Thank you Mary.  I miss him already.
Norm
At 11:53 PM 7/9/2008, you wrote:
>Norm,
>
>I will miss Dick, and I know the loss is much greater for his family and 
>for you. His spirit of joy, helpfulness and enthusiasm for assistive 
>technology are a great legacy. I'm greatful to have had him as a teacher 
>for some of the EASI certificate courses. I will keep you and his family 
>in my prayers.
>
>Thank you for sharing this with us.
>
>Very sincerely,
>
>Mary Jane Barnett, Ph.D.
>Denton, TX
>
>Prof Norm Coombs wrote:
>
>>Hello EASI friends and colleagues:
>>
>>Please forgive the duplicate postings, but I know you all will want to 
>>know that Dick died yesterday.  This leaves a giant hole in the life of 
>>EASI and in my life as well.  Dick is my best friend.
>>
>>Dick was diagnosed with cancer in early April, if I recall.  Even since 
>>then he had many good days when he was back on the Internet.
>>These were among his happiest days the last 3 months as working and 
>>helping others were the things that filled his life with joy.
>>
>>Dick could learn new software like no one I know.  He loved to take its 
>>technical confusions and often opaque manuals and make those technology 
>>items easy for people to understand.  He also had a contagious optimism 
>>and sense of humor.  He was a man of integrity and never was satisfied to 
>>do a mediocre job.
>>
>>God has blessed me to have Dick as a best friend and working buddy.
>>
>>I ask you all to remember his family at this time.
>>
>>You can read about Dick's bout with Cancer at the Care Page from the Mayo 
>>Clinic at:
>>http://www.carepages.com/mayoclinic
>>You will need to register.  After which search for his page.  The name of 
>>the page is DicksJourney and note that is one word with no punctuation 
>>and does have a capital D and a capital J
>>
>>If you want to contact Dick's wife, Carol, the address is:
>>310 Micheels Ln APT 1
>>Menomonie, WI 54751
>>
>>You can also leave a message on the Care Page message Board.
>>
>>Norm Coombs
>>[log in to unmask]
>>I want to thank you all for your support of Dick's and my work.
>>
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