Iris Stagner

Monday, 17 September 2012

It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the loss of Iris Stagner, a member of the BikeTexas family.  She worked as an administrator in Palo Pinto County and was a mother, wife, BikeTexas board member, friend, state leader in promoting bicycle safety and education, and avid bicycle racer. Iris was killed September 17 while doing what she loved, riding her bicycle. Her death is a terrible loss to Texas and the cycling community.

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David Boyd

Wednesday, 17 September 2008

David Boyd, native Houstonian and avid mountain bike racer, died on September 3, 2008 in a climbing accident in Colorado. He was 47 years old. Dave was a radiologist, practicing in northwest Houston, and a dedicated outdoorsman. He founded and was captain of the M.O.A.T adventure racing team and competed in mountain bike races all over Texas and the nation. Known and respected by other racers for his athleticism, humility, generosity and good sportsmanship, his untimely death has inspired an outpouring of grief and remembrance from the mountain bike and climbing communities.

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Bahram Daneshvar

 
Thursday, 16 June 2005

On February 3rd, 2005, Bahram Daneshvar and Charles Thiele, both visiting Fredericksburg from Minnesota, set out on their bicycles to experience the fabled Texas Hill Country. The two cyclists were touring with a group of about 50 cyclists from Minnesota that had traveled to Fredericksburg specifically to ride the roads which have made the Hill Country a national destination for bicyclists.

Bahram was struck and killed by a light pickup truck traveling along Highway 16.

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Phyllis Hassan

Originally published: BikeTexas Today August - October 2004

On May 8, long time Dallas-Fort Worth area bicyclist Phyllis Hassan was killed while riding her bicycle on Highway 51, just outside Granbury, TX. An Arlington resident, Hassan, 73, suffered head injuries after being struck by the side-view mirror of a passing SUV, and was Care-Flighted to Harris Methodist in Ft. Worth, where she died.

At the request of Phyllis' family, the BikeTexas / Texas Bicycle Coalition established a Memorial Fund in the days immediately following her death, with proceeds benefiting bicycle safety education in Texas. A member of the Lone Star Cyclists, former member and past president of the Greater Dallas Bicyclists and BikeTexas member, Phyllis was loved and admired by all who knew her. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, she had ridden bicycles for 25 years, putting in 6,000 miles in 2003.

"Since she retired, she was probably riding as much as she ever had," Lone Star Cyclists member Eddie Stinson told the daily. "She really enjoyed it." Originally from Britain, she had worked as an urban planner. She is survived by two sons, Andrew and David Hassan, and brother Richard Brazier.

 

Larry Schwartz

Originally published: BikeTexas Today February - March 2003

Lawrence "Larry" Schwartz was born January 5, 1961, in Washington, D.C. and passed away May 4, 2003, in Dallas. Larry was featured in our March-April issue of BikeTexas Today and recognized in the Dallas Morning News for his prolific cycling. In 2002 Larry cycled approximately 25,000 miles and in 2003 he had already cycled 7,612. Larry was fatally hit when the mirror of a passing school bus struck him from behind north of McKinney on FM 1461 around 8 a.m. on May 1. Larry was wearing a helmet.

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Jim Kerr

Originally published: BikeTexas Today July - August 2002

Longtime BikeTexas member Jim Kerr spent a lot of time on a bicycle. His death while riding his bike in November 2001 was a blow to us all in Texas, and especially to his friends, those who regularly rode with him, and to his fellow members of the Plano Bicycle Association. His co-workers at Hewlett Packard in Richardson, some of whom were cycling buddies, decided to recognize their friend with a memorial.

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