Thanks for both your caring and for your prayers.  I appreciate and need both.

It will take me a bit of time to assimilate it and get back into a routine.

Norm
At 09:35 AM 7/9/2008, you wrote:
>Dear Norm,
>Please accept my condolences for your loss. I know this is a difficult
>time for Dick's family, and I know it is just as sad and difficult time
>for you. My thoughts and prayers are with both you and his family.
>
>Take care of yourself during this tuff time.
>
>Dr. Terri Hedgpeth
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Equal Access to Software & Information
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs
>Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 7:49 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Dick Banks: EASI loses a valued friend and great colleague
>
>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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