Dori Bachman

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Dori Bachman, widow of Lowell Bachman and owner of Para-Gear died this morning. Dori was the good woman behind the good man of Lowell. She with Lowell help found the Parachute Industry Association, has been the long time Treasurer of PIA and she was a trustee of the National Skydiving Museum. I missed the last PIA business meeting and if she was there am sorry I missed my last chance to spend time with her.

As I got to know her as a know nothing basement senior rigger she and Lowell were always welcoming to me and to all and fast to welcome and include me as a voice in the organization and as a friend.

If not involved in PIA you may very well have never heard of or met Dori. But she was a force in the parachute industry out of view of most skydivers and she will be very greatly missed by all who knew here.

Condolences to her sons and family, to her inseparable friend Jean Beck of DJ Associates, all the folks at ParaGear and all her other good friends, mostly all who met her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbCXI7iiDVE

I'm old for my age.
Terry Urban
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FAA DPRE

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Dori, just like Lowell, gave so much to skydiving and the parachute industry that it is difficult to describe. Sadly, she is another person that I will not see again at the PIA Symposium.

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Sounds like a remarkable woman who will be missed.

[Usetawuz 1]

So terribly sad! Sincerest condolences to her family and closest friends. She will be sorely missed.

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The older I get, the better I was!

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So sad, what a lovely women with a large spark in her eye.

I will miss her at the next PIA.

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