[AT] Sad News from Grant Brians in California

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Grant; 
There is no doubt he was a wonderful, wonderful person. Such people are hard to come by. You have my sincere and deepest sympathy. 
Gil 
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From: "Dean Vinson" <dean at vinsonfarm.net> 
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> 
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 7:07:45 PM 
Subject: Re: [AT] Sad News from Grant Brians in California 

"... Universally they have good things to say about him and are saying how 
much they will miss him..." 

Grant, that's a deeply wonderful statement. In the end, I don't know that 
there's much more that any of us could ask for. 

Dean Vinson 
Saint Paris, Ohio 


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Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 9:27 AM 
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Spencer's comment and others are on target. Just because we miss my father 
and will continue to do so, that does not mean that it was not his time - it 
was. On the Tractor front, one of his last lucid comments was about how 
proud he was of my youngest son to be driving the little Farmall tractor 
that we got at the Tulare show auction and how he knew that was just part of 
the process of his growing up! 
I have been talking to my father's friends and breaking the news of 
his death to them. Quite a process. Universally they have good things to say 
about him and are saying how much they will miss him. There sure is a lot of 
work associated with a person dying.... I need to get back to work so I can 
go to church soon, I am thankful that church and church friends are a fact 
in my life as they do help recharge me. 
Grant Brians 

On 5/14/2016 7:17 PM, Spencer Yost wrote: 
> Sounds like an amazing life! 
> 
> I know you were proud of him and enjoyed your time with him. My 
condolences for you and your family as you grieve his passing. A friend 
once told me, when my grandfather died, it is no tragedy when an old man 
dies. I remember thinking when my friend told me that he must not have ever 
had an old man in his life die. 
> 
> But now that the separation of time has given me a chance to reconsider, I 
now realize what he meant. He meant that the relay race of life simply 
passed the baton to us. It is what nature intended. So celebrate your 
father's contribution to mankind and his love. And look forward to a future 
where you can teach all of his offspring the lessons he imparted to you. 
> 
> Best wishes to you and your family and you hug, cry, laugh and love over 
the next several months and years. 
> 
> Spencer Yost 
> 
>> On May 13, 2016, at 5:24 PM, Grant Brians <sales at heirloom-organic.com> 
wrote: 
>> 
>> All, I have to report some sad news. I have been off the list for a 
>> bit because I have been really busy, but I am just now reporting to 
>> you fellows that my father Bob Brians died on Tuesday at age 86. I 
>> know that several of you had the opportunity to meet him here at our 
>> ranch. I attach the link to the obituary that I have posted on the 
Mortuary website. 
>> I am glad that I have been able to be with my parents through 
>> his decline and my mother and I were with him when he went on to the 
>> other side.... He did die without pain and he slipped away basically 
>> over a four day time period. 
>> Grant Brians - Hollister,California farmer 
>> 
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