Author Topic: RIP Katie
Wildstar02301  2781 posts
Title: Public Relations Officer, Mass. Imperial Syndicate
Registered: Aug '03
6988_B-Wing
Date Posted: 8/10/05 2:18pm Subject: RIP Katie
I would rather have had one of our chapter's 501st Legion members post about this, but if you haven't heard by now, Katie Johnson, 501st founder Albin Johnson's 7 year old daughter, lost her battle w/ brain cancer and passed away yesterday in Columbia, SC. For those of you unfamiliar with her story, http://www.forkatie.org has it and also has a link to the addresses (postal and PayPal) where you may make a donation if you wish to help Katie's family defray her final expenses.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Katie's family.

 

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Maj. Richard "Wildstar" Vogel, Red 2 (XO)
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hchristensenfan  1700 posts
Registered: Jul '03
6108_Anakin Skywalker
Date Posted: 8/10/05 3:50pm Subject: RE: RIP Katie
May Katie rest in peace. She will be in our thoughts and prayers.

 

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chewykingwookie  1299 posts
Title: Collecting Expert, Mass. Imperial Syndicate
Registered: Jul '05
17798_Chewbacca
Date Posted: 8/11/05 5:22pm Subject: RE: RIP Katie
This was posted in one of the SW groups I am in on yahoo. She is in everyone's thoughts and prayers there as well. In that group we are having members going through some roughs as well with family falling tragically ill with not long to live and friends involved in near fatal car crashes. So the scene there has been a quiet one to say the least. If that is the word I am thinking of.

 

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R.I.P. Carl "Big Bad" Buehler you will be missed
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JEDIMASTER6872  336 posts
Registered: Apr '04
20456_Stormtroopers
Date Posted: 8/11/05 7:36pm Subject: RE: RIP Katie
I went into a state of " OFFLINE " when I read it .. sorry I didnt post about it for this group...

I didnt know if anyone here even heard of her before... other than merri and myself..

 

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starwarschick14  3480 posts
Registered: Feb '02
24114_Barris Offee
Date Posted: 8/20/05 3:09pm Subject: RE: RIP Katie
Most of us here were familiar with Katie just because we're Star Wars fans. She's been in TFN news and the topic of conversation and fundraising at conventions for quite some time. Just a few days before she passed I read an update about what she'd been doing over the summer, complete with pictures. It's so hard to believe that looking at that happy little girl in all those pictures that she was so close to death. Amazing. I don't think she could've possibly left the world in a happier or more loved way.

 

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