iebruin Sad News about Our Brother Lou (iebruin)

[stpat373]

My name it's Patrick (known as PJ) to my brother Lou. My family and I have been following this since it was first posted and even created accounts. Most know by now that Lou passed peacefully in his sleep on August 8th at approximately 5pm while The Ocho was on TV (c'mon, you know he loved all sports even the weird ones, like Cricket). He constantly bragged about AngelsWin, all the fun times he had here and the trips to watch The Halos play, home and away with you guys. You all were his extended family and loved every minute he spent on here. To see him spend his last several days reading your posts and thoughts about him brought a smile (and tears) to his face, as it did his brothers and sister. All of us have also been keeping up with this post and you will never know how much we appreciate the love, memories, thoughts and especially the pictures you have shared. Our greatest memory with him was being in the front row at the left field foul pole for the Angels 2002 World Series win. All of us hugging and crying tears of joy at the site we thought we would never see. Close 2nd was Barry Bonds flipping us off during the game because Lou kept leading our entire section in a "sterrrroooooids!" chant while we were jamming a Thunderstick into our arms. Honor him by keeping his memory and stories alive. Celebrate his life. "LouDogg" was a smartass until the end and continued to make us laugh until his last breath.

Sincerely, 

The Garcia Family 

GO HALOS

[T.G.]

@stpat373  Thank you so much for posting!  You really brought tears to my eyes.  I know we all want to keep his memory alive and will continue to honor him in our own individual ways.  We hope you keep coming back!

[Torridd]

16 minutes ago, stpat373 said:

My name it's Patrick (known as PJ) to my brother Lou. My family and I have been following this since it was first posted and even created accounts. Most know by now that Lou passed peacefully in his sleep on August 8th at approximately 5pm while The Ocho was on TV (c'mon, you know he loved all sports even the weird ones, like Cricket). He constantly bragged about AngelsWin, all the fun times he had here and the trips to watch The Halos play, home and away with you guys. You all were his extended family and loved every minute he spent on here. To see him spend his last several days reading your posts and thoughts about him brought a smile (and tears) to his face, as it did his brothers and sister. All of us have also been keeping up with this post and you will never know how much we appreciate the love, memories, thoughts and especially the pictures you have shared. Our greatest memory with him was being in the front row at the left field foul pole for the Angels 2002 World Series win. All of us hugging and crying tears of joy at the site we thought we would never see. Close 2nd was Barry Bonds flipping us off during the game because Lou kept leading our entire section in a "sterrrroooooids!" chant while we were jamming a Thunderstick into our arms. Honor him by keeping his memory and stories alive. Celebrate his life. "LouDogg" was a smartass until the end and continued to make us laugh until his last breath.

Sincerely, 

The Garcia Family 

GO HALOS

Thanks, PJ. My condolences to you and his loved ones. Lou will always have a place in our hearts.

[Stradling]

Oh man, this makes it even more real.  Thank you very much for sharing your brother with us for all of these years.  He was so incredibly loved and admired here for his wit and sarcasm.  Thank you for posting on here.  He will not be forgotten.  

[Redondo]

Thank you for sharing with us

Good bless Lou  

Sounds like he had a great family and that is so important in life

Always enjoyed his posts and humor 

[m0nkey]

Thank you for stopping by and sharing, Patrick.  Condolences to you and the family, all his internet friends and family sending love to you all

[PattyD22]

 

@stpat373that was such an awesome post.  Thank you so much for that.  Your brother was iconic here, and like you mentioned, wasn’t shy about calling anyone here a “dumbass.”

Please stay aboard, and by all means, please keep us posted on if/when services will be done, if they aren’t private.

Thank you again Patrick.  

 

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[Chuck]

@stpat373 (Patrick), I cannot tell you how much it means to me and all of us at AngelsWin for you to post what you did. You really put a smile on my face and happy tears to my eyes after reading your post. 

I really hope you can stick around here. Your brother left quite an amazing legacy here and he taught me a lot over the years. I always appreciated how he would send me a private message and rebuke me when I went off on the team or a player, or to just ask how I was doing when I seemed off in my posts. It always led to me confessing that there was indeed something going on personally in my life, and just talking through it with him made me feel better and right the ship. 

I gave you a lifetime Premium Membership so you can navigate the website and our community without any hinderances from pop-up ads or videos. I can grant your other family members the same if you can PM me their member names. 

Yesterday evening I walked outside (I work from home) and thought about Lou and how much I miss him, how much we're all going to miss him, and then I turned around and I looked up into the sky and this what I saw. 

It's almost as if Lou was saying hi. 

 

[rafibomb]

Now I'm crying, both the sad and happy kind. Thank you so much for the post. I'm glad Lou was able to see just how much of an impact he made on everyone in this community before his passing. All love and prayers to you and your family. RIP Lou.

[ettin]

Hi Patrick,

My deepest condolences to you and your family.

Lou was our version of Cal Ripken Jr., the "Iron Man"... incredibly consistent with his opinion and humor.

I'll miss him, he was loved.

Take care of yourselves, thanks for sharing him with us.

[Spirit]

Thank you for sharing your brother with us, @stpat373.  He brought so much laughter and joy to this site.  Praying for you and your family during this time.  I pray his memory will be a blessing to you all.

 

 

[Jason]

@stpat373thank you for sharing this. Someday all of us will be approaching our end and I’m sure it is easier knowing that you are going out being loved and appreciated. I’m glad these posts were seen by him and he knew how we felt about him

Edited August 10, 2023 by Jason

[Kotchman]

AW may continue to be a great place but it’s certainly never going to be the same.  You can’t really replace Lou. 

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

I’m sorry for your families loss. That said I’m glad to hear he went peacefully surrounded by family doing what he loved. Thanks for sharing him with us. This place won’t be the same without him but his memory will live on. 

[Angelsjunky]

Thank you so much for sharing. Lou was (and is) much loved here. I hope you feel welcome and inspired to hang around.

[Swordsman78]

Big thank you to Lou's family for letting us know that this board was able to provide Lou with some Joy over the past couple weeks especially, and his family with some comfort and support.  

[Duren, Duren]

Beautiful, touching, heartfelt tribute. 

Sharing sports passion can be a great way to communicate and extend one's knowledge and perspective. Especially with people from different locations and backgrounds. And also a lot of fun and humor. 

I'm glad your brother maximized enjoyment and rode this wave to the end. 

[mtangelsfan]

I think the one big thing Lou communicated to us was that none of this, baseball, other sports, politics or anything else on this board was so important that you couldn’t laugh about it.

[Angel Oracle]

Patrick, know that your brother was loved on here, with his wit and zest for life.

We will always remember him.

[Chico]

Godspeed Lou RIP. Please put a good word in for the Halos.

[ukyah]

bruin.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

My deepest condolences to you and your Family. RIP LOU.

[Tank]

@stpat373 thank you so much for posting here and keeping us informed. 

Lou made me feel like we'd been friends since childhood. No one made me laugh like he did. I loved talking with him any time we could. He was a great guy, and I know how much he loved his family. May the peace of God be with each of you as go through this process.

If theres any kind of service for him, I'd love to go if it's open to the public.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

PJ I’d like to extend my condolences to you and the rest of the García family.  

[ten ocho recon scout]

@stpat373, as I said in the other thread, thank you so much reaching out to us directly. I guess it "feels" like a bit more closure to hear from you, Lou's blood.

Your brother was LOVED on here. And still will be.

Glad he's not suffering anymore. And I hope you and your family are OK. You guys hang tough.

Please dont be a stranger.