Broncitis
MEB Founder
- Joined
- May 18, 2004
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Fellow Bronco enthusiasts:
As some of you have heard by now, last week there was a tragic loss to the MEB family. On Wednesday, February 6, one of our members, Elizabeth Ingram, was found murdered in her home. Even more shocking to many of us was that her husband, a long time friend to many of us has been charged with this crime.
For those of us who know Mike and have meet Elizabeth and know how lovingly Mike always spoke of her, this is unimaginable!
Even more tragic is that now that Elizabeth is gone and Mike in jail pending his day in court, their 8 year old adopted twin daughters are once again left without the mother and father they loved. Unfortunately this is not the first tragic loss these girls have experienced in their short lives. About three years ago their mother (Elizabeth’s sister) died and left them with no one to care for them. Mike and Elizabeth eagerly stepped up and adopted them to raise them as their own. Since then the twins have also lost their grandmother (Elizabeth’s mother).
MEB’s Board of Directors feels a deep loss and our deepest heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends who are even closer to this than many of us. We too are very concerned with the welfare of the twins and have decided to ask our members and the Bronco Community to help.
There has been a trust fund set up for the twins by a local bank in Richmond and MEB would like to help by bringing this information to the Bronco community. The Bronco community has suffered some other tragedies in the past several years and we were very happy to be able to assist then as we intend to now.
MEB is a very family oriented club as is much of the Early Bronco community and its vendors. I would like us all to be able to feel that in a time of tragedy, members from our community would be willing to help our surviving young members.
Broncodiecast.com has generously agreed to match the first (5) $100 donations and MEB has also pledged to match the second (5) $100 donations.
As is typical in situations like this, the media seems to be drawing its own conclusions while sensationalizing this tragic event. We have spoken to Mike and his attorney and both are confident that his case will be seen in a better light once all the facts are presented in court. However, the loss of Elizabeth and the situation it has left these young girls in is the paramount concern of Mike's and ours at this point.
Please consider making a donation to this trust fund no matter what the size! $10, $100 or $1000, it will all help as these girls try yet once again to get their lives back to some form of normalcy.
Donations can be sent by the following methods:
1. paypal@earlybroncos.com
2. Check payable to MEB to Randy Silbaugh at 1035 Willowbrook Rd. West Newton, PA 15089
3. Check payable to Morgan and Paxton Ingram Fund and mail to Randy at the address above.
MEB will collect all donations and matching funds and will send them to Union Bank and Trust as a donation to the Morgan and Paxton Ingram Trust Fund from the entire Early Bronco community.
Any other vendors or individuals who may wish to encourage individual donations by offering matching funds, please contact MEB at vicepresident@earlybroncos.com
I and the rest of MEB’s Board of Directors thank you for taking the time to read this and we hope that you will consider making a contribution so that we can assist these girls. Please let us show them and their guardians that the Bronco community is there for them!
Sincerely,
Drew Peroni
As some of you have heard by now, last week there was a tragic loss to the MEB family. On Wednesday, February 6, one of our members, Elizabeth Ingram, was found murdered in her home. Even more shocking to many of us was that her husband, a long time friend to many of us has been charged with this crime.
For those of us who know Mike and have meet Elizabeth and know how lovingly Mike always spoke of her, this is unimaginable!
Even more tragic is that now that Elizabeth is gone and Mike in jail pending his day in court, their 8 year old adopted twin daughters are once again left without the mother and father they loved. Unfortunately this is not the first tragic loss these girls have experienced in their short lives. About three years ago their mother (Elizabeth’s sister) died and left them with no one to care for them. Mike and Elizabeth eagerly stepped up and adopted them to raise them as their own. Since then the twins have also lost their grandmother (Elizabeth’s mother).
MEB’s Board of Directors feels a deep loss and our deepest heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends who are even closer to this than many of us. We too are very concerned with the welfare of the twins and have decided to ask our members and the Bronco Community to help.
There has been a trust fund set up for the twins by a local bank in Richmond and MEB would like to help by bringing this information to the Bronco community. The Bronco community has suffered some other tragedies in the past several years and we were very happy to be able to assist then as we intend to now.
MEB is a very family oriented club as is much of the Early Bronco community and its vendors. I would like us all to be able to feel that in a time of tragedy, members from our community would be willing to help our surviving young members.
Broncodiecast.com has generously agreed to match the first (5) $100 donations and MEB has also pledged to match the second (5) $100 donations.
As is typical in situations like this, the media seems to be drawing its own conclusions while sensationalizing this tragic event. We have spoken to Mike and his attorney and both are confident that his case will be seen in a better light once all the facts are presented in court. However, the loss of Elizabeth and the situation it has left these young girls in is the paramount concern of Mike's and ours at this point.
Please consider making a donation to this trust fund no matter what the size! $10, $100 or $1000, it will all help as these girls try yet once again to get their lives back to some form of normalcy.
Donations can be sent by the following methods:
1. paypal@earlybroncos.com
2. Check payable to MEB to Randy Silbaugh at 1035 Willowbrook Rd. West Newton, PA 15089
3. Check payable to Morgan and Paxton Ingram Fund and mail to Randy at the address above.
MEB will collect all donations and matching funds and will send them to Union Bank and Trust as a donation to the Morgan and Paxton Ingram Trust Fund from the entire Early Bronco community.
Any other vendors or individuals who may wish to encourage individual donations by offering matching funds, please contact MEB at vicepresident@earlybroncos.com
I and the rest of MEB’s Board of Directors thank you for taking the time to read this and we hope that you will consider making a contribution so that we can assist these girls. Please let us show them and their guardians that the Bronco community is there for them!
Sincerely,
Drew Peroni
