[DeTomaso] Bill Van Ess RIP….

[MARK CHARLTON]

Very sad news indeed. A reminder to us all that our time together is often far shorter than we expect, and we need to make the most of it, while being positive, helpful and sharing — as Bill clearly was. Godspeed Bill!

Mark Charlton
pantera01826 at rogers.com



> On Mar 22, 2023, at 11:44 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> Lori just informed me that Bill Van Ess, who created the original De Tomaso registry in the early 1990s and was a stalwart supporter of the marque, passed away today. 
> 
> He had been bravely battling oral cancer and had been openly sharing his struggle on Facebook for quite some time. He had been posting about all his treatments and he believed he would beat the cancer. He never sounded defeated. 
> 
> Those who attended the Fun Rally last year may remember he drove his orange L-model all the way from his home in Michigan. He was quite concerned because it used huge amounts of oil. I reassured him that he had just suffered a common intake manifold gasket failure, so he bought a couple of cases of oil and at the end of the festivities he drove it home, then fixed it. 
> 
> He loved his Pantera, but more than that, he loved his Pantera friends, and he devoted an enormous amount of effort to creating his first registry, long before computers, gathering data from all over the world, compiling it, then painstakingly typing out hundreds of pages of information. 
> 
> He was a really good man, struck down far too soon. I feel privileged that I got to spend a fair amount of time speaking with him last year. At the time I knew he had health issues but had no idea his significant they would prove to be. 
> 
> Godspeed Bill….
> 
> Mike
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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