Erick’s Story

Site created on January 5, 2020

Welcome to our CaringBridge website. We are using it to keep family and friends updated in one place. As many of you have now heard, Erick "Fangs" Gilbert tragically and suddenly passed away early in the morning on Saturday, 4 January from what we think was a massive heart attack.  Dane and Chase called 911 and directed emergency personnel into the house while Kasia performed CPR.  Emergency personnel transported Erick to the hospital where he passed away.  To say this is a shock to us all is an understatement but the outpouring of love and support for Kasia, Dane, and Chase has been incredible. Thank you to all who were able to attend the memorial service in Virginia on 10 January. Funeral and burial services in Erick's honor will be held on 24 January at 1300 at the U.S. Air Force Academy's Community Chapel in Colorado Springs.  Please continue to visit this site for additional details on the funeral service as they become available.  We appreciate all of your support and words of hope and encouragement. Thank you for visiting. 

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Journal entry by Cindy and John Kent

Hi Everyone.  Just a final note with a few reminders and information. Thank you again to all who were able to attend the funeral services and reception in honor of Erick “Fangs” Gilbert. 


The last day to order Fangs Memorial T-shirts is tomorrow 31 January.  Information to purchase them is below.

Fangs Memorial T-shirt:

The T-shirts cost $30 each and all funds raised will go directly to Dane and Chase's 529 accounts. All orders will ship at the close of the campaign and should take approximately two weeks to ship. Please spread the word so that we can make this effort as successful as possible.

Direct donations to Dane and Chase's 529 accounts can continue to be made at any time.  Information for contributions to the 529's is below. All contributions are tax deductible.

529s through AWCF:

There are two ways to give:

1. Send a check to:

AWCF
P.O. Box 877
Silver Spring, MD 20918.  
*In a note or on the check write “In Memory of Colonel Erick Gilbert.” 


2. Using a credit card.

Go to the AWCF donations page at 
http://www.airwarriorcourage.org/donations.html.

- Select “Give Direct” on the right side of the webpage
- Please check “
I would like to dedicate my donation to someone special”
- Select “In Memory of" button and type Colonel Erick Gilbert in the name block
- Select 529 under the program drop down

We continue to encourage you to send any pictures, videos and memories to an email for Kasia and her boys and family to have forever: 

erickfangsmemorial@gmail.com

Thanks again for everyones amazing support through all this.

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