R.I.P. Susan
08-06-09, 01:01 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Southwestern Ontario
Posts: 5,122
Mentioned: 22 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1579 Post(s)
Liked 1,187 Times
in
604 Posts
R.I.P. Susan
Not sure how many other 50+ers have been following Elden (a.k.a. Fat Cyclist) Nelsen's blog, but those who have will know that his wife Susan, who has been fighting a horrific battle with cancer, died yesterday. My condolences to Elden and their children and extended families.
08-06-09, 02:43 PM
#2
Banned.
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Post-partisan Paradise
Posts: 4,938
Bikes: GF Wahoo '05, Trek T1000 '04, Lemond Buenos Aires '07
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 7 Times
in
2 Posts
It's a sad day indeed. Fatty almost seems like family. Condolences to him and his family.
08-06-09, 07:34 PM
#4
Senior Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: NJ
Posts: 68
Bikes: Cannondale, Trek
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I feel extra bad for the 4 kids. What a terrible thing for Fatty & family to endure. My prayers are with them.
08-07-09, 08:53 PM
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Space Coast, Florida
Posts: 2,465
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 21 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
This is a more important matter to all of us than it appears. I suggest anyone who has not been following this sad story to take a look and read the back posts at Fat Cyclist. Here is a link to the post announcing Susan's death.
I don't post on Fat Cyclist, but I have been reading about Susan's fight for a year or so. The death of any person before their time from cancer is a tragedy. To leave four young children, and a cyclist husband, is truly terrible.
I don't post on Fat Cyclist, but I have been reading about Susan's fight for a year or so. The death of any person before their time from cancer is a tragedy. To leave four young children, and a cyclist husband, is truly terrible.
08-08-09, 11:01 AM
#6
feros ferio
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: www.ci.encinitas.ca.us
Posts: 21,793
Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
Mentioned: 44 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1390 Post(s)
Liked 1,322 Times
in
835 Posts
Three of my friends have lost young wives, aged 36 to 51, to cancer. My own wife is a 16-year thyroid cancer survivor. The Nelsen family has my sincere condolences.
__________________
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
