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I sold this guy some rockwells. seemed like a good guy.
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We have a member down Jonathan "ddstrunt" was Killed over the weekend at a bogg over near grand rapids
http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-8/115072835554910.xml&coll=6
he was part of Weekend wheelers club and Got mud? 4x4
By LISA KNAPP Staff writer
Jonathan Blystra of Holland had a lot to be thankful for Saturday.
Married 12 years, he and his wife Jodi had plans to celebrate their anniversary in the evening. His afternoon was spent with a group of close friends running their modified four wheel drive trucks through a mud bog in Heath Township. His truck -- a gold 1983 Chevy half ton nicknamed "The Bomber"-- was in the best running condition ever.
Blystra, 33, died late Saturday afternoon after the tow rope being used to pull his truck from the mud bog broke and recoiled through the truck windshield, striking Blystra in the head. Allegan County Sheriff's Office deputies along with Hamilton Fire Rescue responded to the site near 128th Avenue. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
"We had just spent two weeks fixing it up," said Jay Krans, a friend of Blystra's. "I told him, 'You bring it out here and I'll get her running, let's just do it and get it done so we can have fun with it. It was a great day. He had mentioned a couple times during the day that he was looking forward to going home and spending the night with Jodi. I've never seen him this happy and having this much fun with the trucks."
Jodi Blystra said she and their three kids -- Stephanie, 11, Christopher, 9 and Joshua, 5 -- sometimes went along when her husband went off-roading.
"We debated yesterday if we would go," Jodi Blystra said on Sunday. "I'm glad we weren't there."
She and the kids are shocked and numb, Blystra said. She described the children as handling it in waysthat are age-appropriate. Last year, Jonathan Blystra quit working at a family business and was a stay-home dad while Jodi Blystra went to work full-time as a lab tech at Holland Hospital.
Jodi Blystra said her husband's death on their anniversary date isn't bittersweet because she is thankful for having 12 years with such a good man.
"They were awesome years. He was a good husband and dad. I know the kids and I still have a lot of things to deal with, but we know it's in God's hands," she said. "We're relying on our faith in God."
Jonathan Blystra had been involved in off-roading for about five years and was a member of "Weekend Wheelers" a Holland 4-wheel drive club.
Krens described Blystra as a "big teddy bear" who would help anybody at any time.
"I've gone through some hard times in the past and he'd drop what he was doing to spend time talking with me," Krens said. "He was the kind of guy who would do that for anyone."
better make sure you have read this
http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/Recovery/
from www.gotmud4x4.com:
We have a member down Jonathan "ddstrunt" was Killed over the weekend at a bogg over near grand rapids
http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-8/115072835554910.xml&coll=6
he was part of Weekend wheelers club and Got mud? 4x4
By LISA KNAPP Staff writer
Jonathan Blystra of Holland had a lot to be thankful for Saturday.
Married 12 years, he and his wife Jodi had plans to celebrate their anniversary in the evening. His afternoon was spent with a group of close friends running their modified four wheel drive trucks through a mud bog in Heath Township. His truck -- a gold 1983 Chevy half ton nicknamed "The Bomber"-- was in the best running condition ever.
Blystra, 33, died late Saturday afternoon after the tow rope being used to pull his truck from the mud bog broke and recoiled through the truck windshield, striking Blystra in the head. Allegan County Sheriff's Office deputies along with Hamilton Fire Rescue responded to the site near 128th Avenue. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
"We had just spent two weeks fixing it up," said Jay Krans, a friend of Blystra's. "I told him, 'You bring it out here and I'll get her running, let's just do it and get it done so we can have fun with it. It was a great day. He had mentioned a couple times during the day that he was looking forward to going home and spending the night with Jodi. I've never seen him this happy and having this much fun with the trucks."
Jodi Blystra said she and their three kids -- Stephanie, 11, Christopher, 9 and Joshua, 5 -- sometimes went along when her husband went off-roading.
"We debated yesterday if we would go," Jodi Blystra said on Sunday. "I'm glad we weren't there."
She and the kids are shocked and numb, Blystra said. She described the children as handling it in waysthat are age-appropriate. Last year, Jonathan Blystra quit working at a family business and was a stay-home dad while Jodi Blystra went to work full-time as a lab tech at Holland Hospital.
Jodi Blystra said her husband's death on their anniversary date isn't bittersweet because she is thankful for having 12 years with such a good man.
"They were awesome years. He was a good husband and dad. I know the kids and I still have a lot of things to deal with, but we know it's in God's hands," she said. "We're relying on our faith in God."
Jonathan Blystra had been involved in off-roading for about five years and was a member of "Weekend Wheelers" a Holland 4-wheel drive club.
Krens described Blystra as a "big teddy bear" who would help anybody at any time.
"I've gone through some hard times in the past and he'd drop what he was doing to spend time talking with me," Krens said. "He was the kind of guy who would do that for anyone."
better make sure you have read this
http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/Recovery/
