https://storkefuneralhome.com/storke-funeral-home-obituaries/?id=2561
A long time Key Play reader and contributor and great Hokie fan passed away suddenly. Nick was great to be around in the last grass bastion of tailgating and always fun to have here on the board. His brother has also been here on the board and I know many of us tailgated with him over the years.
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Oh my goodness. Only 39. RIP. And peace and comfort to his friends and family left behind
omg no
wow. truly sad. will be missed on the boards and will truly be missed in life. best to his family.
He will be missed here, 39 is way too young.
very sad; thanks for posting
Wow, so sad. Such a reminder for how short and truly precious life is.
Several great tailgates with the was, but never enough.
You and Fireman were 2 of the people that HokieEnginerd and I thought about when we were discussing who should know about this.
Wow!.... Prayers for him and his family.
A message for us all: Live every day as if its your last, because you never know.
Hug your family.
"And we must all live our lives like there is no tomorrow, 'cause sometimes you know it is true. So when your number comes up, and the fates punch your ticket, hang it up, say goodbye boy, you're screwed."
A not famous songwriter on a similar loss.
Truly terrible. Too soon. Condolences to his family.
Rest in peace fellow hokie
Nick was the first TKPer I met IRL. He was simply an awesome person and his energy was infectious.
We'll miss you, big guy!
That is awful, but thanks for letting us know. We are not guaranteed tomorrow.
Terrible news. Peace and comfort to his family and friends. Way too young.
Rest in peace, Nick. What a tragedy. We only met once but what a great guy. My condolences to his family and friends.
As I prepare to attend a "Celebration of Life" today for a dear friend's daughter who was killed by her bf, this is just more terrible news. Life is too short...
Tragedy abounds in this thing we call life.
RIP WAS. Always fun to interact with on the boards.
Fuck. I'm getting really tired of people i know dying lately. Condolences to his family and all who knew him.
That's so sad and devastating. I lost my brother to cancer when he was 53. That's young. When you think about the life experience of a 53 year old and then news such as this happens, the hind sight reality of what a 39 year old has yet to experience. It breaks my heart.
May he RIP. May his family find peace, support, and strength in one another during this time. They will need it now and forever.
God Bless
Sad to hear about his passing. While I didn't know him outside of this site, he sounds like he was a person most should strive to be like. As someone who's also 39 with a family with young children; it saddens me to think about what they must be going through and having to live life without him there.
Cherish every day you have with the ones you love.
Thank you for starting this post. I was introduced to TKP and Joe by nephew Nick when my wife and I started to go to the football games after our son started school at Virginia Tech. Up until that time we had not experienced being at a college football game. Beamer was still the coach and we were hosting Ohio State that Labor Day weekend. Wow - the atmosphere. We were hooked. Then Nick, his dad and his brothers were telling us we had to come to Lot 18 before the games. This took our Saturdays to another level. We were warmly accepted into the TKP group with many home brewed cold ones and other beverages of our choice as I got to meet a number of you. Loved seeing Nick having a good time with you guys and he could cook, boy, could he cook along with several other chefs in the group. We can't make it to the games like we did before but because of Nick we were able to experience many good times with the TKPers. I thank you all for your sympathies and prayers. Thank you Nick ~ Uncle Dan and Aunt Trish
Thank you Dan & Trish. He will be warmly remembered here. Peace and comfort to you and all of your family.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
RIP - hate to hear news like this. Sorry for his loved ones
Thanks for posting Fireman. HokieEnginerd and I were thinking about posting something as well but we weren't sure if our accounts even worked anymore. There were several people on here that we felt would want to know...
We knew Nick for about 10 years and are glad that we were able to call him our friend/family.
Nick was.... Nick. He was an amazing person with a larger than life personality. He was a great friend (even when we joked that he didn't love us anymore when his work schedule changed and he didn't come to as many tailgates). He had a huge smile and could bring a smile to anyone's face.. He sent a text to our group at Christmas saying that he was excited about football this year and was planning to come to some games. We're going to miss him.
