[PSUBS-MAILIST] cancer

Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles personal_submersibles at psubs.org
Sun Aug 1 18:45:05 EDT 2021


My condolences to Terry and family as well. I guess the positive take away
from this is that he was doing something that brought him joy till the end.
Aloha

Rick

On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 10:12 AM Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Thanks for passing on this sad news Jim.
> My condolences to Terry and family.
> I am in New Zealand, but met Brian at conferences & communicated with him
> via email since the beginning of his project, & over the last 4 years
> privately on messenger.
> He was so close to doing an open water dive in that sub. In fact one of
> his tests he went under in it so we have to say he successfully dived a
> sub.
> Will miss his email contributions and innovative ideas.
> Regards Alan James
>
>
> On Monday, August 2, 2021, 06:38:46 AM GMT+12, james hughes via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Good morning All,
> I received a call less than an hour ago from Terry (Brian's wife) letting
> me know that he passed away at about 2:00 PM yesterday afternoon.  He went
> peacefully to be with the Lord.
>
> Brian told his wife to just keep his sub in storage but she doesn't see
> any sense in that.  She said that I could have anything off of it I wanted
> or could use for my sub.  My sub is almost finished but I'm sure that some
> of you out there can use some things like high pressure valves, plexiglass
> portholes (that have been annealed), scuba tanks (he had 10 of them!) and
> LOTS of lead.  I tried talking to Terry about the dollar value of some of
> those things but she didn't seem interested in the money she could get for
> them (I don't think she is looking long term right now).  I don't feel
> comfortable about just helping myself so I will be insisting on giving her
> some cash for the batteries from his boat (if I get them) and some of his
> books (I know his library had some good titles because I gave him some).
> I'll have more information on what's available after I call her again in 2
> weeks or so and will let all of you know at that time.
>
> God bless, Jim
>
> On Thursday, July 29, 2021, 08:16:22 AM PDT, David Colombo via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Brian, when my wife was diagnosed, we both thought the world had stopped
> and we shut down with all the fears and questions. But after 4 years I can
> tell you this, get the best medical treatment you can get and surround
> yourself with a team of experts to help you walk through this journey. Most
> importantly live each day to its fullest, surround yourself with those who
> make you the happiest and set aside those whom dont. There will be darker
> days, but move through them and find the  light in the next. I wish you
> well my friend.
> David Colombo
>
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 3:33 PM Gregory Snyder via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
> Brian!
> I am with Jon!
> You are awesome and your boat is awesome.  So sorry to hear of your
> diagnosis.
> Please reach out if there is anything I can do to help!
> Best personal regards,
> Greg
>
> On Jul 28, 2021, at 4:42 PM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
> 
> Brian, I'm sorry to hear this news.  You've done a lot of good work on
> your dream sub but we understand the importance of concentrating on
> fighting the cancer right now.  Fight it hard with all you can muster.  You
> are a faithful psubber, from the early days, and part of our psubbing
> family now.  Keep us informed and let us know how we can help.
>
> Jon
>
>
> On Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 10:03:53 PM EDT, Brian Cox via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hi All, Regret to inform everybody that I have cancer and that will need
> get rid of my sub some how, with out endangering someone. If anyone is
> interested please contact me:
>
> Brian Cox
> 701 Park road
> Ojai, CA,  93023
>
> Brian
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