce, including his lifetime enthusiasm for the Model T, which will be forwarded to everyone along with the designation for the fund. If you would like to help out by donating, please use the contact information below. We would prefer that you deal directly with the club in England, but if you feel uncomfortable with that, then you may send us a check and we will then transfer the money to the club in England. Please forward this e-mail to anyone who you think might be interested in honoring Bruce in this way. Direct to the Model T Club in England: Email Rob Lorch, Club President, at rlorch@cbits.net or call him at 011 44 1433 670420 with credit card information. If you call, please remember that England is 6 hours ahead of Texas, so call in the morning, or no later than 2 P.M. Central Time. Rob will need your card number, the expiration date, the code on the back, and the full name on the card as well as the dollar amount you wish to contribute. They will make the conversion as to dollars. If you send it by email, I would break the account number into at least two emails. If you have a Paypal account, or can set one up, you can designate the amount easily and Paypal will translate into English pounds. Identify the donation to go to Tclubsales@aol.co.uk and put In memory of Bruce Lilleker in the memo line. You may also mail a check to us. Please make it out to Jennifer Lilleker with The Bruce Lilleker Memorial Fund in the memo line and mail it to the following address. Thank you so much again for all your support in this sad and difficult time. P.S. If you want to send a card or note to Barbara and her other sons, Myles and Drew, their address is:
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Photos: Left - Top to bottom: Bruce and Barbara at Independence, Tx; repairing Greg's Model T in Independence, Tx; Bruce and Barbara on a country road in the Texas hill country; Barbara and Bruce at the LBJ ranch; Bruce and Barbara on their way to Fredericksburg; bottom right:Barbara and Bruce at the LBJ ranch |
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