So sorry to hear this, never met Nick IRL but I always enjoyed his posts. He will be missed and his memory will be cherished.
I can't find the right words to say, other than I'm going to miss him a whole lot.
We all will...
Thank you for letting us know, Joe.
Condolences to his family. His presence here was certainly a gift to the community.
This is devastating news. Rest easy in Suto'vo'qor my friend.
This sucks. Wishing his family and friends all the best in this trying time.
I don't know why but in the past year, I've heard of so many people, many of them "young" and in my age group, passing away. I don't know if this is a normal part of getting older or not but it's scary and disheartening.
Hate to tell ya...
Yeah, there were a bundle of mostly military but some non-military friends in their 30s. A bit of a pause, now I expect to see more that they are reaching 60's.
For me, it is the ever increasing attrition that is natural to being nearly 76 years old. I used to think about all of the people I knew who had died, now it would take half the morning to get them all remembered. Some died old, some young, some expectedly, some not so much, and a surprising number of folks that just couldn't take this cold, cruel world another minute. It's the price of life and living, right?
(I will preface this by apologizing to everyone who won't get this reference)
For those who come after, right?
Nick was one of the good ones who really helped this site excel when you wanted to do anything except talk about VT, which we've needed the past 10 years.
If there was a post about sci-fi, you knew he was going to chime in. And boy did that make for some fun times in the doldrums of summer.
Damn, I am sad to hear about this. Wish his family the best going forward. He will be missed.
Raise a can of Busch or your beverage of choice (but no Rails---Nick agreed with me and said rails are gross) to Nick.
NASCAR!! We will miss you as big as your personality my friend.
I remember discussing Busch beer and racing with him on several occasions. I will certainly raise a can to his memory tonight. RIP friend.
Don't forget to say NASCAR when you raise your glass.
Man, 39 is way too young. I just hit 46, and the last 4 years or so have been a wave of "gone too soon" events. each one gives me more anxiety thinking about hidden issues I might have that could leave my boys without a dad.
I was
something like 46 or47 when I had my cardiac arrest. Full code, V-fib and V-tach, 12% survival rate (according to the AHA website at the time when I looked up what I had). 100% blockage in 2 coronary arteries and 60% blockage in the third*. You can eat healthier than most, exercise more than probably 90% or 95% of the people your age, not be obese, not have diabetes ... and if your genetics suck, it does not matter. Thankfully, a physician witnessed it happen while I was - ironically enough - out walking/exercising. CPR started rapidly. Eventually, I was brought back.Make sure you do your regular check ups and if you have a family history of something, make sure to watch it closely. My dad died at 49 from a heart attack and I thought I was fine as I was fit. Not so, as it turned out.
* Note, there are only 2 main coronary arteries, so 1 of the 3 he was telling me about had to be a branch vessel.
Thats way worse than me, but I only have two issues in my family, type 1 diabetes which is unlikely for me to develop at my age and prostate cancer, which based on my families history I will get around 80 and die of it 20 years later.
Having said that, I had an issue with burning (like a tore a hemriod) with not blood so I got scheduled for a colonoscopy ~1 year earlier than typical (age 43.9 instead of 45). I woke up and was rushed to the ER due to my heart rate dropping below 40 while under. Then I get the ekg, heart looks amazing, so still looking for why I went into A-fib. Sleep apnea study here i come!
if your genetics suck, it does not matter.
friend of mine was in great shape...avid snow skier...died of massive heart attack at age 56
his dad...head of ROTC at Miss State (and former fighter pilot) also in great shape...died at age 56 of a massive heart attack
glad you made it!
my challenge is not as threatening...A-fib and SVT...had my second ablation March 26 (first was in 2015). fingers crossed this takes care of it
Good luck with everything. A-fib is not as serious as some conditions, but it is still serious. And a major area of unmet need as far as pharmaceuticals are concerned.
And a major area of unmet need as far as pharmaceuticals are concerned.
amen
active lifestyle and anticoagulants don't play well together