Malaysia Flight MH17: Connie Stuiver, Dutch Silver Medalist was on the plane

cruzceleste · Jul 18, 2014

Malaysia Flight MH17: Connie Stuiver, Dutch Silver Medalist was on the plane

Lynn Rutherford from Icenetwork is reporting that Duth Nationals 1992 Silver Medalist and her family was on Malaysia Flight MH17.

Her name in wikipedia list of medalist

May they rest in peace

ice coverage · Jul 18, 2014

Tragic.

She was age 39, per article (in Dutch) from the Dutch federation website re her death on the downed flight. Her husband and her son also were passengers on the flight. Memorial service on Saturday.

http://schaatsen.nl/nieuws/2014-07-18-conny-wels-stuiver-slachtoffer-vliegramp

In Memoriam piece (in Dutch).

http://knsb.nl/nieuws/in-memoriam-conny-wels-stuiver/

skatedreamer · Jul 18, 2014

Condolence pages:

Dutch

http://www.condoleance.nl/14879/conny--stuiver-wels.html

English

http://translate.google.com/transla...rch?q=Conny+Wels-Stuiver&client=safari&rls=en

AliceInWonderland · Jul 18, 2014

May she rest in peace.

GF2445 · Jul 19, 2014

This is so sad to hear.
This particular tragedy has hit the global community incredibly hard. Its almost like it's affecting everybody's mood.

Sam-Skwantch · Jul 19, 2014

GF2445 said:
This is so sad to hear.
This particular tragedy has hit the global community incredibly hard. Its almost like it's affecting everybody's mood.

Couldn't agree more. So senseless and the only thing that matters is the lives lost and lives affected. In a perfect world something like this could unite both sides but I have my doubts of such an enlightened response....*sigh*

ITA with the everyone's mood being affected too.

Olympia · Jul 19, 2014

Her whole family. How dreadful.

Winnie_20 · Jul 19, 2014

Olympia said:
Her whole family. How dreadful.

That's true for many of the passengers. It's the start of summer holiday here, and the flight to Kuala Lumpur is very popular with travel agencies. People use it to fly to Indonesia and Australia etc.

There are reports of school friends from one school all traveling together to families of two to even six people.

I have never heard of this Dutch skater, btw. How tragic.

CaroLiza_fan · Jul 19, 2014

Winnie_20 said:
That's true for many of the passengers. It's the start of summer holiday here, and the flight to Kuala Lumpur is very popular with travel agencies. People use it to fly to Indonesia and Australia etc.

There are reports of school friends from one school all traveling together to families of two to even six people.

I have never heard of this Dutch skater, btw. How tragic.

So sad. Although I had not come across her before either, it is nevertheless upsetting when you hear about the death of a competitior in a sport you love.

I had a look at Conny's Facebook profile to see what she was like. Although nearly everything is set to private, there is an absolutely beautiful photo from December of her with her son. It was just so heartbreaking to see how happy they were, and to know that they are now gone.

It is heartbreaking when you hear about families going on holidays, and getting wiped out. And you can't help but wonder about how the family that is left behind are coping, having to deal with multiple bereavements.

Unfortunately, there are going to be many more stories like this emerging in the coming days. We may not hear about them all, but every case is a tragedy.

It just shows how far reaching this disaster is. In the past 15 hours, I have not only found out that there was a woman who competed in a sport I love on board, but also a woman from the island I live on.

My thoughts go out to all the family and friends of Conny Stuiver, her husband and her son.

CaroLiza_fan

Meoima · Jul 19, 2014

Some people from my country were also on the plane.

such a tragedy. I am not religious really, but I hope they will rest in peace and heaven.
The whole family!

I haven't heard of this skater, but my heart goes out to her and her family, too. Such a loss.

desertskates · Jul 19, 2014

How sad for Ms. Stuiver's surviving family and friends. My thoughts go out to the loved ones of anyone on board ill fated plane. It's just tragic.
May all the passengers and crew rest in peace.

iluvtodd · Jul 21, 2014

So awful for her, her family, and all the lives lost in this senseless tragedy. May they all rest in peace.

jcoates · Jul 21, 2014

Very sad. Senseless deaths all around.

JayW · Jul 21, 2014

Horrible tragic. May her and her family rest in peace.

Winnie_20 · Jul 21, 2014

Malaysia Flight MH17: Connie Stuiver, Dutch Silver Medalist was on the plane

This disaster continues to dominate Dutch media, of course. The main public TV and radio channels pretty much focus on this 24/7. It's so tragic, also because of the major problems in the Ukraine preventing "normal" procedures like getting the bodies home, the research into the tragedy and such.

cruzceleste · Jul 21, 2014

^That upset me, the families of the people that lost their lifes in the accident deserve to know what happened, and with all the obstruction and situation on Ukrania is highly unlikely that they will get answers.

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