Larry Thiel passed away this morning ...

[Carl Parrish]

Very sad to hear this news.
On Mar 21, 2014 1:43 PM, "Robert Holtzman" <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 03:37:38PM -0700, der.hans wrote:
> > moin moin,
> >
> > with great sadness we report that Larry ( Dazed_75 ) died this morning.
> >
> > He went quietly in his sleep today after a couple of unresponsive days in
> > hospice.
> >
> > Larry was a great friend to PLUG and several other organizations here in
> > town. He was also a great friend for those who regularly interacted with
> > him.
> >
> > Along with Todd, Larry has been the driving force behind the Installfests
> > for many years. Through his service, Larry has directly helped many
> people
> > over the years. He has also indirectly helped even more by improving the
> > organizations he volunteered for.
> >
> > He recently found out he was terminally ill. He let several of us know so
> > we could find replacements for him, showing that he wanted to help us
> even
> > as he knew he had to stop participating. I have thanked him many times
> > over the years for his efforts and am glad I got one last opportunity.
> >
> > Thanks to everyone else who volunteers for PLUG. I do appreciate it and
> > PLUG only succeeds through your efforts.
> >
> > Thanks specifically to Boyd and Joe for reporting the sad news for us.
> >
> > It's not all sad news, when Larry found out he was terminally ill, he
> > adjusted vacation plans to make sure he got in some scuba diving :). I'm
> > glad he had the opportunity to exercise a great passion.
> >
> > He shared some of that passion with us recently with his presentation on
> > Subsurface. He also gave us an update on it earlier this year.
>
> Having seen his name many times and read many of his posts on this list
> over the years, I extend my condolences to his family, if any, and all
> who knew him.
>
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