Thank you.  I know you are almost a neighbor.  If you wanted to attend his 
service is:
Friday, July 11th
                   at Oak Ridge Lutheran Brethren Church in Menomonie, 
Wisconsin.
                   The service is at 11 AM with a luncheon following the 
service.
                   Oak Ridge Lutheran Brethren Church
                   620 24th Ave. W
                   Menomonie, WI 54751


At 08:29 AM 7/9/2008, you wrote:
>My condolences to you, Norm, on the loss of a great friend and 
>colleague.  Kathie
>
>Katherine Schneider, Ph.D.
>Senior Psychologist, Emerita
>Counseling Service
>University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Equal Access to Software & Information 
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>Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 9:49 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
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>I want to thank you all for your support of Dick's and my work.
>
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