Wednesday, March 01, 2017

R.I.P. Presurfer

Another bright spot in the blogosphere is no more. Gerard Vlemmings of Tilburg, Netherlands, ran his blog The Presurfer for over 16 years. Less than a month ago, he stopped his daily postings due to illness, which proved to be cancer. His last post was on February 17, and a couple of days ago, his nephew Fam commented to let us know that Gerard passed away on Saturday, February 25th and his funeral service is tomorrow. I cannot find an online obituary, but that may be due to the language barrier. Gerard was 67. He will be sorely missed.  

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16 comments:

  1. Monrezee3/01/2017 03:00:00 PM

    RIP Gerard.

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  2. hearsetrax3/01/2017 04:27:00 PM

    that bytes ..... RIP Gerard

    My condolences to his family

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  3. Barbwire3/01/2017 04:30:00 PM

    My condolences as well. A great loss to his readers., and of course, to his family and friends.

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  4. Bad Newspaper3/01/2017 05:05:00 PM

    That's terrible. Gerard was one of the best, and he'll be missed.

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  5. Vireya3/01/2017 06:17:00 PM

    Sad news.

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  6. Qualiall3/01/2017 10:09:00 PM

    That was my go-to blog for funnies--Along with "Nothing To Do With Arbroath" --Kevin died of lung cancer as well recently--very sad.

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  7. Anonymous3/01/2017 10:13:00 PM

    How very sad. I read his blog daily,and I read about his upcoming scan. I had such hope for him. He will be missed. May God rest his soul.

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  8. andiscandis3/01/2017 10:13:00 PM

    Oh no...

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  9. xoxoxoBruce3/02/2017 12:12:00 PM

    The internet has been around long enough that some of it’s shining stars are getting old, so sadly we will lose some.
    I glad Miss C is still young and hot.

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  10. maggijo3/03/2017 04:06:00 AM

    So sorry to hear Presurfer won't return , one of my favorites, my thoughts are with his family.

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  11. Tiu3/03/2017 07:39:00 AM

    So sorry, I followed his blog for years. R.I.P. :-(

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  12. Jane3/03/2017 08:34:00 AM

    So sad. He will be missed. May he rest in peace

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  13. Unknown3/04/2017 04:38:00 PM

    Hi, you can't find aan obituary cause there is no obituary. He chose a simple life and a simple goodbye. He lived for his Presurfer. Whenever he visited me and my husband and children, he spoke about it with so much passion.
    We know he will be missed by many. That's a comfort to us. Thank you for writing about Gerard.

    Yvonne Vlemmings (a niece of Gerard. My father is his younger brother)

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  14. Miss Cellania3/04/2017 05:42:00 PM

    Thanks for coming by, Yvonne. Please give my condolences to the entire family. Gerard was such a great guy.

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  15. Hanan Levin - growabrain3/04/2017 06:11:00 PM

    This is very sad.

    I followed Gerard since his beginning.

    May he rest in peace.

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  16. Unknown6/29/2017 10:52:00 AM

    Where do we go now?

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