Re: AGA memorial fund for Vicki Costley (fwd)

["Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>]

Neil wrote:

> Gassers passing was discussed some on the net. I believe on the Crypt
list.
> i cant remember how I learned, but think it was in early 2003... some 4-5
> months afterwards. At the time it didnt occur to me that a writeup in TAG
> would have been appropriate. I believe that an obit was prepared by Brad
> McClane for publication in FAMA, but I have not seen it in print.

Ahhh, that's why I missed it.  I somehow got dropped off the Crypt list ages
ago, and until you mentioned it now, I never missed it.<g>

And I haven't gotten FAMA in years, so I wouldn't have seen it there even if
it had been printed.

> For this discussion, i agree with what everyone else says. I dont want to
> see an obit section in TAG and dont see the need to mention the untimely
> passing of a non-member. Certainly not if we dont do this for our own. If
> we had a way to find out that our members have died, I would be supportive
> of a once per year memorial page where we list these members. However, i
> suspect that it will not be easy nor practical to get such a list together
> at this time. Of course, we would have to let the membership know that the
> organization has an interest, or it will not be passed on. I suppose I am
> guilty of not passing info on myself.

OK, good.  I agree, I'm not sure that an annual list would really be
feasible either.

> I didnt know about Al Castrow. I would have liked to have known, member or
> not.

Yeah, it's hard.  I knew Al personally, and also, because he was an AFM
columnist, was in the loop throughout his illness. (Lung Cancer)  But it's
really hard to know who knows what, and think of everyone who might want to
know.  I think, if I'm remembering the timing right, that Al dies during
Mary's tenure, so I probably wouldn't have even thought of it in terms of
AGA or TAG.

>Did you all know that Peter Lewis died? i think it was last year.

Yes, I did, and that one was a real shock.  Peter was a long-time member of
the BAS, which was his "home" club for many years.  I got to know him when I
was editor of The Daphnian, as he wrote a column for us.  And he was often
at NEC events too.

Karen


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