Larry Thiel passed away this morning ...

[eric oyen]

I was wondering why I hadn't seen him posting on the list much lately.

-eric

On Mar 20, 2014, at 3:37 PM, 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.
> 
> http://subsurface.hohndel.org/
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans
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