RIP Vartha

[First Avenger]

I just hope he didn't suffer. Feels so wrong,he was still young.

 

[Moridin]

This is from his daughter:

My brother has posted. My mom has posted. My aunt, cousins&close family friends have posted. It's taken me this long to even sit down to write something.. I lost my dad suddenly this week. My heart hurts.. so bad.. I've cried so much, I'm just drained. I'm sad. I'm angry&moody. It's taken me this long to process my thoughts enough to be able to write the words out. It's unfair. I hurt for my grandparents, so bad. I hurt for my brother. My mom. My aunt. My extended family who looked to him as a wise elder of our group. I hurt for his online comic book, geeky friends that he spoke so animated about. I'm saying geeky in the most loving way, I loved that he was able to be a huge part of a community that he kept close to his heart& was able to geek out about Thor, Avengers, Pirates. Literally everything&anything. I hurt for all of his friends at faire. He raised me around such amazing people who loved him so much there. I'm proud to call myself a renny. I'm hurting cuz I lost my best friend. I lost my daddy. The man I looked up to, who made me into the weirdo I am today. When my parents divorced, he still made us his top priority. When he had to move for work&to be closer to my grandparents, he still tried to make it out at least once a year with them. I was told he was planning a surprise trip to visit us in September. My brother&I had planned a surprise trip in 2011 behind his back with my grandparents to spend a week there with all of them. The fact that he was doing the same thing to surprise us melts my heart. He loved us so much, he missed us, he wanted to be up here. He was trying to get back up here after he worked longer with this new security guard company that could have transferred him to Wisconsin. It hurts knowing he was actually getting his life together. He loved his new job, his new boss. He was only on for a week. I'm upset that he was alone. I'm upset that I didn't get to say I love you one last time. I'm upset that I won't be able to get silly lunch time or dinner time txts from him telling me what he's eating or drinking like "Mmm Zaaaaa!" That's what we called pizza. Or "kawwwwffeeee!" I'm upset that he won't be able to attend Robert's wedding next year, or walk me down the aisle. I'm upset that we had no idea that this would happen. That we would be planning a service when he was only 56. I wanted at least another 20 years with him. I'm not okk. I don't kno when I will be okk.. I lost my inspiration, my hero, my daddy.. I appreciate everyone who has reached out, I really do. This is the hardest thing I've had to go thru, along with my gramma passing last year. I will keep everyone posted on when we plan to have the service. We head down to my grandparents house on Sunday nite. We have to pack up his apt&bring it up here. I never thought I would be doing this, not this soon. I'm asking everyone, if you pray or not, keep us in your thoughts&pray for us. This one is a tough one&I want everyone to keep my grandparents at the top of that prayer list, please. We will be back Thursday morning, I think.

Sending flowers now with a message on behalf of the Forums.

"On behalf of the SuperHeroHype.com Forums, I offer our condolences to Bradley Hauter's family and friends. Bradley, known as Vartha, was a beloved moderator of the Forums and he will be missed greatly. Sincerely, Mirko "

 

[Flemm]

It hurts reading that message, but it's also good to hear a bit about the effect he had on the people he knew.

Thanks for sending the flowers, nicely done.

 

[Raiden]

I just can't believe it...

RIP Vartha

 

[Inhuman117]

RIP Vartha

 

[Jenlet]

Jesus.

Rest in peace, sweet man. You'll be missed.

 

[ctsketch]

rip

 

[JOE]

Such a kind and welcoming MOD on these forums. Going to miss the MOD of Thunder, super nice guy. It's a shame he never got to see Ragnarok, would have been in his glory... This is a sad time for the hype, rest in peace.

 

[High Voltage]

Man... haven't posted on here in a while, but R.I.P. Vartha.

Such a friendly guy

 

[Ragnaroknroll]

Oh no! This is such terribly sad news. His presence will be sorely missed around these forums. My heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.

 

[BigThor]

In my doubt, I had reservations about contacting members of his family to show condolences.

Well now you can my friend.

 

[Guhndoi]

I just logged on after a brief absence. Sad news. Vartha was a genuinely good guy. My interactions with him were always a pleasure, on the Thor boards and in PMs. I would find all the very high resolution Thor and Marvel movie images for him.

You will be missed mate.

 

[CosmicSpider]

Wow, so saddening to hear. I didn't interact with him at all, but I always liked reading his posts and loved his passion and optimism about Thor and other things. Also loved that he shared photos of his awesome collection and AOS props and such.
Prayers for his family.

 

[BigThor]

This still feels so surreal, he was one of the first people I developed a kinship with when I first joined back in 2010.

 

[GreenKToo]

Rip my friend.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Do we know what happened?

 

[The_Manhunter]

I just saw this - been dealing with some personal issues lately so I haven't visited the boards much.

Truly sad news. Vartha was one of my favorite posters on here. Rest in peace Vartha, and may God welcome you into His kingdom.

 

[mclay18]

Such a kind and welcoming MOD on these forums. Going to miss the MOD of Thunder, super nice guy. It's a shame he never got to see Ragnarok, would have been in his glory... This is a sad time for the hype, rest in peace.

Same here. Always cordial and pleasant.

Just a shame he's not here anymore.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I got in contact with his daughter, and received this message.

We received the flowers&kind card from [The Founder] but I'm having a hard time navigating the site from my cell to give a huge thank you to this group. It honestly made me cry to read all of the wonderful words from everyone. I'm so happy that he was able to connect with so many people all around the world.
If you could possibly pass this msg along, it would mean a lot. &once I get to my computer, I can make an account to fill you all in on what happened.

 

[Mjölnir]

I'm glad to hear that we could at least bring some small happiness to her in this tragedy.

 

[First Avenger]

I got in contact with his daughter, and received this message.

Happy we gave her something nice to get through this terrible time.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

What happened? I'm still so sad

 

[Finarfiniel]

I got in contact with his daughter, and received this message.

Thanks for that Spider-Aziz, it's lovely to know that his family have read the messages. Let's hope it can bring them at least a small measure of comfort.

 

[Dark Raven]

Glad she has read the messages and thanks for posting. If she does make an account just to fill us in, it would be nice if she signed up as "Vartha's Daughter". It would be cool to see the name live on in some form. Of course, it's up to her.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

What happened? I'm still so sad

We will be informed, please be patient.