Thanks to all who expressed their sympathy.  I have just come home from the
memorial service; there were a lot of people there, including several of us
in wheelchairs. It was a very moving service, one that emphasised
celebrating his life rather than mourning him.

Kat

At 13-05-2002, you wrote:
>Well , Kat,
>
>I am so sorry.  Kathy Jo Pink
>
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>--- Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
> > Well, Everyone,
> >
> > I got some sad news today.  I found out an old
> > friend of mine died in
> > hospital at  1:00 am last night.  We'd known
> > each other for years, ever
> > since we met as fellow grad students at Wake
> > Forest U. back in the early
> > 80s.  We got along particularly well as we were
> > the only disabled grad
> > students on campus at the time.  Steve was a
> > quadroplegic who'd been
> > injured in a diving accident when he was in his
> > early 20s.  Yet he went on
> > to get married and had two sons.  He was only
> > 60 years old.  I shall be
> > going to his memorial service tomorrow
> > afternoon.
> >
> > Kat
>
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