[TR] Herman van den Akker

[Dave]

I had the honor of meeting him on several occasions at various VTR gatherings.  He was very unassuming and modest in spite of his prominence in the community.  And his wife Helen was equally charming.

 

 

Dave Massey


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Reihing, Randall S. <Randall.Reihing at utoledo.edu>
To: Johnnie Donnelly <johnniedonnelly at gmail.com>; Dave <dave1massey at cs.com>
Cc: Triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, Dec 19, 2017 11:41 am
Subject: RE: [TR] Herman van den Akker



I wish I could have met this man. To be so cared for and loved by so many is something we all hope for and few have. I hope Herman knew how many truly cared about his friendship and what it meant to them to call him "friend". 


Randall Reihing






From: Triumphs [triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] on behalf of Johnnie Donnelly [johnniedonnelly at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 2:29 PM
To: Dave
Cc: Triumphs
Subject: Re: [TR] Herman van den Akker




15 years ago (almost to the day) my grandson and I had the opportunity to visit Herman at his home in Pine Mountain Club. It had snowed. Helena stayed by the fire upstairs while Herman and I were in his workshop downstairs assembling a conversion tranny. My grandson made snow angels outside. I'll miss him.


Johnnie
'67 TR4A with HVDA conversion and battery tie down.







On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 4:49 AM, Dave <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:

Heartbreaking news indeed.  He was one stand-up guy and touched just about everyone in the Triumph community in a good way.  He will be missed, certainly by me.





Dave Massey






-----Original Message-----
From: anabil007 <anabil007 at comcast.net>
To: TR3/6 <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, Dec 12, 2017 1:42 pm
Subject: [TR] Herman van den Akker


We just heard from Helena that Herman has passed away, complications for pneumonia .  More to follow Helena sending me eMail.


I cannot express how hurtful this tragedy is … Herman is/was One of a Kind … his loss … sorry I can’t go on.



"Life is too short to drive boring cars"

Bill Pugh
1957 TR3 "Casper"
TS16765L
Wallace, CA











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